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Biomimetics in Materials Science
Self-Healing, Self-Lubricating, and Self-Cleaning Materials
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
Biomimetics in Materials Science provides a comprehensive theoretical and practical review of biomimetic materials with self-healing, self-lubricating and self-cleaning properties. These three topics are closely related and constitute rapidly developing areas of study. The field of self-healing materials...
Fluoroplastics, Volume 1
Non-Melt Processible Fluoroplastics
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2000
Today, a generational change is taking place in the fluoropolymer industry. The pioneers of PTFE developed an astonishing mass of basic and applied technical work. Now many of these experts are retiring and a new generation is taking their place. This new generation brings a plethora of skills, built...
Smart Polymer Nanocomposites
Energy Harvesting, Self-Healing and Shape Memory Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
This book covers smart polymer nanocomposites with perspectives for application in energy harvesting, as self-healing materials, or shape memory materials. The book is application-oriented and describes different types of polymer nanocomposites, such as elastomeric composites, thermoplastic composites,...
Theory of Liquids and Other Disordered Media
A Short Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
This set of lectures provides an introduction to the structure, thermodynamics and dynamics of liquids, binary solutions and polymers at a level that will enable graduate students and non-specialist researchers to understand more specialized literature and to possibly start their own work in this...
Permeability Properties of Plastics and Elastomers
A Guide to Packaging and Barrier Materials
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
This extensively revised and updated second edition of the only data handbook available on the properties of commercial polymeric films details the permeability characteristics of over 125 major plastic and elastomer packaging materials. New to this edition are 92 resin chapters containing textual...
by Werner-Michael Kulicke, Christian Clasen
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
This laboratory handbook offers clear guidelines and tips for the practical everyday application of viscosimetry, as well as supplying a comprehensive companion for the interpretation of viscosimetric data from simple to complex polymer solutions.
Recent Developments in Polymer Macro, Micro and Nano Blends
Preparation and Characterisation
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2016
Recent Developments in Polymer Macro, Micro and Nano Blends: Preparation and Characterisation discusses the various types of techniques that are currently used for the characterization of polymer-based macro, micro, and nano blends. It summarizes recent technical research accomplishments, emphasizing...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
The pages of this new book, excellently reproduced from rare copies of Sears catalogs, depict what average American youngsters, ages 4 to 16, were wearing during the first half of the twentieth century. Here, among other items, are Knickerbocker suits from 1914, starting at $1.95; elegant organdy...
French Fashion Illustrations of the Twenties
634 Cuts from La Vie Parisienne
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Women's fashions of the 1920s continue to fascinate artists, couturiers, and students of fashion, who will welcome this treasury of French designs from that dazzling era. Carefully selected from rare issues of the famed French periodical La Vie Parisienne, over 630 royalty-free illustrations comprise...
Jo's Little Favorites
Timeless Quilts from Scraps and Fat Quarters
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Easy to start, even easier to complete! Top-selling designer of reproduction fabric Jo Morton makes creating small quilts almost effortless with expert techniques for accurate piecing and helpful tips on choosing and using fabric. Discover how to display small quilts in your home with Jo's advice...
19th-Century Patchwork Divas' Treasury of Quilts
10 Stunning Patterns, 30 Striking Options
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Meet a creative group of quilters who love antique quilts as much as you do. Let the Divas teach you how to stitch intricate 19th-century inspired quilts. You'll love piecing the elegant quilt blocks yourself or with friends in an ongoing block exchange. Each classic block is presented in four strikingly...
by Caroline Y Preston
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
A guide for lovers of these beautiful little textile works of art….......An inexpensive little guide for those starting to collect neck ties. It includes the history of neckwear from ancient times to the present day and gives general information on collecting, where to buy, storing and caring for...
Victorian Fashion in America
264 Vintage Photographs
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
Compelling pictorial archive of 264 vintage photographs, selected from rare tintypes and other authentic materials (1850s–1910), depict little girls in their mothers' hats and clothes, sisters wearing identical plaid dresses and button boots, a young man in an everyday suit and bowler hat, a boy dressed in Little Lord Fauntleroy style, and scores of others.
Malaysian Batik
Reinventing a Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Malaysian Batik: Reinventing a Tradition, traces the history of batik, the materials, methods and motifs of the block-stamped and hand drawn methods, and the ways in which Malaysian batik has been transformed into a craft with international appeal.
Batik is more than wax and dye applied to...