Polymer Chemistry

This book provides a concise and comprehensive introduction of polymer membranes' preparation, functionalization and applications in biotechniques ...

Photoinitiating systems play a key role in the starting point of a polymerization reaction under exposure to a UV or a visible light. The number of...

Polymeric materials form the basis of daily life. Despite the great contribution of traditional methodologies such as anionic and radical polymeriz...

Amphiphilic polymer co-networks (APCNs) are a type of polymeric hydrogel, their hydrophobic polymer segments and hydrophilic components produce les...

Polymers with redox properties are electroactive macromolecules containing localized sites or groups that can be oxidized and reduced. Depending on...

Moving through the historical evolution of traditional amorphous 1D organic polymers to crystalline 3D networks, through 0D molecular cages and 2D ...

Traditionally, most synthetically developed materials are hardened by heating them to an elevated temperature, a process requiring large amounts of...

Hydrogels are highly hydrated three dimensional networks with the ability to mimic the extracellular matrix of bodily tissues and have thus found a...

Written for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners, this book provides a complete introduction to the science, engineering, and commerci...

Scope of the Book Synthetic and natural polymers exhibit a complex structural and morphological hierarchy on multiple length scales [1], which dete...

Future Trends in MODERN PLASTICS The prolific author and polymer scientist discusses the current topics in the plastics industry and recommends fu...

Organic Solar Thermal Fuels: Mechanisms, Design, and Applications offers a significant introductory overview of the key properties, mechanisms, app...

The field of powder-binder shaping is growing to reach levels of great commercial significance. Shaping technologies based on powder-binder formula...

The applications of ionic liquids can be enormously expanded by arranging the organic ions in the form of a polymer architecture. Polymerized ionic...

The book Natural Polymers: Derivatives, Blends and Composites Volume II is an edited volume comprised of fifteen chapters from different experts wo...