Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook - 2nd ed.

Hardcover  1076 p., 400 illus  ISBN 9780387312354      £210.00

In addition, a dozen new chapters have been added, increasing the number of topics covered by approximately 25%. Half of these new chapters can be grouped into the general area of "Reinforcing Materials for Polymers." New chapters have increased the number of topics to cover Carbon black, Silica, Clays and other layered fillers, POSS cubic particles, Nanotubes, and Reinforcement theory.

Other new chapters focus on Rotaxanes and related materials, Self-assembly materials, Foldamer supramolecular structures, Tribology, Mechanical properties of single molecules, and dendrimers. The study of complex materials is highly interdisciplinary, and new findings are published in a large selection of journals by a wide range of scientific and engineering societies.

Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook brings together the work of experts from different disciplines who are contributing to the growing area of polymers and complex materials.

Of interest to polymer scientists, polymer engineers, materials scientists, and chemical engineers in academia, industry, and government laboratories

Contents

PART I STRUCTURE

• Chain Structures, P R Sundararajan
• Names, Acronyms, Classes, and Structures of Some Important Polymers, Chandima Kumudinie Jayasuriya and Jagath K Premachandra

PART II THEORY

• The Rotational Isomeric State Model, Carin A Helfer and Wayne L Mattice
• Computational Parameters, Joel R Fried
• Theoretical Models and Simulations of Polymer Chains, Andrzej Kloczkowski and Andrzej Kolinski
• Scaling, Exponents, and Fractal Dimensions, Mohamed Daoud, H Eugene Stanley, and Dietrich Stauffer

PART III THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES

• Densities, Coefficients of Thermal Expansion, and Compressibilities of Amorphous Polymers, Robert A Orwoll
• Thermodynamic Properties of Proteins, George I Makhatadze
• Heat Capacities of Polymers, Jianye Wen
• Thermal Conductivity ,Yong Yang
• Thermodynamic Quantities Governing Melting, L Mandelkern and R G Alamo
• The Glass Temperature, Donald J Plazek and Kia L Ngai
• Sub-Tg Transitions, Joel R Fried
• Polymer-Solvent Interaction Parameter x, Robert A Orwoll and Pamela A Arnold
• Theta Temperatures, P R Sundararajan
• Solubility Parameters, W Zeng, Y Du, Y Xue, and H L Frisch
• Mark-Houwink-Staudinger-Sakurada Constants, W Zeng, Y Du, Y Xue, and H L Frisch
• Polymers and Supercritical Fluids, Annette D Shine
• Thermodynamics of Polymer Blends, Hany B Eitouni and Nitash P Balsara

PART IV SPECTROSCOPY

• NMR Spectroscopy of Polymers, Alan E Tonelli and Jeffery L White
• Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy to Study the Molecular Dynamics of Polymers Having Different Molecular Architectures, F Kremer
• Group Frequency Assignments for Major Infrared Bands Observed in Common Synthetic Polymers, I Noda, A E Dowrey, J L Haynes, and C Marcott
• Small Angle Neutron and X-Ray Scattering, George D Wignall

PART V MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

• Mechanical Properties, Witold Brostow
• Chain Dimensions and Entanglement Spacings, L J Fetters, D J Lohse, and R H Colby
• Temperature Dependences of the Viscoelastic Response of Polymer Systems, K L Ngai and D J Plazek
• Adhesives. Alphonsus V Pocius Some Mechanical Properties of Typical Polymer-Based Composites, Jianye Wen
• Polymer Networks and Gels, Ferenc Horkay and Gregory B McKenna
• Force Spectroscopy of Polymers: Beyond Single Chain Mechanics, Xi Zhang, Chuanjun Liu, and Weiqing Shi

PART VI REINFORCING PHASES

• Carbon Black, Manfred Klu€ppel, Andreas Schro€der and Gert Heinrich
• Properties of Polymers Reinforced with Silica, Chandima Kumudinie Jayasuriya and Jagath K Premachandra
• Physical Properties of Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites, Clois E Powell and Gary W Beall
• Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS), Guirong Pan
• Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composites: Recent Developments in Mechanical, Properties, M C Weisenberger, R Andrews, and T Rantell
• Reinforcement Theories, Gert Heinrich, Manfred Klu€ppel, and Thomas Vilgis

PART VII CRYSTALLINITY AND MORPHOLOGY

• Densities of Amorphous and Crystalline Polymers, Vladyslav Kholodovych and William J Welsh
• Unit Cell Information on Some Important Polymers, Edward S Clark
• Crystallization Kinetics of Polymers, Rahul Patki, Khaled Mezghani, and Paul J Phillips
• Block Copolymer Melts, V Castelletto and I W Hamley
• Polymer Liquid Crystals and Their Blends, Witold Brostow
• The Emergence of a New Macromolecular Architecture: ''The Dendritic State'', Donald A Tomalia
• Polyrotaxanes, Feihe Huang, Adam M-P Pederson, and Harry W Gibson
• Foldamers: Nanoscale Shape Control at the Interface Between Small Molecules and High Polymers, Morris M Slutsky, Richard A Blatchly, and Gregory N Tew
• Recent Advances in Supramolecular Polymers, Varun Gauba and Jeffrey D Hartgerink

PART VIII ELECTRICAL, OPTICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES

• Conducting Polymers: Electrical Conductivity, Arthur J Epstein
• Electroluminescent Polymer Systems, Leni Akcelrud
• Magnetic, Piezoelectric, Pyroelectric, and Ferroelectric Properties of Synthetic and Biological Polymers, Andrzej Kloczkowski and Taner Z Sen
• Nonlinear Optical Properties of Polymers, W M K P Wijekoon, K-S Lee, and P N Prasad
• Refractive Index, Stress-Optical Coefficient, and Optical Configuration Parameter of Polymers, Vassilios Galiatsatos

PART IX RESPONSES TO RADIATION, HEAT, AND CHEMICAL AGENTS

• Ultraviolet Radiation and Polymers, Anthony L Andrady
• The Effects of Electron Beam and g-Irradiation on Polymeric Materials, K Dawes, L C Glover, and D A Vroom
• Flammability, Archibald Tewarson
• Thermal-Oxidative Stability and Degradation of Polymers, Vladyslav Kholodovych and William J Welsh
• Synthetic Biodegradable Polymers for Medical Applications, Laura J Suggs, Sheila A Moore, and Antonios G Mikos
• Biodegradability of Polymers, Anthony L Andrady
• Properties of Photoresist Polymers, Qinghuang Lin
• Pyrolyzability of Preceramic Polymers, Yi Pang, Ke Feng, and Yitbarek H Mariam

PART X OTHER PROPERTIES

• Surface and Interfacial Properties, Afshin Falsafi, Subu Mangipudi, and Michael J Owen
• Acoustic Properties of Polymers, Moitreyee Sinha and Donald J Buckley
• Permeability of Polymers to Gases and Vapors, S A Stern and J R Fried

PART XI MISCELLANEOUS

• Definitions, Ping Xu
• Units and Conversion Factors, Shuhong Wang
• Subject Index