Engineering applications of polymers and composites

This second edition serves as a foundational guide to plastics thermoforming, covering the essential topics of the industry today.

Hybrid Polymer Composite Materials: Volume 1: Structure and Chemistry presents the latest on these composite materials that can best be described as materials that are comprised of synthetic polymers and biological/inorganic/organic derived constituents.

Reactive and functional polymers are manufactured with the aim of improving the performance of unmodified polymers or providing functionality for different applications.

The book gathers the peer-reviewed contributions presented at the 3rd International Conference on Application of Superabsorbent Polymers (SAP) and Other New Admixtures towards Smart Concrete, held in Skukuza, South Africa, on November 25-27, 2019.

Design and Manufacturing of Plastics Products: Integrating Conventional Methods and Innovative Technologies brings together detailed information on design, materials selection, properties, manufacturing, and the performance of plastic products, incorporating the utilization of the latest novel techniques and additive manufacturing technologies.

Nanofibers are a flexible material with a huge range of potential applications in such areas as technical textiles.

This book presents the "e;helical wormlike chain"e; model - a general model for both flexible and semiflexible polymer chains.

Shear Thickening Fluid: Theory and Applications provides a complete reference on shear thickening fluid (STF) and STF applications for engineers, researchers, and scientists.

Although polypropylene has been marketed since the 1950s, research and development in this area is still vigorous.

Mobility Gradient of Polystyrene in Films Supported on Solid Substrates, by Yoshihisa Fujii, Hiroshi Morita, Atsushi Takahara and Keiji TanakaProbing Properties of Polymers in Thin Films Via Dewetting, by Gunter Reiter Heterogeneous and Aging Dynamics in Single and Stacked Thin Polymer Films, by Koji Fukao, Takehide Terasawa, Kenji Nakamura, Daisuke Tahara Heterogeneous Dynamics of Polymer Thin Films as Studied by Neutron Scattering, by Rintaro Inoue and Toshiji Kanaya

Die für den Forschungs-und Entwicklungsprozeß in Wissenschaft und Praxis benötigten Informatio­ nen werden in zunehmendem Maße über Datenbanken zur Verfügung gestellt, die den direkten Zugriff auf Literaturhinweise, auf Fakten oder auch auf den Volltext eines Dokumentes gestatten.

The handbook explains in plain terms why moldings shrink and warp, shows how additives and reinforcements change the picture, sets out the effect of molding process conditions, and tells why you never can have a single "e;"e;correct"e;"e; shrinkage value.

Polymers are permeable, whilst ceramics, glasses and metals are gener- ally impermeable.

This book presents detailed information on the production and properties of carbon fibers derived from lignin precursors.

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.

This book reports the basics of hybrid phosphor materials, their synthesis routes and their special properties and characterization techniques.

Applied Plastics Engineering Handbook: Processing, Sustainability, Materials, and Applications, Third Edition presents the fundamentals of plastics engineering, helping bring readers up-to-speed on new plastics, materials, processing and technology.

Thanks to their low density and tailored properties, polymer matrix composites are attractive candidates for a large number of industrial applications ranging from aerospace to transportation and energy.

This extensively updated second edition was created for medical device, medical packaging, and food packaging design engineers, material product technical support, and research/development personnel.

This book presents cutting-edge research, recent breakthroughs, and unresolved challenges associated with 2D nanomaterials to combat energy and environmental issues.

The series Advances in Polymer Science presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in polymer and biopolymer science.

This book extensively reviews Polypropylene (PP), the second most widely produced thermoplastic material, having been produced for over 60 years.

Polymer-Based Nanoscale Materials for Surface Coatings presents the latest advances and emerging technologies in polymer-based nanomaterials for coatings, focusing on novel materials, characterization techniques, and cutting-edge applications.

Composite Materials: Concurrent Engineering Approach covers different aspects of concurrent engineering approaches in the development of composite products.

Experiments in Textile and Fiber Chemistry focuses on selected experiments in the chemistry of fibrous polymers and ancillary materials designed primarily for undergraduate students in technical colleges, polytechnics, and universities.

This book describes a new family of bio-polymergels made from cytoskeletal proteins - actin, microtubule, andtropomyosin.

This reference work presents an authoritative review of microplastics as vectors of environmental contaminants and provides a comprehensive coverage of their ecotoxicological and toxicological effects.

Encyclopedia of Polymer Degradation compiles research results for the most important and commonly-used polymers, identifying their unitary degradative chemical reactions, including the fate of products resulting from primary degradation which can influence further degradation mechanisms and rates.

Silicone Surface Science offers a survey of the major topics concerning the properties and behavior of silicone surfaces.

This book highlights current advanced developments in bioepoxy and bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites and an optimisation of material formulation and processing parameters on fabrication of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites in order to achieve the highest mechanical properties in relation to their morphological structures, thermal properties, as well as biodegradability and water absorption, which is based on the use of Taguchi design of experiments with the consideration of technical and economical point of view.

These volumes, 3 and 4, of Fracture Mechanics of Ceramics con- stitute the proceedings of an international symposium on the frac- ture mechanics of ceramics held at the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity, University Park, PA on July 27, 28, and 29, 1977.

Most of the untreated surfaces of polymers used in industry are not hydrophilic but hydrophobic.

Nile Green''s Bombay Islam shows how Muslim migration from Bombay fueled demand for a wide range of religious suppliers.

This book presents the select proceedings of the International Symposium entitled "e;Materials of the Millennium: Emerging Trends and Future Prospects"e; (MMETFP 2021).

This book gathers selected papers from the Chinese Materials Conference 2018 (CMC2018) held in Xiamen City, Fujian, China, on July 12-16, 2018.

Since their first industrial use polymers have gained a tremendous success.

This book presents the select proceedings of the Indo-Korean workshop on Multi Functional Materials for Extreme Loading, 2021.

This book contains recent research on phenolic resin and its composite materials.

The present book is devoted to a rapidly developing field of science which studies the behavior of viscoelastic materials under the influence of deformation~the rheology of polymers.

This volume examines the physical and technical foundation for recent progress in applied near-field scanning probe techniques.

This book highlights the properties of nanocomposite material, especially with inputs from the interphase effects, which are crucial for their diverse applications.

Handbook of Polymers, Second Edition, presents normalized, up-to-date polymer data in a consistent and easily referenceable layout.

The textile industry is increasingly based on ongoing innovation and development of higher performance products, and the field of functional textiles is no exception.

This book reports on innovative materials research with a special emphasis on methods, modeling, and simulation tools for analyzing material behavior, emerging materials, and composites, and their applications in manufacturing and automotive, among others.

Porous Nanocomposites for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding thoroughly discusses the fabrication, processing and design parameters of advanced materials for electromagnetic pollution suppression for high-frequency electronics.

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.