Presenting practical information on new and conventional polymers and products as alternative materials and end-use applications, this work details technological advancements in high-structure plastics and elastomers, functionalized materials, and their product applications. The book also provides a comparison of manufacturing and processing techniques from around the world. It emphasizes product characterization, performance attributes and structural properties.
Author(s): Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff
Edition: 1
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 888
Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
ISBN 082479799X......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Contents (with page links)......Page 8
Contributors......Page 12
1 Artificial Neural Networks as a Semi-Empirical Modeling Tool for Physical Property Predictions in Polymer Science......Page 16
2 New Generation High Performance Polymers by Displacement Polymerization......Page 50
3 Acrylamide Polymers......Page 76
4 Transparent Polyolefins......Page 88
5 Polyolefin Stabilizers with Intramolecular Synergism......Page 92
6 High-Temperature Stabilization of Polyolefins......Page 96
7 Poly(malic Acid) from Natural Sources......Page 108
8 Stabilization of Polyolefins......Page 120
9 Gamma Radiation Induced Preparation of Polyelectrolytes and Its Use for Treatment of Waste Water......Page 134
10 Polyvinylchloride (PVC)/Thermoplastic Polyurethane VPU) Polymeric Blends......Page 152
11 Mechanical Properties of lonomers and lonomer Blends......Page 160
12 Metallocene-Based Polyolefins: Product Characteristics......Page 170
13 Preparations and Properties of Porous Poly(vinyl alcohol)-Poly(vinyl acetate) Composites......Page 182
14 Hydrophobization of Polyanionic Polymers to Achieve Higher Biological Activity......Page 194
15 Uniform Latex Particles......Page 204
16 Reaction Mechanism of Vinyl Polymerization with Amine in Redox and Photo-Induced Charge-Transfer Initiation Systems......Page 242
17 Photoinitiation of Free Radical Polymerization by Organometallic Compounds......Page 258
18 Chemical Modification of Polystyrenes in the Presence of Cationic Catalysis and Their Industrial Applications......Page 274
19 Performance of Polyethylenes in Relation to Their Molecular Structure......Page 292
20 The Crystallization of Polyethylene Under High Pressure......Page 310
21 Structure, Stability, and Degradation of PVC......Page 332
22 Solution State of Metal Complex Calixarenes and Polymeric Calixarenes......Page 354
23 Thermodynamic Opportunity Due to the Degradation Reaction Initiation......Page 366
24 Polymerization by YIides......Page 388
25 Characterization and Properties of Thermotropic Polybibenzoates......Page 398
26 Polymeric Ultraviolet Stabilizers for Thermoplastics......Page 414
27 High-Performance and Functional Materials from Natural Monomers and Polymers......Page 426
28 Ionic Thermoplastic Elastomer Based on Maleated EPDM Rubber......Page 456
29 Elastomeric Compound - The Importance of Consistency in Economic Component Manufacture......Page 466
30 Advancement in Reactively Processed Polymer Blends......Page 480
31 Graft Copolymerization Onto Natural and Synthetic Polymers......Page 496
32 Methods, Characterization, and Applications of Grafting......Page 516
33 Surface Properties of Modified Polymers......Page 532
34 Grafting of Cellulose......Page 544
35 Graft Copolymerization of Vinyl Monomers Onto Macromolecules Having Active Pendant Group via Ceric Ion Redox or Photo-Induced......Page 556
36 Modification of Properties of Nitrile Rubber......Page 570
37 Industrial Perspective of Cellulosics in Thermoplastic Composites......Page 592
38 Liquid Crystalline Polymer Composite-Preparation and Properties......Page 600
39 Self-Organization of Core-Shell Type Polymer Microspheres and Applications to Polymer Alloys......Page 616
40 Flow Behavior of Polymer Blends as Affected by lnterchain Crosslinking......Page 626
41 Tough Composites Based on Premixed PP/LCP Blends......Page 638
42 Compatibilization of Thermoplastic Elastomer Blends......Page 648
43 Polymer Blends and Alloys......Page 664
44 Reactive Compatibilization of Immiscible Polymer Blends......Page 682
45 Polymer Blends Containing Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Polymer......Page 700
46 Energetic Composites......Page 720
47 Macrointermediates for Block and Graft Copolymers......Page 740
48 Azo Initiators as Transformation Agents for Block Copolymer Synthesis......Page 750
49 Block Copolymers Derived from Macroinitiators: Recent Advances of Synthesis, Properties, and Applications......Page 770
50 Poloxamers......Page 780
51 Recent Advances in Cationic Resins......Page 790
52 Natural Fiber Reinforced Plastics......Page 802
53 Short Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Composites......Page 826
54 Peculiarities of the Fine Structure of PET Fibers and the Relationship to Their Basic Physical Properties......Page 854
Index (with page links)......Page 874
