Carbohydrates play an important role in many biological and biochemical processes, including the fertilisation, cell differentiation and maturation...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are high molecular weight, aromatic compounds containing two or more benzene rings joined together in diffe...

Homolytic & Heterolytic Reactions - Problems & Solutions

The range of materials used for biomedical applications is very broad. This means that the demands on their properties are very diverse depending o...

Kinetic & Thermodynamic Aspects of Polymer Stability

In the 20th century, the composite materials with polymer matrices, i.e. polymer matrix composites (PMC), became the engineering structural materia...

This book presents state-of-the-art research in polymer science.

This volume presents interesting results in the field of physico-chemical criteria for estimating the efficiency of burn dressings, antimicrobical ...

This book is a compiled contribution from experts in the field of natural polymers, and it is organised into two volumes. The purpose of this book ...

Natural Rubber (NR) is a renewable polymer endowed with remarkable properties including its high elasticity and high film forming capacity, propert...

New Approaches To Polymer Materials

This new book presents and discusses current research in the study of polymer research. Topics discussed include a raman study of the pressure and ...

Since the discovery of plastics several decades ago, the widespread consumption of plastic products and their subsequent inappropriate disposal and...

In recent years, many researchers have devoted considerable attention to the development of membrane science and technology. Different important ty...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are chemical compounds that consist of fused aromatic rings and do not contain heteroatoms or carry substit...

Polydimethylsiloxane is a non-conducting, silicone-based elastomer that is of widespread interest due to its flexibility and ease of micromolding f...

In this book, Chapter One discusses the structural properties and phase behavior of neutral and partially charged diblock copolymers in solution. C...

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is an aliphatic-aromatic and semicrystalline thermoplastic polyester of prime commercial and industrial importance...

The monograph is of interest to scientists specialising in physical chemistry. The results of research of polyfunctional stabilisers from the point...

This book examines polymer nanocomposites filled by inorganic nanofillers. Polymers are considered as nanocomposite matrix only, possessing, as a r...

Double hydrophilic block copolymers (DHBCs) constitute a novel class of water-soluble macromolecules with potential utilisation in a wide range of ...

This book provides research on the synthesis and applications of polymer nanocomposites. Chapter One discusses advances in injection moulding techn...

Polymer nanocomposites revolutionised the research in this field owing to the tremendous improvement in the composite properties at very low filler...

Stress relaxation describes how polymers relieve stress under constant strain. Because they are viscoelastic, polymers behave in a nonlinear, non-H...