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Polymer Science and Technology, 3rd edition

Published by Pearson (June 24, 2014) © 2014

  • Joel R. Fried University of Cincinnati

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This text describes how plastics, rubber, and fibers are synthesized, processed into useful materials, characterized, and compounded with fillers and other additives to improve performance for specific applications. Their use in a wide variety of technologies including membrane separations, electronics, and energy production and storage is described. A new chapter in the Third Edition shows how computer correlations and simulations can be used to predict properties of new plastics and to better understand how existing plastics perform.
  • Comprehensive coverage of polymer synthesis including new coverage of controlled radical polymerisation and the use of click chemistry
  • Expanded coverage on nanomaterials including POSS and graphene
  • Added coverage of biomedical engineering, drug delivery, polymeric solar cells
  • New coverage of the use of artificial neural networks and topological indices to predict polymer properties
  • The first coverage of the use of molecular molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo methods in the simulation of polymeric systems in any textbook
  • Extensive new coverage includes advanced polymerization methods, bioapplications, and alternative energy applications
  • Applies molecular simulations, artificial neural networks, and other computational methods to predict polymer properties
  • Contains an extensively expanded set of example problems and homework exercise sections
  • Chapter 1: Introduction to Polymer Science        
  • Chapter 2: Polymer Synthesis
  • Chapter 3: Conformation, Solutions, and Molecular Weight 
  • Chapter 4: Solid-State Properties 
  • Chapter 5: Viscoelasticity and Rubber Elasticity 
  • Chapter 6: Polymer Degradation and the Environment 
  • Chapter 7: Additives, Blends, Block Copolymers, and Composites 
  • Chapter 8: Biopolymers, Natural Polymers, and Fibers
  • Chapter 9: Thermoplastics, Elastomers, and Thermosets 
  • Chapter 10: Engineering and Specialty Polymers 
  • Chapter 11: Polymer Processing and Rheology
  • Chapter 12: Polymers for Advanced Technologies
  • Chapter 13: Correlations and Simulations in Polymer Science  
  • Appendix A: Polymer Abbreviations
  • Appendix B Representative Properties of Some Important Commercial Polymers
  • Appendix C ASTM Standards for Plastics and Rubber
  • Appendix D SI Units and Physical Constants
  • Appendix E Mathematical Relationships
  • Appendix F The Major Elements

 

Dr. Joel R. Fried is professor and chair of the department of chemical and biomedical engineering at Florida State University. Previously, he was professor and the Wright Brothers Endowed Chair in Nanomaterials at the University of Dayton. He is also professor emeritus of chemical engineering and fellow of the graduate school at the University of Cincinnati, where he directed the Polymer Research Center and led the department of chemical engineering. He holds B.S. degrees in biology and chemical engineering, and an M.E. degree in chemical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He also holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in polymer science and engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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