Polymer Science Dictionary

The 3rd edition of this important dictionary offers more than 12,000 entries with expanded encyclopaedic-style definitions making this major reference work invaluable to practitioners, researchers and students working in the area of polymer science and technology. This new edition now includes entries on computer simulation and modeling, surface and interfacial properties and their characterization, functional and smart polymers. New and controlled architectures of polymers, especially dendrimers and controlled radical polymerization are also covered.

List of contents

Preface to the third edition.- Preface to the second edition.- Preface to the first edition.- Notes on the organisation of the dictionary.- Notation.- Appendices.- Sources

About the author

Marc Alger was a senior lecturer at the Polymer Centre of the London Metropolitan University.

Summary

The 3rd edition of this important dictionary offers more than 12,000 entries with expanded encyclopaedic-style definitions making this major reference work invaluable to practitioners, researchers and students working in the area of polymer science and technology. This new edition now includes entries on computer simulation and modeling, surface and interfacial properties and their characterization, functional and smart polymers. New and controlled architectures of polymers, especially dendrimers and controlled radical polymerization are also covered.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Alger
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9789402414295
• ISBN: 978-94-0-241429-5
• No. of pages: 1008
• Dimensions: 211 mm x 278 mm x 56 mm
• Weight: 2532 g
• Illustrations: XXIV, 1008 p. 2818 illus.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; Nanotechnologie, Physikalische Chemie, Werkstoffprüfung, C, Nanowissenschaften, Kybernetik und Systemtheorie, Chemistry and Materials Science, Complex systems, polymers, Testing of materials, Polymer Sciences, Condensed Matter Physics, Condensed matter, Nanotechnology, Characterization and Analytical Technique, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Nanochemistry, Physical Chemistry, System Theory, Cybernetics and systems theory, Nanosciences, Materials—Analysis, types of polymers, terminology of polymer physics