Comprehensive Polymer Science

Polymer Science: A Comprehensive Reference, Second Edition, Eight Volume Set, is an authoritative and comprehensive treatment of the role of polymers in modern science and technology. Like the first edition, it gives a broad, in-depth, and fundamental understanding of polymer synthesis, polymerization processes, properties, characterization methods, and techniques to develop polymer nanostructures and soft objects. Articles also discuss the myriad applications of polymeric materials. In this fully revised and updated edition, a far more thorough focus is trained on issues surrounding sustainability, energy, and biomedical fields.

A complete overview of the flourishing role of polymers in modern science and technology, this new edition retains the critically acclaimed approach of the previous edition while introducing readers to the latest developments in the field.

• Provides a broad and in-depth coverage of all aspects of polymer science and engineering, including the latest advances in the field
• Integrates multidisciplinary aspects of the science into one, comprehensive, newly updated reference work
• Fundamental issues that persist concerning bio-based and biodegradable polymers, which could shape future research and industrial application of these materials for sustainable future development
• Provides an insight into the main challenges and outlook in polymer-based advanced and functional materials for applications in agriculture, biomedical, water-purification, green and sustainable energy
• Addresses fundamental issues that persist concerning plastic sustainability, shaping future research and industrial application of these materials for sustainable future development