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Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook

  • Extensive updates and revisions to each chapter, including eleven new chapters on novel polymeric structures, reinforcing phases in polymers, and experiments on single polymer chains
  • Provides concise information on the properties of polymeric materials, particularly those most relevant to the areas of physical chemistry and chemical physics
  • Greatly reduces the effort in finding authoritative and useful information on a great range of polymers and their properties
  • Brings together the work of leading experts from different disciplines who are contributing to the rapidly growing area of polymers and complex materials
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (63 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Structure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Chain Structures

      • P. R. Sundararajan
      Pages 3-24
    3. Names, Acronyms, Classes, and Structures of Some Important Polymers

      • Chandima Kumudinie Jayasuriya, Jagath K. Premachandra
      Pages 25-40
  3. Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 42-42
    2. The Rotational Isomeric State Model

      • Carin A. Helfer, Wayne L. Mattice
      Pages 43-57
    3. Computational Parameters

      • Joel R. Fried
      Pages 59-65
    4. Theoretical Models and Simulations of Polymer Chains

      • Andrzej Kloczkowski, Andrzej Kolinski
      Pages 67-81
    5. Scaling, Exponents, and Fractal Dimensions

      • Mohamed Daoud, H. Eugene Stanley, Dietrich Stauffer
      Pages 83-89
  4. Thermodynamic Properties

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 92-92
    2. Thermodynamic Properties of Proteins

      • George I. Makhatadze
      Pages 103-143
    3. Heat Capacities of Polymers

      • Jianye Wen
      Pages 145-154
    4. Thermal Conductivity

      • Yong Yang
      Pages 155-163
    5. Thermodynamic Quantities Governing Melting

      • L. Mandelkern, R. G. Alamo
      Pages 165-186
    6. The Glass Temperature

      • Donald J. Plazek, Kia L. Ngai
      Pages 187-215
    7. Sub-T g Transitions

      • Joel R. Fried
      Pages 217-232
    8. Polymer–Solvent Interaction Parameter χ

      • Robert A. Orwoll, Pamela A. Arnold
      Pages 233-257
    9. Theta Temperatures

      • P. R. Sundararajan
      Pages 259-287
    10. Solubility Parameters

      • W. Zeng, Y. Du, Y. Xue, H. L. Frisch
      Pages 289-303

About this book

"...this is a very useful compendium and should have a place on every polymer scientist’s bookshelf," George Christopher Martin, Journal of the American Chemical Society

This handbook offers concise information on the properties of polymeric materials, particularly those most relevant to the areas of physical chemistry and chemical physics. In the second edition of Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook, each chapter has been extensively updated and revised. The number of chapters have increased from 52 to 63 to include novel polymeric structures, specifically rotaxanes and related materials, self-assembly materials, foldamer supramolecular structures, tribology, mechanical properties of single molecules, and dendrimers, as well as reinforcing phases in polymers, including carbon black, silica, clays and other layered fillers, POSS, carbon nanotubes, and reinforcement theory. The study of complex materials is highly interdisciplinary, and new findings arescattered among a large selection of scientific and engineering journals. Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook is a comprehensive and authoritative compilation that brings together data and supporting information from experts in the different disciplines contributing to the rapidly growing area of polymers and complex materials.

Reviews

From the reviews of the second edition:

"This edition of Physical Properties of Polymers Handbook is a mammoth undertaking with 63 chapters divided into nine parts and 100 distinguished contributors with affiliations in industry, academia, and governmental agencies. The objectives of the book are very ambitious. … The compilations of physical properties are very readable and, depending on one’s interests, range from the mundane and practical to the esoteric. … All in all, this is a very useful compendium and should have a place on every polymer scientist’s bookshelf." (George Christopher Martin, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 130 (3), 2008)

"This handbook covers an enormous range of properties of polymeric materials, particularly those relevant to the areas of physical chemistry and chemical physics. … It is a reference work for researchers or advanced students studying polymeric materials. … The main goal of the book is to discuss and describe important results and modern developments. … If the reader … wishes to work in polymer applications or related areas, this is a good book to have available." (Christian Brosseau, Optics and Photonics News, February, 2008)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati

    James E. Mark

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