Plastics and polymers Books

This book introduces the concepts of physical chemistry of polymers. It provides a basis to bridge polymer chemistry, which targets microscopic chain structures, and polymer engineering, which targets macroscopic material properties and functions. Topics...

An evolution is currently underway in the textile industry and Textile for Industrial Applications is the guidebook for its growth. This industry can be classified into three categories-clothing, home textile, and industrial textile. Industrial textiles,...

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are some of the most important and valuable engineering materials developed in the last 25 years. These fascinating materials demonstrate remarkably versatile properties-including capacity for actuation and stimulus...

This book provides a basic introduction to the application of conductive polymers in corrosion protection, especially for marine environment corrosion protection research.Conventional anticorrosive coatings, which are based on heavy metals such as...

Thermodynamics is an indispensable tool for developing a large and growing fraction of new polymers and polymer blends. These two volumes show the researcher how thermodynamics can be used to rank polymer pairs in order of immiscibility, including the...

This volume documents the proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Polyimides and Other High Temperature Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications, held in Newark, New Jersey, December 3-6, 2001. Polyimides possess many desirable...

This book with software provides powerful tools for the analysis, prediction and creation of new polymer blends, an area of significant commercial potential. The R&D approaches and methods described in the book have attracted the interest of polymer R&D...

The improvement of strength and durability in polymers has implications relevant to industrial, medical, and household applications. Enhanced by the improved knowledge of the interactions between complex hierarchical structures and functional...

Elastic garments have tremendous scope in the field of tight-fit sportswear and healthcare applications. Research towards improvement in the elasticity of fibre, yarn, and fabrics and development in testing methods for elastic garments is the current...

This book discusses the mechanics in textile machinery in spinning, weaving and knitting processes. It is a useful resource for developing an analytical thinking about the machineries by providing information about the various mechanisms involved.

The series Advances in Polymer Science presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in polymer and biopolymer science. It covers all areas of research in polymer and biopolymer science including chemistry, physical chemistry, physics,...

With their broad range of properties, polymer blends are widely used in adhesion, colloidal stability, the design of composite and biocompatible materials, and other areas. As the science and technology of polymer blends advances, an increasing number of...

This book extensively reviews Polypropylene (PP), the second most widely produced thermoplastic material, having been produced for over 60 years. Its synthesis, processing and application are still accompanied by vigorous R&D developments because the...

This volume collects the proceedings from the International Congress of Polymers in Concrete 2018 (ICPIC), held under the theme "Polymers for Resilient and Sustainable Concrete Infrastructure." ICPIC 2018 provides an opportunity for researchers and...

​The series Topics in Current Chemistry Collections presents critical reviews from the journal Topics in Current Chemistry organized in topical volumes. The scope of coverage is all areas of chemical science including the interfaces...

This book offers an overview of multifunctional hydrogels, covering fundamentals, properties, and advanced applications. It describes design, synthesis, and fabrication as well as properties and performances of smart multifunctional hydrogels and their...

This volume consists of 15 chapters and focuses on hazardous chemicals, how they are associated with plastics, and their environmental risks. It includes background information on plastics and additives chemistry, and their observed or potential effects...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

 Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology and Application in Fashion and Textile Supply Chain highlights the technology of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and its applications in fashion and textile manufacturing and supply chain...

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to bookbinding, with instructions for leather and vellum binding, directions for gilding paper and book edges, and many useful recipes for sprinkling, colouring, and marbling. Originally intended for...

This book contains a vintage article on the subject of leather working, being a collection of entertaining and commonly unknown facts related to leather, skinning, and tanning. With interesting historical information and a wealth of handy tips,...

This vintage book contains a guide to the various methods employed in preparing, tanning, dressing, scenting, and renovating wool and fur pelts, as well as fine leather. With simple instructions and a wealth of timeless information, this volume is highly...

This vintage book contains a complete handbook on tanning, with information on treating hides, skins and pelts of every variety. With step-by-step instructions and a wealth of useful, timeless information, this volume is highly recommended for modern...

This vintage book contains a detailed guide to leather working. Profusely illustrated and written in simple, plain language, this volume is highly recommended for those with little previous experience. Although old, "Leather Work" contains a wealth of...

This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on the leather industry in late-nineteenth century America, being a dissertation on the methods employed in and the economics of tanning. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in the...

This vintage book contains a detailed investigation into the composition of sole leathers in the early twentieth century. A thorough and comprehensive treatise, "Leather Investigations - The Composition of Some Sole Leathers" will be of considerable...

This vintage book contains a concise guide to tanning leather, with information on blacking, stuffing, finishing, and more. Written in simple, plain language and full of useful tips, this volume will be of considerable utility to novice tanners and...

This vintage book contains some concise but useful facts about leather, boots, and shoes. Although old, much of the information contained within this volume is timeless and will be of considerable utility to modern readers. From the manufacturing of...

This vintage book contains a series of lessons designed for students of leather working. The lessons concern hide and sheep skin tanning and are designed to walk the student through every step of the process of manufacture from raw materials to finished...

This vintage book contains a detailed and practical guide to decorating leather. Profusely illustrated and containing many examples of leather decoration from various sources, this volume will be of considerable utility to those with a practical interest...

The research field of smart textiles is currently witnessinga rapidly growing number of applicationsintegrating intelligent functions in textile substrates.With an increasing amount of new developed productprototypes, the number of materials used and...

Polymers have significantly influenced almost all domains of materials’ applications. Immense developments in the technological aspects related to polymeric systems in the recent years have further reinforced the position of polymers in a wide...

Polymer nanomaterials have revolutionized the field of materials science owing to an accurate control on their structure-property correlations, which leads to their superior performance profiles. As a result, many polymeric nanomaterials have been...

Principles of Spinning: Fibres and Blow Room Cotton Processing begins by giving basic information about the various types of fibres (natural or artificial) used as raw materials in textile manufacture, for fibre-to-yarn conversion. This information...

The first volume entitled "Click Chemistry: Fundamentals and Synthesis" covers the fundamentals, mechanisms, kinetics, and various approaches to synthesizing new materials making it suitable for synthetic chemists and researchers working in nanoscience...

This compact volume is focused on an eclectic mix of biotechnological and biomedical applications of stimuli-sensitive polymeric materials. It starts with their chemical synthesis and design strategies. This is followed by discussions of their...

Discerning the properties of polymers and polymer-based materials requires a good understanding of characterization. This revised and updated text provides a comprehensive survey of characterization methods within its simple, concise chapters. Polymer...

Principles of Polymer Science and Technology in Cosmetics and Personal Care