Engineering applications of polymers and composites

This thesis offers novel insights into the time-dependent structural evolution of polymers under deformation.

This book presents a unified view of the physicochemical origin of the mechanical behaviour of gases, simple solids and liquids, suspensions, polymers, emulsions, foams, and granular materials, along with techniques for measuring that behaviour.

This book describes the dynamics of low molecular weight and polymeric molecules when they are constrained under conditions of geometrical confinement.

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In this thesis, Bernhard Schmidt describes his research into two fields in the chemical sciences: supramolecular and macromolecular chemistry.

A Brief History of Polymeric Cryogels Vladmir I.

Mechanical Properties of Single Molecules and Polymer Aggregates Rudiger Berger, Kurt Binder, Gregor Diezemann, Jurgen Gau, Mark Helm, Katharina Landfester, Wolfgang Paul (Halle), Peter Virnau.

Metamaterials are artificially designed materials engineered to acquire their properties by their specific structure rather than their composition.

Advances in Polymer Science enjoys a longstanding tradition and good reputation in its community.

This book summarizes comprehensively many recent technical research accomplishments in the area of flame retardant research.

This book delivers a deep insight into thermal polymer degradation features and put a particular emphasis on blends, composites and nanocomposites.

Advances in Polymer Science enjoys a longstanding tradition and good reputation in its community.

This volume of Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science assembles original contributions and invited reviews from the priority research program "e;Intelligent Hydrogels"e;, funded by the German Science Foundation DFG since 2006, with about 25 contributing research groups.

This book offers a valuable reference source to graduate and post graduate students, engineering students, research scholars polymer engineers from industry.

Advances in Polymer Science enjoys a longstanding tradition and good reputation in its community.

This book describes the tremendous progress that has been made in the development of  gas separation membranes based both on inorganic and polymeric materials.

This thesis explores a route to induce and control the structure formation process in thin films by the use of strong electric fields.

The triggered release of functional compounds from such polymeric carriers as micelles, nanoparticles or nanogels is a rapidly developing and highly versatile concept which is expected to be one of the key approaches to future therapeutics.

The development of new high-tech applications and devices has created a seemingly insatiable demand for novel functional materials with enhanced and tailored properties.

In this PhD thesis, Yue Yanan addresses a long-overlooked and critical question in the development of non-viral vectors for gene delivery.

This thesis deals with the processes that create ordered assemblies from disordered nanoparticles.

Structure formation in crystallizing polymers, as occurring during processing, has not been treated so far in a coherent form.

This book covers smart polymer nanocomposites with perspectives for application in energy harvesting, as self-healing materials, or shape memory materials.

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

This book covers the selection of nanocomposite supercapacitor materials.

Fourier Transform Infrared microspectroscopy (FTIR) was first developed by William Coblentz in 1905 for analytical purposes.

This book describes rubber nanocomposites and their applications in the automobile sector.

This book describes rubber nanocomposites and their applications in the automobile sector.

This book offers a timely yet comprehensive snapshot of innovative research and developments at the interface between manufacturing, materials and mechanical engineering, and quality assurance.

This book presents an introduction to viscoelasticity, in particular, to the theories of dilute polymer solutions and dilute suspensions of rigid particles in viscous and incompressible fluids.

Wood composites as part of wood engineering materials has been reaching a constant developing trend, being used on a wide range of applications and becoming worldwide as a very promising alternate material face to traditional building materials such as concrete, metal and plastics.

Wood composites as part of wood engineering materials has been reaching a constant developing trend, being used on a wide range of applications and becoming worldwide as a very promising alternate material face to traditional building materials such as concrete, metal and plastics.

Nanoparticles presents the remarkable variety of nanoparticle families, compositions, structures, and functions.

Presents polymer-based fibre reinforced composite materials and addresses the characteristics of these widely used materials like low density and coefficient of thermal expansion, specific strength with better fatigue resistance and modulus.

This book presents all information necessary to understand the functioning of a slurry loop reactor for the polymerisation of ethylene into high density polyethylene, and to operate it accordingly.

On-surface synthesis is appearing as an extremely promising strategy to create organic nanoarchitectures with atomic precision.

Nanoparticles presents the remarkable variety of nanoparticle families, compositions, structures, and functions.

Presents polymer-based fibre reinforced composite materials and addresses the characteristics of these widely used materials like low density and coefficient of thermal expansion, specific strength with better fatigue resistance and modulus.

This book presents all information necessary to understand the functioning of a slurry loop reactor for the polymerisation of ethylene into high density polyethylene, and to operate it accordingly.

This four volume set covers the entire spectrum of pulp and paper chemistry and technology from starting material to processes and products including market demands.

Whether it be as translucent sheets, broadly stretched membranes, and inflated foil cushions or in graceful, organic curves, architecture today is utilizing plastics in the most disparate forms and for a wide variety of purposes.

This book covers theoretical and experimental findings at the interface between fluid mechanics, heat transfer and energy technologies.

Mechanics of Composite, Hybrid, and Multifunctional Materials, Volume 5 of the Proceedings of the 2022 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the fifth volume of six from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book summarizes recent advances in epoxy vitrimer research, giving thorough discussion of the classification and fabrication of epoxy vitrimers and their composites.

This book provides cutting-edge, up-to-date research findings on the use of bionanocomposites in biodegradable and environmental applications, while also detailing how to achieve bionanocomposites preparation, characteristics, and significant enhancements in physical, chemical, mechanical, thermal properties and applications.

This book provides an overview of the initiation of combustion processes of polymeric materials.