edited by Gabriel O. Shonaike
and Suresh G. Advani

Features:

• Highlights the versatility of fiber reinforced composites with detailed discussion of design optimization and processing techniques, most notably on the close mold and manufacturing of Z-pinned composites
• Explains how to overcome the brittle behaviors of thermoset composites using preformed core-shell rubber particles
• Fully analyzes the dependence of mechanical, thermal, physical, and chemical properties on copolymer composition
• Explores a range of biomedical applications, including drug delivery and tissue engineering
• Addresses recent developments in nanomaterials in chapters on carbon nanotubes and nanocomposites based on clay

Advanced Polymeric Materials: Structure Property Relationships addresses the issues, characterization, durability, processing, and properties of state-of-the-art polymers. In chapters contributed by international experts-all in the vanguard of their respective specialties-it explores four distinct areas of the field that are now undergoing explosive growth: fiber reinforced composites, nanocomposites, polymer blends, and bioengineering.

This welcome narrative treatment presents a unique, one-stop opportunity to discover the latest research on polymer modification from laboratories around the world.

Contents

1. Design Optimization of Composite Laminates under Deterministic and Uncertain Conditions
2. In-Process Monitoring for Control of Closed-Mold Techniques for the Manufacture of Thermosetting Matrix Composites
3. Manufacture and Performance of Z-Pinned Composites
4. Modeling Concepts for the Spherulitic Growth in Polymers and Composites
5. Rheological Measurements and Modeling of Noncolloidal Particulate Suspensions
6. Properties and Optical Behavior of PE/Vinyl Copolymer IPN-like Networks
7. Cure and Rubber Toughening of Vinyl Ester Resins
8. Properties of Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers and Their Blends
9. Gas Barrier Properties of Polymeric Materials
10. Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites
11. Review of Polymer Composites with Carbon Nanotubes
12. Performance Synergism in Polymer-Based Hybrid Materials
13. Synthetic Biomedical Polymers for Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery
14. An Introduction to Absorbable and Degradable Systems and Their Biomedical Application

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