Overview
- Highlights different domains of functional polymers from membranes and coatings to composite materials
- Presents their synthesis techniques, characterization, properties, and applications
- Includes polymeric membranes, paints and coatings, smart polymers, self-healing elastomers, etc
Part of the book series: Engineering Materials (ENG.MAT.)
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About this book
This book highlights different domains of functional polymers from membranes and coatings to composite materials. It includes their synthesis routes and techniques, characterization, properties, and applications. The book also provides the basics and advances about different functional polymers and composites with an up-to-date progress in the field of research and their application on a domestic and industrial scale. The main topics to be covered include polymeric membranes, paints and coatings, smart polymers, self-healing elastomers, biodegradable polymers, food packaging, and functional composite materials.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Khubab Shaker is currently affiliated with the National Textile University, Pakistan, as Chairman, Department of Materials. He completed his doctoral degree in 2018, and the focus of his research was polymeric composite materials. His research areas include polymers and composite materials, residual stress, thermomechanical characterization, multilayer/3D woven reinforcements, and auxetic materials.
Asif Hafeez is currently affiliated with Department of Materials, National Textile University, where he has been actively involved in teaching and research. He completed his Ph.D. in 2021 from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and his M.S. from the Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. His research focus is on lamellar membranes and membrane development for water purification.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advanced Functional Polymers
Book Subtitle: Synthesis to Applications
Editors: Khubab Shaker, Asif Hafeez
Series Title: Engineering Materials
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0787-8
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-0786-1Published: 10 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-0789-2Published: 11 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-0787-8Published: 09 June 2023
Series ISSN: 1612-1317
Series E-ISSN: 1868-1212
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 216
Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations, 40 illustrations in colour
Topics: Materials Science, general, Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings, Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings