Bandyopadhyay Sri - Advances in polymer materials and technology

Advances in Polymer Materials and Technology

Advances in Polymer Materials and Technology

Edited by

Anandhan Srinivasan Sri Bandyopadhyay

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Srinivasan, Anandhan, editor. | Bandyopadhyay, Sri, editor.

Title: Advances in polymer materials and technology / editors, Anandhan Srinivasan and Sri Bandyopadhyay.

Description: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016002568 | ISBN 9781498718813 (alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Polymers. | Polymeric composites. | Plastics.

Classification: LCC TA455.P58 A324 2016 | DDC 620.1/92--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016002568

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Contents

P OLYMERS HAVE OCCUPIED AN indispensable position in our everyday lives. They are one of the most important engineering materials used in a spectrum of applications, ranging from food to space. Although polymers were previously considered as low-strength materials with low stiffness/toughness, recent research has totally changed that notion. In fact, now polymers are the only materials that can act as matrices for incorporation of the widest range of ceramics, nanotubes, nanoparticles, and short as well as continuous fibers of various kinds to create new building and structural materials. At the same time, polymers are very important materials that can be used as biomaterials, sensors, and in electrical and electronic materials as insulators, conductors, or semiconductors.

This book highlights recent advancements in the field of polymeric materials and technology. Frontier areas such as polymers based on bio-sources, polymer-based ferroelectrics, polymer nanocomposites for capacitors, food packaging, and electronic packaging, organic field emission transistors, superhydrophobic materials, and electrospinning are discussed in this book. We do believe that this book will be suitable for a wide range of audiences working in various interdisciplinary fields of polymer technology.

The chapters are broadly organized into six sections of polymer materials and technology. , New Polymer Applications, discusses applications of polymer nanocomposites in biomedical applications, sensitive electronic device packaging, and food packaging. This section also features a novel topic on polymer quenchants for industrial heat treatment.

Anandhan Srinivasan
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Mangalore, India

Sri Bandyopadhyay
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

W E SINCERELY THANK DR. Gagandeep Singh, Taylor & Francis Group (CRC Press), for inviting us to edit this book and making its publication a reality. We also thank Marsha Pronin, Taylor & Francis Group (CRC Press), Boca Raton, Florida, for her constant support and assistance during various stages of the manuscript preparation.

In addition, we express our deep sense of gratitude to all contributors of the 26 chapters in the diverse but interconnected science and technology areas of polymers/plastics as materials and technology components. The contributors are renowned experts in their respective fields and hail from various academic institutes and industries around the world. We are grateful to them for their time and efforts to make this venture successful. We also appreciate their patience in waiting for the book to be published.