Polymer Science

Specialty Polymers and Materials
Advances, Technologies, Applications, and Future Trends

Editors: Shrikaant Kulkarni, PhD
Vasi Shaikh, PhD

Specialty Polymers and Materials

Now on Press
Pub Date: Forthcoming February/March 2025
Hardback Price: $220 US | £170 UK
Hard ISBN: 9781774917831
E-Book ISBN: 9781003558712
Pages: 338pp w/index
Binding Type: Hardback / ebook
Notes: 13 color and 23 b/w illustrations

Specialty polymers are noted for their ability to retain valuable mechanical, thermal, and chemical characteristics when subjected to harsh environments, such as high temperature, high pressure, and corrosive chemicals. This new volume focuses on specialty polymers and polymer-based materials in novel application areas, discussing the synthesis and preparation methods, the derived materials from them, and how they are applied. The volume touches on applications that vary from biomedical and defense to high-performance coatings and smart materials for catalytic, agricultural, environmental, and packaging applications.

Chapters explore the characteristic and distinct properties of specialty polymers, such as biodegradability, high performance, smart behaviors, and other distinct characteristics. The book explores diverse applications in oil fields, focusing on carbon geo-storage; for agricultural uses of various polymeric nanocomposites; for smart polymeric coatings and adhesives, including edible polymers and their applications in the food packaging industry; and in biosensor design. The volume also looks at smart polymers and composites for drug delivery systems.

Specialty Polymers and Materials: Advances, Technologies, Applications, and Future Trends provides new information that will be of value to researchers working with polymers and materials in many areas.

CONTENTS:
Preface

PART I: SPECIALTY POLYMERS FOR AGRICULTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND PACKAGING APPLICATIONS

1. Recent Advances in Polymers for Oilfield Applications: Focus on Carbon Geo-Storage

Anand Raghav Chaubey and Krishna Raghav Chaturvedi

2. Agricultural Use of Various Polymeric Nanocomposites and Future Avenues
Fahad Shafiq, Arslan Mahmood, and Muhammad Iqbal

3. Smart Polymeric Coatings and Adhesives
Bhavika Bhatia, Shivani Yadav, and Bimlesh Lochab

4. Edible Polymers and Their Applications in Food Packaging and Other Areas
Pradnya Deshpande

PART II: SMART POLYMERS AND COMPOSITES FOR CATALYTIC, SENSING, DRUG DELIVERY, AND DEFENSE APPLICATIONS

5. Recent Advancements in Smart Hybrid Polymeric Gels for Catalytic Applications

Mir Waqas Alam, Jawayria Najeeb, Sumaira Naeem, Sheikh Muhammad Usman, Noushi Zaidi, and Inas Abdulalim Alabdullah

6. Electrospun Nanofiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites and Their Advanced Applications
Vishal Gavande, Vasi Shaikh, and Won-Ki Lee

7. Next-Generation Polymer-Based Biosensor Design
Pelin Tören Özgün

8. Applications of Biodegradable Polymers for Drug Delivery Systems
Om M. Bagade, Priyanka E. Doke-Bagade, and A. Vijayalakshmi

9. Poloxamer: Application as a Promising Polymer in Different Drug Delivery Systems
Anuruddha R. Chabukswar, Priyanka S. Waghmare, and Swati C. Jagdale

PART III: HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYMERS FOR SPECIALTY APPLICATIONS

10. Recent Advancements in Nontraditional Luminous Polymers, Their Production, and Potential Applications

Chitrali R. Talele, Dipali R. Talele, Mamta Kumari, Niyati Shah, Piyushkumar Sadhu, and Hemraj Singh Rajput

11. Applications of Cellulose Nano-Crystals (CNC) in Drug Delivery
Dinesh Bhutada, Vasi Shaikh, and Atharv Kabade

12. Rubbers and Elastomers in Specialty Applications
Aparna M. Joshi

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Shrikaant Kulkarni, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Business, Victoria Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia; Adjunct Professor, Centre of Research Outcome and Impact, Chitkara University, Punjab, India

Shrikaant Kulkarni, PhD, is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Business at the Victoria Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, as well as an Adjunct Professor at the Centre of Research Outcome and Impact at Chitkara University, Punjab, India. Dr. Kulkarni has been a senior academician and researcher for over four decades. He has delivered invited lectures and conducted sessions at national and international conferences and faculty development programs. He has guided many major and minor projects in engineering chemistry, green chemistry, nanotechnology, analytical chemistry, catalysis, chemical engineering materials, industrial organization, management, and AI. He has published over 100 research papers in national and international journals and conferences of repute. He has authored more than 50 book chapters. He has edited 25 books published by international publishers. Another ten books are in the offing. He authored four textbooks in engineering chemistry. Dr. Kulkarni possesses MSc, MPhil, and PhD degrees in Chemistry apart from master’s degrees in Economics, Business Management, and Political Science. He has expertise in materials science, green chemistry and engineering, analytical chemistry, green nanoscience, nanotechnology, AI, and computational intelligence. He has expertise in wastewater treatment, green and analytical chemistry, and advanced areas in chemical engineering and materials science. He published two patents and applied for two more.

Vasi Shaikh, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean, School of Science and Environmental Studies, MIT World Peace University, Pune, India

Vasi Shaikh, PhD, is Professor and Associate Dean of the School of Science and Environmental Studies, where he established the Polymer Chemistry Research Laboratory and an industry-oriented postgraduate program in industrial polymer chemistry. He has over 30 years of experience in education, research, and industry. He was awarded the Ideal Teacher Award and the Best Teacher Award by MIT-WPU and Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), respectively. A PhD advisor in chemistry and chemical engineering, he was a member and chairman of the board of studies (BoS) and a faculty member of chemical and petroleum engineering at Savitribai Phule Pune University. He has published book chapters and articles in national and international journals, presented at conferences and given invited talks, worked on a few research projects, and consulted on various projects. His areas of research include LCPs, microplastics, plant extract-derived nanoparticles and nanocomposites in drug applications, water purification, green and bio materials, etc. He started his career as a production chemist with Asian Paints (I) Ltd. and worked as a junior and senior research fellow on a DST-sponsored research projects. He completed his PhD in Liquid Crystalline Polymers. He received research funding under the Young Scientist Scheme from DST, New Delhi, India.




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