Book description
The Definitive Guide to Polymer Principles, Properties, Synthesis, Applications, and Simulations
Now fully revised, Polymer Science and Technology, Third Edition, systematically reviews the field’s current state and emerging advances. Leading polymer specialist Joel R. Fried offers modern coverage of both processing principles and applications in multiple industries, including medicine, biotechnology, chemicals, and electronics.
This edition’s new and expanded coverage ranges from advanced synthesis to the latest drug delivery applications. New topics include controlled radical polymerization, click chemistry, green chemistry, block copolymers, nanofillers, electrospinning, and more.
A brand-new chapter offers extensive guidance for predicting polymer properties, including additional coverage of group correlations, and new discussions of the use of topological indices and neural networks. This is also the first introductory polymer text to fully explain computational polymer science, including molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo methods. Simulation concepts are supported with many application examples, ranging from prediction of PVT values to permeability and free volume.
Fried thoroughly covers synthetic polymer chemistry; polymer properties in solution and in melt, rubber, and solid states; and all important categories of plastics. This revised edition also adds many new calculations, end-of-chapter problems, and references.
In-depth coverage includes
Polymer synthesis: step- and chain-growth; bulk, solution, suspension, emulsion, solid-state, and plasma; ionic liquids, and macromers; and genetic engineering
Amorphous and crystalline states, transitions, mechanical properties, and solid-state characterization
Polymers and the environment: degradation, stability, and more
Additives, blends, block copolymers, and composites–including interpenetrating networks, nanocomposites, buckyballs, carbon nanotubes, graphene, and POSS
Biopolymers, natural polymers, fibers, thermoplastics, elastomers, and thermosets
Engineering and specialty polymers, from polycarbonates to ionic polymers and high-performance fibers
Polymer rheology, processing, and modeling
Correlations and simulations: group contribution, topological indices, artificial neural networks, molecular dynamics, and Monte Carlo simulations
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- About This eBook
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Chapter 1. Introduction to Polymer Science
- Chapter 2. Polymer Synthesis
- Chapter 3. Conformation, Solutions, and Molecular Weight
- Chapter 4. Solid-State Properties
- Chapter 5. Viscoelasticity and Rubber Elasticity
- Chapter 6. Polymer Degradation and the Environment
- Chapter 7. Additives, Blends, Block Copolymers, and Composites
- Chapter 8. Biopolymers, Natural Polymers, and Fibers
- Chapter 9. Thermoplastics, Elastomers, and Thermosets
- Chapter 10. Engineering and Specialty Polymers
- Chapter 11. Polymer Processing and Rheology
- Chapter 12. Polymers for Advanced Technologies
- Chapter 13. Correlations and Simulations in Polymer Science
- Appendix A. Polymer Abbreviations
- Appendix B. Representative Properties of Some Important Commercial Polymers
- Appendix C. ASTM Standards for Plastics and Rubber
- Appendix D. SI Units and Physical Constants
- Appendix E. Mathematical Relationships
- Appendix F. The Major Elements
- Index
Product information
- Title: Polymer Science and Technology, 3rd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2014
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 9780137039975
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