Chemical modification of polymers by reactive modifiers is no longer an academic curiosity but a commercial reality that has delivered a diverse range of speciality materials for niche markets: reactively grafted styrenic alloys, maleated polyolefins, super-tough nylons, silane modified and moisture-cured polyolefins, and thermoplastic elastomers, are but few exam- ples of commercial successes.
Biological and Synthetic Polymer Networks contains 36 papers selected from the papers presented at NETWORKS 86, the 8th Polymer Networks Group Meeting.
With the exception of a slight hiccup during the height of the recent environmental movement (during the early 1990s), when for a year or two consumers were prepared to pay a price premium for lower quality recycled paper than for the virgin product, the inexorable improvement in the quality demanded of paper products continues.
Polymers have achieved an enviable position as the class of materials having the highest volume of production, exceeding that of both metals and ceramics.
Liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) have many strange properties that may be utilized to advantage in the processing of products made from them and their blends with isotropic polymers.
This book arose from a symposium titled 'Transition Metal Carbides and Nitrides: Preparation, Properties, and Reactivity' organized by Jae Sung Lee, Masatoshi Nagai and myself.
Surfactants are vital components in biological systems, are key ingredients in many formulated products and play an important role in many industrial processes.
This second edition has been designed to monitor the progress in develop- ment over the past few years and to build on the information given in the first edition.
The aim of this book is, as its title suggests, to help sOilleone with little or no knowledge of what thermal analysis can do, to find out briefly what the subject is all about, to decide whether it will be of use to him or her, and to help in getting started on the more common techniques.
Solvents and Self-Organization of Polymers brings together scientists who are experts in macromolecular synthesis, the physical chemistry and the physics of polymer self-organization.
Fine Particles Science and Technology deals with the preparation, characterization and technological applications of monodisperse particles in the micro to nano size range.
At the beginning of this series of volumes on Color Chemistry, the editors pointed to a number of events that have served as stimuli for techno- logical advances in the field, thus preventing dyestuff manufacturing from becoming what might otherwise be viewed by now as a 'sunset industry'.
Phase transfer catalysis is a sophisticated chemical technique which can be used to perform a variety of chemical reactions under mild conditions and with improved control.
Resin Transfer Moulding provides readers with the information needed to design, develop and manufacture high components via an RTM route and provides a framework which readers can use to place their endeavours within an industrial context.
This book is a snapshot of the current state of the art of research and development on the properties and characteristics of silk and their use in medicine and industry.
This book is a treatise on the thermodynamic and dynamic properties of thin liquid films at solid surfaces and, in particular, their rupture instabilities.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book and its counterpart, Active Oxygen in Biochemistry, explore the active research area of the chemistry and biochemistry of oxygen.
Olefin Upgrading Catalysis by Nitrogen-based Metal Complexes II: State-of-the-art and Perspectives provides a critical review of the state-of-the-art developments in industrially relevant processes connected to efficient and selective olefin upgrading.
The 2nd edition of Materials Chemistry builds on the strengths that were recognized by a 2008 Textbook Excellence Award from the Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA).
This is the second edition of the book "e;Thermodynamics of Fluids under Flow,"e; which was published in 2000 and has now been corrected, expanded and updated.
The principal aim of this book is to introduce chemists through a tutorial approach to the use of microwaves by examining several experiments of microwave chemistry and materials processing.
"e;Polymeric and Nanostructured Macromolecules"e; presents the recent advances made in the synthesis, characterization, and applications of polymeric macromolecules.
An outstanding international scientific event in the field of metathesis chemistry, the NATO ASI "e;Green Metathesis Chemistry: Great Challenges in Synthesis, Catalysis and Nanotechnology"e; has been recently organized in Bucharest, Romania (July 21- August 2, 2008).
The present volume includes most of the material of the invited lectures delivered at the NATO Advanced Study Institute "e;Morphogenesis through the interplay of nonlinear chemical instabilities and elastic active media"e; held from 2th to 14th July 2007 at the Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques de Cargese (http://www.
The text features experimental investigations which use a variety of modern methods and theoretical modeling of surface structures and physicochemical processes which occur at solid surfaces.
This book covers all aspects of composite materials processing and manufacturing using microwave heating technology and their applications in various industrial processes.
This textbook covers the processing of advanced composites and their various technologies, with special emphasis on the distinct characteristics of processability.
The book is an excellent reference for scientists, researchers and students working in the field of areas of biopolymeric biomaterials, biomedical engineering, therapeutics, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
This book contains precisely referenced chapters, emphasizing environment-friendly polymer nanocomposites with basic fundamentals, practicality and alternatives to traditional nanocomposites through detailed reviews of different environmental friendly materials procured from different resources, their synthesis and applications using alternative green approaches.
This book contains precisely referenced chapters, emphasizing environment-friendly polymer nanocomposites with basic fundamentals, practicality and alternatives to traditional nanocomposites through detailed reviews of different environmental friendly materials procured from different resources, their synthesis and applications using alternative green approaches.
This volume deals with the various fabrication techniques, surface functionalization and biomedical applications of polymeric fibers possessing different scale and structure.
