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by Wei-Fang Su
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
How can a scientist or engineer synthesize and utilize polymers to solve our daily problems? This introductory text, aimed at the advanced undergraduate or graduate student, provides future scientists and engineers with the fundamental knowledge of polymer design and synthesis to achieve specific...
Clay-Containing Polymer Nanocomposites
From Fundamentals to Real Applications
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Clay-Containing Polymer Nanocomposites covers everything from fundamental understanding to real applications of clay-containing polymer nanocomposites, including environmental considerations. The book's coverage of fundamentals and generalities, in addition to in-depth coverage of polymer layered...
Properties of Polymers
Their Correlation with Chemical Structure; their Numerical Estimation and Prediction from Additive Group Contributions
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
This authoritative, widely cited book has been used all over the world. Properties of Polymers, Fourth Edition incorporates the latest developments in the field while maintaining the core objectives of previous editions: to correlate properties with chemical structure and to describe methods that...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
While the prevalence of plastics and elastomers in medical devices is now quite well known, there is less information available covering the use of medical devices and the applications of polymers beyond medical devices, such as in hydrogels, biopolymers and silicones beyond enhancement applications,...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2018
An authoritative introduction to the science and engineering of bioinspired materials
Bioinspired Materials Science and Engineering offers a comprehensive view of the science and engineering of bioinspired materials and includes a discussion of biofabrication approaches and applications of...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2005
One of the most exciting areas of polymer research is the study of interfacial phenomena and their practical applications. This major work reviews the key research in this important area and is used in such areas as biomaterials.
Part one looks at the thermodynamics, kinetics and other fundamental...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Polymeric Bionanocomposites as Promising Materials for Controlled Drug, by M. Prabaharan, R. Jayakumar; Chitosan and Chitosan Derivatives in Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering, by R. Riva, H. Ragelle, A. des Rieux, N. Duhem, C. Jérôme, and V. Préat; Chitosan: A Promising Biomaterial for Tissue...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Polyurethane Polymers: Blends and Interpenetrating Networks deals with almost all aspects of blends and IPNs formed by polyurethane, including the thermal, mechanical, morphological, and viscoelastic properties of each blend presented in the book. In addition, major applications related to these blends...
Handbook of Biopolymers and Biodegradable Plastics
Properties, Processing and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Biopolymers and Biodegradable Plastics are a hot issue across the Plastics industry, and for many of the industry sectors that use plastic, from packaging to medical devices and from the construction indusry to the automotive sector.
This book brings together a number of key biopolymer and...
by Chirag R. Gajjar, Martin W. King
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2014
This book summarizes the properties and applications of conventional and commercially available fiber-forming, bioresorbable polymers, as well as those currently under study, for use as biotextiles. Factors affecting the performance of these biomaterials are presented, and precautionary measures to...
Handbook of Polymer Nanocomposites. Processing, Performance and Application
Volume C: Polymer Nanocomposites of Cellulose Nanoparticles
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Volume C forms one volume of a Handbook about Polymer Nanocomposites. Volume C deals with Polymer nano-composites of cellulose nano-particles. The preparation, architecture, characterisation, properties and application of polymer nanocomposites are discussed within some 27 chapters. Each chapter has been authored by experts in the respective field.
Amphiphilic Block Copolymers
Self-Assembly and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2000
It is the belief of the editors of this book that the recognition of block copolymers as being amphiphilic molecules and sharing common features with other well-studied amphiphiles will prove beneficial to both the surfactant and the polymer communities. An aim of this book is to bridge the two communities...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Renowned experts give all essential aspects of the techniques and applications of graft copolymers based on polysaccharides. Polysaccharides are the most abundant natural organic materials and polysaccharide based graft copolymers are of great importance and widely used in various fields. Natural...
UHMWPE Biomaterials Handbook
Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene in Total Joint Replacement and Medical Devices
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2009
UHMWPE Biomaterials Handbook describes the science, development, properties and application of of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) used in artificial joints. This material is currently used in 1.4 million patients around the world every year for use in the hip, knee, upper extremities,...