Nano-Size Polymers: Preparation, Properties, Applications

ISBN-13: 9783319397139 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 399 str.

Stoyko Fakirov

Opis

This book details all current techniques for converting bulk polymers into nano-size materials. The authors highlight various physical and chemical approaches for preparation of nano-size polymers. They describe the properties of these materials and their extensive potential commercial applications."

O autorze

Stoyko Fakirov is currently a Professor at the University of Auckland, Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research interests include structure-properties relationships in polymers and composite materials, microscopic characterization, polymer materials science, manufacturing technologies for high performance plastics and composites with thermoplastic matrices, reactions in solid and molten condensation polymers (basics and commercial application), sequential reordering in condensation copolymers, chemical healing, micro- and nanofibrils reinforced composites, microhardness of polymers, gelatin- and starch-based biomaterials, materials for biomedical applications, and single polymer composites.