Advances in Polymeric Science
Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Polymeric adsorbents for industrial effluents/Sunil Kumar, D.K. Singh, Vinay Kumar and Shishir Sinha. 2. Polymer electrolyte membrane candidates for fuel cell/P.N. Pandey, R. Suresh and M.A.L. Antony Raj. 3. Removal of p-Chlorophenol and 2,4-Dichlorophenol from water by pervaporation using polyurethane Urea IPN Membrane/Swatilekha Das, A.K. Banthia and Basudam Adhikari. 4. Studies on diffusion and sorption of simulants of toxic chemicals through elastomers/Vinita Dubey, R.C. Malhotra, Toral Parmar and D.D. Agarwal. 5. Microemulsion-a novel method for Nanopolymer synthesis/Pallavi Bhardwaj, S. Aggaral and U.K. Mandal. 6. Polyurethane and polyurethane clay nanocomposites/Anupama Kaushik. 7. Synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles by microemulsion-an overview/Sujata V. Singh and S. Aggarwal. 8. Development of Vinyl Ester Resins from renewable and non-renewable resources for advanced applications/Minakshi Sultania and Deepak Srivastava. 9. Preparation and characterization of PVA/AA Interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs)/R.K. Wanchoo and Amandeep Kaur. 10. Relaxation behaviour of aligned dipoles in azobenzene/PMMA guest host polymeric thin films/Sanjiv Arora, Sushil Kumar and Suneel Dhingra. 11. Preparation and application of smart hydrogel polymers/Satish Chandra Gupta, S.G. Kulkarni, Sandhya Gupta and D.K. Vaslas. Polymeric decontaminant: N,N-Dichloro poly (Styrene-co-divinyl benzene) Sulphonamide: synthesis, characterization and efficacy against simulant of sufur mustard/Pranav Kumar Gutch, Ravindra Sngh and R.O. Shrivastava. 12. Studies of the copolymeriation of N-Tetradecyl itaconates with styrene/Gulshan Kumar and Saroj Aggarwal. 13. Use of FAS-H2O2 redox system for the synthesis of graft co-polymers of binary vinyl monomer mixtures with flax fibre/Susheel Kumar, B.S., Kaith and A.S. Singha. 14. Applications of graft co-polymers as fillers in the preparation of polystyrene matrix based composites/Sanjeev, B.S. Kaith and A.S. Singha. 15. Development of long glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite based on nylon 6/Vujay N. Patel, K. Senthil Kumar, Naresh Bhatnagar and Anup K. Ghosh. 16. Natural fiber reinforced composites/Vinay Kumar, Manoj Singh Saini, K. Prasad and Shishir Sinha. 17. Biodegradable nanocomposites based on starch/Anupama Kaushik. 18. Degradation of starch/Cross linked modified starch LDPE Blend films by Enzyme from Bacillus licheniformis/Sangeeta Garg, Mithu Maiti and Asim Kumar Jana. 19. Synthesis and characterization of PLA-PSA as biodegradable polymer/S. Modi, J.P. Jain and Neeraj Kumar. 20. Synthesis and characterization of new biodegradable copolyesters/A.S. Chandure, S.S. Umare and R.A. Pandey. Subject index.
We have pleasure in introducing the Advances in Polymer Science. Polymer occupies the distinct place amongst the material world today and is used in diversified applications such as domestic, packaging, automobile, electrical, aerospace, marine etc. Therefore it is an important area of research and recent update is the need of the hour. High stiffness, good thermal resistance, reduced thermal expansion coefficient better resistance to yield and fracture toughness etc of polymer composites have explored their applications in engineering structure, aircraft, helicopters, spacecrafts, boats, ships, offshore platforms, automobiles, sports goods, chemical processing equipment and civil infrastructure such as bridges and buildings. Recent emphasis is on Green Composites based on lignocelluloses materials.
An increased interest in obtaining polymeric materials with nano particles has been observed. Important applications are sunscreen, cosmetics, food products and packaging, gecko tape; clothing, disinfectants and household appliances; surface coatings, paints, outdoor furniture varnishes; and fuel catalyst. Nanotechynology may have its biggest I pact on the medical industry in future. Patients will drink fluids containing nanorobots programmed to attack and reconstruct the molecular structure of cancer cells and viruses. There’s even speculation that nanorobots could slow or reverse the aging process, and life expectancy could increase significantly. Nanorobots could also be programmed to perform delicate surgeries; nanosurgeons could work at a level a thousand times more precise than the sharpest scalpel. They could be programmed to perform cosmetic survey, rearranging your atoms to change your ears, nose, eye color or any other physical feature you wish to alter.
Biopolymers are another area of polymer research due to non biodegradable nature of polymers and is challenge to polymer scientists. Biopolymers are renewable plastic materials manufactured from biomass such as corn, wheat, sugar cane and potatoes. Once the biopolymer is placed in a compost environment, they are broken down into CO2 and water by microorganisms, usually within 6 months. Bio polymers are currently being used for food service ware, blown starch pellets for shipping fragile goods, house wares, packaging, film, pesticide soil pins, substrate mats, and even spun into fabric for apparel. Improving efficiency is a major concern for the production of bioplastics. Therefore, researchers are still working on refining the processes used in order to make bioplastics viable alternatives to petrochemical plastics.
Selection of above chapters such as polymer composites, bio polymers, nano polymers, polymer synthesis, misc. have been done keeping in view of interest of the researchers and demand of industries. This book is an attempt in this direction and hope that will be useful to students, academicians, researchers and industrialist engaged in this area.
