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X-Ray Scattering of Soft Matter
Applications of X-ray scattering to soft matter have advanced considerably within recent years,This manual summarizes the analytical power of modern X-ray scattering in the field of soft matter. Description of simple tools that can elucidate the mechanisms of structure evolution in the studied materials is followed by a step-by-step guide and breakdown of the more advanced methods. Data analysis based on clear, unequivocal results is rendered simple and straightforward – with a stress on the carefully planning of the experiments and adequate recording of all required data. To this end, this book serves as a useful ready-reference guide.
White Biotechnology
The successful launch of polylactide marked white biotechnology’s break-through into the field of polymers and synthetics.Today crude oil is the most important energy source and the most widely used chemical raw material. Both primary industry and polymer chemistry currently depend to a great extent on oil. However, it is only a matter of time before the world’s oil reserves are depleted. Almost all studies presented to date agree that peak oil, i.e. the point in time when oil extraction reaches its highest level, will take place in the first half of the present century. The increasingly difficult development of new sources of oil have triggered initiatives worldwide to reduce national dependence on oil imports.
Wax Crystal Control · Nanocomposites · Stimuli-Responsive Polymers
"Advances in Polymer Science series has been designed to present critical reviews of the present and future trends in polymer and biopolymer science including chemistry, physical chemistry, physics and materials science. … an informative, interesting, perceptive, and generally splendid book. This volume may well be a substantial contribution … . a very creative piece of work meriting the highest praise from scientists at universities and in industry who wish to keep abreast of advances in the topics covered."
Water and the Cell
This edited volume deals with the state of water in the vicinity of biological interfaces, both intracellular and extracellular. This issue is of critical importance, for the cell is extremely crowded with interfaces, and as a result practically all cell water is interfacial. The character, or state, of this water may therefore be central to cell function.
Trend and Applications of Mathematics to Mechanics ; STAMM 2002
The book collects a selection of papers most of which are revised and enriched versions of the contributions presented at the 12th Symposium on Trends of Applications of Mathematics to Mechanics (STAMM) which was sponsored by the International Society for the Interaction between Mathematics and Mechanics (ISIMM) and held in Maiori (Salerno), Italy from September 29th to October 4th, 2002. The Symposium attracted many leading researchers from around the world who are working at the interface between Mathematics and Mechanics. The importance of a close link between these two disciplines have long been recognized and each of them get benefits and stimuli by open problems, methods and results emerging from the other one. The book collects 22 papers which contribute special investigations and more wide presentations of linear and nonlinear problems.
Thermal properties of green polymers and biocomposites
The book includes over 370 figures concerning thermal properties of green polymers with detailed experimental conditions. It also introduces newly patented environmentally compatible green polymers. Thermal properties provided include: thermogravimetry (TG), differential thermal analysis (DTA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermomechanometry (TMA) and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). This book covers two domains: Fundamentals of thermal properties of cellulose, polysaccharides and lignin (Chapters 3 to 5) / Developments of new biocompatible polymers derived from plant materials (Chapters 6 to 8). This book is aimed at advanced users and specialists who are interested in green polymers and who utilize thermal analyses for the above polymers, especially in research laboratories, both academic and industrial."
Thermal analysis of polymeric materials : Methods and developments
An all-in-one reference work covering the essential principles and techniques on thermal behavior and response of polymeric materials This book delivers a detailed understanding of the thermal behavior of polymeric materials evaluated by thermal analysis methods. It covers the most widely applied principles which are used in method development to substantiate what happens upon heating of polymers. It also reviews the key application areas of polymers in materials science.
Thermal analysis of polymeric materials
"Thermal Analysis of Polymeric Materials" systematically treats macroscopic measurements by thermal analysis and the quantitative link to microscopic, molecular structure and mobility. Reversible and irreversible thermodynamics, kinetics, quantum mechanics, and statistical thermodynamics are the roots of the described thermal analysis. The book aims to broaden readers’ understanding of materials and the connection of flexible macromolecules (polymers) to small molecules and rigid macromolecules (minerals, salts, and metals). An effort is made to discover how the long, flexible molecules fit into their small phases which are characterized as microphases or nanophases. Their order ranges from amorphous to mesophase-like and crystalline. Ultimately, it is shown that the basic structure-property-processing triangle is connected to the better-known types of molecules and their common macroscopic phases.
The Physics of Polymers : Concepts for Understanding Their Structures and Behavior
Polymer physics is a key part of macromolecular science. This textbook presents the elements of this important branch of materials science in the style of a series of lecture. The main focus lays on the concepts, rather than on experimental techniques and theoretical methods. Written for graduate students of physics, materials science and chemical engineering, as well as for researchers in academia and industry entering this field, the book introduces and discusses the basic phenomena that lead to the peculiar physical properties of polymeric systems.
Templates in Chemistry II
The series Topics in Current Chemistry presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in modern chemical research. The scope of coverage includes all areas of chemical science including the interfaces withrelated disciplines such as biology, medicine and materials science. The goal of each thematic volume is togive the nonspecialist reader, whether at the university or in industry, a comprehensive overview of an areawhere new insights are emerging that are of interest to a larger scientific audience.As a rule, contributions are specially commissioned.
Synthetic Polymeric Membranes : Characterization by Atomic Force Microscopy
Concentrates on atomic force microscopy (AFM), a method recently - veloped to study the surfaces of synthetic polymeric membranes. Each chapter of this book includes information on basic principles, commercial applications, current research, and guidelines for future research.
Surface-Initiated Polymerization II
An excellent starting point for readers planning to enter the rapidly progressing and growing field of surface-initiated polymerization (SIP) as well as for experts . Each contribution provides a reasonably current and thorough treatment of one or more aspects of the field . Several of the contributions do an exemplary job of teaching the reader .Hailed by experts and practitioners all over the world as an excellent starting point for readers planning to enter the rapidly progressing and growing field of surface-initiated polymerization (SIP) as well as for experts Practice.
Surface-Initiated Polymerization I
This two-volume set is an excellent starting point for readers planning to enter the rapidly progressing and growing field of surface-initiated polymerization (SIP) as well as for experts who wish to keep up with recent developments and trends.Overall, this set presents to date developments and progress in surface-initiated polymerization. The contributions provide sufficiently complete bibliographies that will assist readers to identify resources for continued, in-depth study.
Surface and Interfacial Forces - From Fundamentals to Applications
The contributions in this volume are representative of the richness of research topics in colloid and polymer science. They cover a broad eld including the application of scanning probe techniques to colloid and interface science, surface induced ordering, novel developments in amphiphilic systems as well as the synthesis and applications of nano-colloids.
Supramolecular Polymers/Polymeric Betains/Oligomers
The Advances in Polymer Science series remains an important venue for reviewing the latest and most interesting topics related to the field of polymers. This current volume is no exception. Although supramolecular chemistry, hybrid polymers, and polyelectrolytes have been popular topics in chemistry and materials research, this volume focuses on four main subtopics: cyclodextrin-based supramolecular polymers, liquid crystalline dendrimers and polypedes, polymeric betaines, and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes.
Structure Formation in Solution: Ionic Polymers and Colloidal Particles
Designed to critically review experimental findings on ionic polymers and colloidal particles and to prove a theoretical framework based on the Poisson-Boltzmann approach. Structure formation in ionic polymer solutions has attracted attention since the days of H. Staudinger and J.D. Bernal. An independent study on ionic colloidal dispersions with microscopy provided a compelling evidence of structure formation. Recent technical developments have made it possible to accumulate relevant information for both ionic polymers and colloidal particles in dilute systems. The outstanding phenomenon experimentally found is microscopic inhomogeneity in the solute distribution in macroscopically homogeneous systems. To account for the observation, the present authors have invoked the existence of the counterion-mediated attraction between similarly charged solute species, in addition to the widely accepted electrostatic repulsion.
Strengthening of concrete structures : Unified design approach, Numerical examples and case Studies
Presents unified design approach for strengthening concrete members with different techniques such as concrete, steel, and FRP jacketing. Preference between the various techniques is explained in light of strengthening limits, procedures, and application for each case. Examples for evaluation of existing structures and design equations for strengthening concrete elements are presented based on the ACI design codes and standards. Numerical examples are also given for different strengthening techniques with illustrations for the construction methodology and detailing for each case.
STM and AFM Studies on (Bio)molecular Systems : Unravelling the Nanoworld
Still valid and useful after a decade, this work presents critical reviews of the present position and future trends in modern chemical research. It contains short and concise reports on chemistry, each written by world-renowned experts.
Springer Handbook of Experimental Solid Mechanics
Documents both the traditional techniques as well as the new methods for experimental studies of materials, components, and structures. The emergence of new materials and new disciplines, together with the escalating use of on- and off-line computers for rapid data processing and the combined use of experimental and numerical techniques have greatly expanded the capabilities of experimental mechanics. New exciting topics are included on biological materials, MEMS and NEMS, nanoindentation, digital photomechanics, photoacoustic characterization, and atomic force microscopy in experimental solid mechanics.Presenting complete instructions to various areas of experimental solid mechanics, guidance to detailed expositions in important references, and a description of state-of-the-art applications in important technical areas, this thoroughly revised and updated edition is an excellent reference to a widespread academic, industrial, and professional engineering audience.
Springer Handbook of Condensed Matter and Materials Data
Provides a concise compilation of data and functional relationships from the fields of solid-state physics and materials in this 1200-page volume. The data, encapsulated in over 750 tables and 1025 illustrations, have been selected and extracted primarily from the extensive high-quality data collection Landolt-Börnstein and also from other systematic data sources and recent publications of physical and technical property data. Many chapters are authored by Landolt-Börnstein editors, including the editors of this Springer Handbook.
