Polymer Science

Engineering of Polymers and Chemical Complexity, Volume II
New Approaches, Limitations, and Control

Editors: Walter W. Focke, PhD
Hans-Joachim Radusch, PhD
A. K.Haghi, PhD, and Gennady E. Zaikov, DSc

Engineering of Polymers and Chemical Complexity, Volume II

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Pub Date: May 31, 2014
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Hard ISBN: 9781926895871
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-77463-096-9
E-Book ISBN: 9781482231717
Pages: 322pp
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This book provides a vast amount of information on new approaches, limitations, and control on current polymers and chemicals complexity of various origins, on scales ranging from single molecules and nano-phenomena to macroscopic chemicals.

Starting with a detailed introduction on the history of research on complex chemical systems and its current state of the art and perspectives, the book is comprised of chapters that survey the current progress in particular research fields. The chapters, prepared by leading international experts, yield together a fascinating picture of a rapidly developing research discipline that brings chemical technology and polymers to new frontiers. This book provides innovative chapters on the growth of educational, scientific, and industrial research activities among chemists, biologists, and polymer and chemical engineers. This book publishes significant research and reviews rnew methodologies and important applications, as well as includes the latest coverage of chemical databases and the development of new computational methods and efficient algorithms for chemical software and polymer engineering.

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CONTENTS:
List of Contributors
List of Abbreviations
Preface

Chapter 1. Polymeric Nanocomposites: Structure, Manufacture, and Properties
A. K. Mikitaev, A. Yu. Bedanokov, and M. A. Mikitaev

Chapter 2. Multi-Scale Modeling and Simulation of Dendritic Architectures: New Horizons

M. Hasanzadeh and B. Hadavi Moghadam

Chapter 3. Emulsion Approach to Magnetic Nanocomposites

Ali Gharieh

Chapter 4. The Fractal Kinetics of Polymerization Catalyzed by Nanofillers

G. V. Kozlov and G. E.Zaikov

Chapter 5. Soluble Block Copolyimides

N. I. ?loba, V. ?. Zelencovsky, N. R. Prokopchuk, and E. T. Krutko

Chapter 6. Hyaluronan Degradation Under Free-Radical Oxidation Stress: Action and Healing

T. M. Tamer

Chapter 7. Magnetic Nanoparticles in Polymers

R. ?. Dvorikova, Yu. V. Korshak, L. N. Nikitin, M. I. Buzin, V. A. Shanditsev, Z. S. Klemenkova, A. L.Rusanov, ?. R. Khokhlov, A. Lappas, and A. Kostopoulou

Chapter 8. New Issues on Application of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) on Textiles

M. Hasanzadeh and B. Hadavi Moghadam

Chapter 9. A New Approach for Optimization of Electrospun PAN Nanofiber Diameter and Contact Angle

Mahdi Hasanzadeh, Bentolhoda Hadavi Moghadam, and Mohammad Hasanzadeh Moghadam Abatari

Chapter 10. Comparison of ANN with RSM in Predicting Contact Angle of Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Nanofiber Mat

B. Hadavi Moghadam and M. Hasanzadeh

Chapter 11. The Influence of Crystalline Morphology on Fractal Space Formation for Nanocomposites Polymer/Organoclay

K. S. Dibirova, G. V. Kozlov, G. M. Magomedov, and G. E. Zaikov

Chapter 12. The Fractal Model of Coke Residue Formation for Composites High Density Polyethylene/Aluminum Hydroxide

I. V. Dolbin, G. V. Kozlov, G. E. Zaikov, and A. K. Mikitaev

Chapter 13. The Structural Model of Nanocomposites Poly(Vinyl Chloride)/Organoclay Flame-Resistance

I. V. Dolbin, G. V. Kozlov, G. E. Zaikov, and A. K. Mikitaev

Chapter 14. Calculation of Efficiency of Sedimentation of Dispersion Particles in a Rotoklon on the Basis of Model of Hydrodynamic Interacting of Phases

R. R. Usmanova and G. E. Zaikov

Chapter 15. Hyaluronan: A Harbinger of the Status and Functionality of the Joint

Ladislav Šoltés and Grigorij Kogan

Chapter 16. Polyvinylchloride Antibacterial Pre-Treated by Barrier Plasma

Igor Novák, Ján Matyašovský, Peter Jurkovi?, Marián Lehocký, Alenka Vesel, and Ladislav Šoltés


Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Walter W. Focke, PhD
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, and Director, Institute of Applied Materials, Pretoria University, South Africa

Professor Walter W. Focke obtained bachelor and masterÕs degrees in chemical engineering at the University of Pretoria and a PhD in polymer science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He is a full professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Institute of Applied Materials at Pretoria University in South Africa. He teaches materials science and engineering as well as phase equilibrium thermodynamics at the undergraduate level and polymer processing and polymer additive technology at the postgraduate level. Professor Focke is a registered professional engineer, a member of the American Chemical Society, the Polymer Processing Society, the International Pyrotechnics Society, and the South African Institute of Chemical Engineers. His research is focused on chemical product design with emphasis on carbon materials, polymer additive technology, pyrotechnics, and prophylactic malaria control. Various thermal analysis techniques are employed to characterize and control oxidative processes in pyrotechnics, biodiesel and materials such as polymers and graphite.

Professor Focke has published more than 90 papers in peer-reviewed journals. His current Scopus h-Index is 8, and his publications listed in Scopus have been cited more than 1200 times. He is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology, the International Journal of Adhesion & Adhesives, and International Polymer Processing.

Hans-Joachim Radusch, PhD
Professor of Polymer Engineering, Center of Engineering Science, Martin Luther University, Halle-Saale, Germany

Professor Hans-Joachim Radusch is a full professor of polymer engineering at the Center of Engineering Science at Martin Luther University, Halle-Saale, Germany.

He is a world-renown scientist in the field of chemistry, physics and mechanic of polymers , polymer blends, polymer composites, and nanocomposites. He published several books and 500 original papers and reviews in above fields of science.

A. K.Haghi, PhD, and Gennady E. Zaikov, DSc
Reviewers and advisory board members




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