Physical properties of polymers handbook
This handbook offers concise information on the properties of polymeric materials, particularly those most relevant to the areas of physical chemistry and chemical physics. In the second edition of "Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook", each chapter has been extensively updated and revised. The number of chapters have increased from 52 to 63 to include novel polymeric structures, specifically rotaxanes and related materials, self-assembly materials, foldamer supramolecular structures, tribology, mechanical properties of single molecules, and dendrimers, as well as reinforcing phases in polymers, including carbon black, silica, clays and other layered fillers, POSS, carbon nanotubes, and reinforcement theory. The study of complex materials is highly interdisciplinary, and new findings are scattered among a large selection of scientific and engineering journals. "Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook" is a comprehensive and authoritative compilation that brings together data and supporting information from experts in the different disciplines contributing to the rapidly growing area of polymers and complex materials
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1 online resource (xix, 1076 pages) : illustrations
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Cover
Contents
Contributors
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
PART I. STRUCTURE
1. Chain Structures
2. Names, Acronyms, Classes, and Structures of Some Important Polymers
PART II. THEORY
3. The Rotational Isomeric State Model
4. Computational Parameters
5. Theoretical Models and Simulations of Polymer Chains
6. Scaling, Exponents, and Fractal Dimensions
PART III. THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
7. Densities, Coefficients of Thermal Expansion, and Compressibilities of Amorphous Polymers
8. Thermodynamic Properties of Proteins
9. Heat Capacities of Polymers
10. Thermal Conductivity
11. Thermodynamic Quantities Governing Melting
12. The Glass Temperature
13. Sub-T<sub>g</sub> Transitions
14. Polymer-Solvent Interaction Parameter
15. Theta Temperatures
16. Solubility Parameters
17. Mark-Houwink-Staudinger-Sakurada Constants
18. Polymers and Supercritical Fluids
19. Thermodynamics of Polymer Blends
PART IV. SPECTROSCOPY
20. NMR Spectroscopy of Polymers
21. Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy to Study the Molecular Dynamics of Polymers Having Different Molecular Architectures
22. Group Frequency Assignments for Major Infrared Bands Observed in Common Synthetic Polymers
23. Small Angle Neutron and X-Ray Scattering
PART V. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
24. Mechanical Properties
25. Chain Dimensions and Entanglement Spacings
26. Temperature Dependences of the Viscoelastic Response of Polymer Systems
27. Adhesives
28. Some Mechanical Properties of Typical Polymer-Based Composites
29. Polymer Networks and Gels
30. Force Spectroscopy of Polymers: Beyond Single Chain Mechanics
PART VI. REINFORCING PHASES
31. Carbon Black
32. Properties of Polymers Reinforced with Silica
33. Physical Properties of Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites
34. Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS)
35. Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composites: Recent Developments in Mechanical Properties
36. Reinforcement Theories
PART VII. CRYSTALLINITY AND MORPHOLOGY
37. Densities of Amorphous and Crystalline Polymers
38. Unit Cell Information on Some Important Polymers
39. Crystallization Kinetics of Polymers
40. Block Copolymer Melts
41. Polymer Liquid Crystals and Their Blends
42. The Emergence of a New Macromolecular Architecture: ''The Dendritic State''
43. Polyrotaxanes
44. Foldamers: Nanoscale Shape Control at the Interface Between Small Molecules and High Polymers
45. Recent Advances in Supramolecular Polymers
PART VIII. ELECTRICAL, OPTICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
46. Conducting Polymers: Electrical Conductivity
47. Electroluminescent Polymer Systems
48. Magnetic, Piezoelectric, Pyroelectric, and Ferroelectric Properties of Synthetic and Biological Pol