Encyclopedia of Polymer Applications, 3 Volume Set /
edited by Munmaya Mishra.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource (2857 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Actuators: Buckypaper Composite / Joshua DeGraff, Richard Liang and Pierre Cottinet -- Agriculture: Natural Polymers for Controlled Release of Fertilizers / Cristiana A.V. Torres, Filomena Freitas -- Agriculture: Polymers in Crop Production Mulch and Fertilizer / Dhruba Jyoti Sarkar, Mandira Barman, Tanumoy Bera, Mriganka De and Dibyendu Chatterjee -- Agriculture: Polymers in Crop Production Pesticides / Dhruba Jyoti Sarkar, Najam Akhter Shakil, V. S. Rana, Jitendra Kumar, Ajoy Saha, Totan Adak and Jaydeep Haldar -- Agriculture: Polymers in Crop Protection / Pietro Picuno -- Agriculture: Super Absorbent Functional Polymers / Bijender Kumar, Farha Deeba, Ruchir Priyadarshi, Sauraj, and Yuvraj Singh Negi -- Alginate / Joshua DeGraff, Richard Liang and Pierre Cottinet -- Automotive Applications: Polylactic Acid and Biocomposite Parts / Khosrow Khodabakhshi -- Automotive Applications: Polymers in / I. A. Aderibigbe, E. R. Sadiku and A. P. I Popoola -- Automotive Applications: Reinforced Material Components / B. Suresha, R. Hemanth and K. Nithin -- Aviation: Polymer Composites, Processes, and Properties / I. A. Aderibigbe, P. Nombula and A.P. I. Popoola -- Aviation: Thermoplastic and Thermoset Polymers in / M. zgr Seydibeyolu, Fatma Erdoan and Elif Alyama -- Biomaterials: Soft Tissue Injuries / Anurag Singh and Rui Miranda Guedes -- Biomedicine: Cellulose in / Eliane Trovatti and Eugen Barbu -- Biomedicine: Cross-linked Polymers Applications / B. A. Aderibigbe -- Biomedicine: Polymers with Silsesquioxane Units / B. Simionescu, A. Oancea, I. Bordianu-Antochi, C. Ursu, C. Cotofana and M. Olaru -- Biosensing Devices: Conjugated Polymer Based Scaffolds / Saniye Soylemez, Melis Kesika and Levent Toppare -- Catalysts: Polymers in Biodiesel Production / Farha Deeba, Bijender Kumar, Sauraj, Ruchir Priyadarshi, Vikas Pruthi and Yuvraj S. Negi -- Chemotherapy: Polycaprolactone (PCL)-Based Drug Delivery System / Somesh Mohapatra, Vineethkrishna Chandrasekar, Aparna R. Chakravarti, Shweta Paroha, Oshin Sapra, Ankit Saneja, and Ravindra Dhar Dubey -- Chitosan: Antimicrobial and Edible Coatings / Anjali Bishnoi, Sandeep Rai, Nirav Joshi and Sunil Kumar -- Chitosan: Biodegradable Food Packaging / Ruchir Priyadarshi, Sauraj Singh, Saleheen Bano, Asif Ali and Yuvraj Singh Negi -- Chitosan: Tissue Engineering and Wound Dressing Applications / Mohammad Amin Shamekhi, Hamid Mahdavi, Hamid Mirzadeh, Ahmad Rabiee, Davod Mohebbi-Kalhori, Nooshin Haghighipour and Mohamadreza Baghaban Eslaminejad -- Communication: Polymers in / Pulak Datta, Sanjay Kumar and Gautam Sarkhel -- Composites and Nanocomposites: Thermoplastic Polymers for Additive Manufacturing / Nahal Aliheidari and Amir Ameli -- Composites: Biobased for Materials Applications / Thimothy Molefi Thamae, Thabiso Letseka and Leboli Thamae -- Composites: Conductive Elastomer CNT-Based / Jiji Abraham, Mohammed Arif P, Soney C. George, Nandakumar Kalarikkal and Sabu Thomas -- Composites: Environment-Friendly Nanocomposites / Sukanya Pradhan, Smita Mohanty and Sanjay K. Nayak -- Composites: Natural Fibers Reinforced / M. K. Gupta -- Composites: Polylactic Acid-Based Blends / Payam Zarrintaj, Emad Jowshan, Reza Khalili, Zahed Ahmadi, Mohammad Reza Saeb and Masoud Mozafari -- Conducting Polymers: Applications / Anupreet Kaur -- Conducting Polymers: Electrospun Materials / Thomas Kerr-Phillips and Jadranka Travas-Sejdic -- Construction: Rigid Bio-Based Polyurethane Foams for Sandwich Panels / Rafael de Avila Delucis, Washington Luiz Esteves Magalhes, Cesar Liberato Petzhold and Sandro Campos Amicos -- Corrosion Inhibitor: Polymeric Desiccant / Madhumita Kulkarni and P.A Mahanwar -- Corrosion Protection: Natural Polymer in / I. B. Obot, Ubong M. Edouk and Saviour A. Umoren -- Cosmetics: Active Polymers / Mayuree Kanlayavattanakul and Nattaya Lourith -- Cosmetics: Polymers in / Bhavya M. V., Gowda D. V, Sivadasu Praveen, Nithin Kundachira Subramani and Siddaramaiah Hatna -- Cosmetics: Polymers in Delivery of Actives / Azila Abd. Aziz, Rosnani Hasham and Mariani Abdul Hamid -- Display: Photorefractive Polymers in / Pierre-Alexandre Blanche -- Drug Delivery: Biodegradable Polymers in / Sauraj Singh, Ruchir Priyadarshi, Bijender Kumar, Saleheen Ban, Farha Deeba, Asif Ali and Yuvraj Singh Negi -- Drug Delivery: Microencapsulation Techniques for / Mrunal R. Waghulde and Jitendra B. Naik -- Drug Delivery: PLGA-PEG-Based Bioerodable Nanoparticles / Arindam Maity, Debanjana Chakraborty, Kazi Asraf Ali and Sougata Jana -- Drug Delivery: Polymeric Conjugates for Dietary Phytochemicals / Divya Arora and Sundeep Jaglan. Drug Delivery: Polymeric Membranes for Devices / Zeenat Arif, P.K. Mishra, S.N. Upadhyay and Rajeev Mehta -- Drug Delivery: Polymeric Micelles / Dorota Neugebauer -- Drug Delivery: Polymers and Polymeric Membranes / Shilpa Narang, Zeenat Arif, Rajeev Mehta, P.K. Mishra and S.N. Upadhyay -- Drug Delivery: Polysaccharide-Based Composites / Sougata Jana and Subrata Jana -- Drug Delivery: Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Prodrugs for Cancer / Sauraj, Ruchir Priyadarshi, Farha Deeba, Bijender Kumar and Yuvraj Singh Negi -- Drug Delivery: Trends and Future Prospects / Ufana Riaz and Anurakshee Verma -- Electronics: Nonvolatile Memory Technologies / Sreedevi Vallabhapurapu, Shengzhi Dub and Ananthakrishnan Srinivasan -- Electronics: PolymerGraphene Composites / Seema Ansari and M. N. Muralidharan -- Energy: Conducting Polymers and Conjugated Porous Polymers / Narendra Pal Singh Chauhan, Nirmala Kumari Jangid, Navjeet Kaur and Masoud Mozafari -- Energy: Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium Ion Batteries / Guang Yang, Youngmin Lee and Qing Wang -- Energy: Polymer Supercapacitors / Anish Benny and Soney C. George -- Energy: Polymer-Functionalized Graphene / Arun K. Nandi, Pousali Chal and Arnab Shit -- Energy: Polymers in Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage / Shahram Mehdipour-Ataei and Zahra Tabatabaei-Yazdi -- Energy: Polymers in the Active Layer of Solar Cells / Bianca P. Santos and Maria de Fatima V. Marques -- Environmental Applications: Biopolymer Sorbents for Heavy Metal Removal / Patrcia Concrdio-Reis and Filomena Freitas -- Environmental Applications: Hydrogels / G. Roshan Deen -- Environmental Applications: Polymers in / Chow Wen Shyang -- Fire Protection: Flame-Retardant Additives and Fillers for Polymers / Hsngl Yilmaz Atay -- Fire Protection: Flame-Retardant Epoxy Resins in / Seema Agrawal and Anudeep Kumar Narula -- Fire Protection: Flame-Retardant Polymers in / Ayesha Kausar -- Food Packaging: Cellulose Nanocrystals in / Prodyut Dhar, Chethana Mudenur and Vimal Katiyar -- Food Packaging: Edible Products / Rungsinee Sothornvit -- Food Packaging: Natural and Synthetic Biopolymers / Ruchir Priyadarshi, Anurag Kulshreshtha, Bijender Kumar, Farha Deeba and Yuvraj Singh Negi -- Food Packaging: Polyhydroxyalcanoates (PHA) Containing Antimicrobial Additives / C.R. Rech, K.C S. Brabes and S.M. Martelli -- Food Packaging: Polymer Composites / Garima Agrawal and Rahul Agrawal -- Food Packaging: Polymers as Packaging Materials in Food Supply Chains / A B. Hemavathi and H. Siddaramaiah -- Food Packaging: Starch and Non-Starch Blend Films / Hanisah Kamilah, Kaiser Mahmood, Poh Lee-Shang, Syazana Sulaiman, Abdorreza Mohammadi Nafchi, Fazilah Ariffin and Abd Karim Alias -- Food Packaging: Starch-Based Bionanocomposites / Kalyani Prusty and Sarat K. Swain -- Food: Polymers in / Vincent G. Gomes -- Footwear / Saraswathy Gnanasundaram and Mohan Ranganathan -- Fuel Cell: Cellulose-Based Polyelectrolyte Proton Exchange Membranes / Randa E. Khalifa, Tamer M. Tamer, Ahmed M. Omer and Mohamed S. Mohy Eldin -- Fuel Cell: Polymeric Membrane / Saleheen Bano, Ruchir Priyadarshi, Sauraj, Bijender Kumar and Yuvraj Singh Negi -- Furniture: Eco-Friendly Polymer Composites Applications / Md. Shahruzzaman, Shanta Biswas, Md. Minhajul Islam, Md. Sazedul Islam, Md. Shirajur Rahman, Papia Haque and Mohammed Mizanur Rahman -- Furniture: Polymers in / Gibin George, Liju Elias and Zhiping Luo -- Healthcare: Polymer as Vital Materials / Abhilasha Mishra, Rajesh Kumar Saini and A.K. Bajpai -- Household Goods: Polymers in / Rupa Bhattacharyya and Sumit Nandi -- Insulators: Polymers for High Voltage Outdoor Use / Anshul Gautampurkar and Prakash Mahanwar -- Laboratory Applications: Polymers in / Oznur Dogan Ulu and Ismail Ozdemir -- Marine Applications / Asit Baran Samui -- Medicines: Polymers for / Narendra Pal Singh Chauhan, Nirmala Kumari Jangid, Navjeet Kaur, Bharatraj Singh Rathore, Mazaher Gholipourmalekabadi and Masoud Mozafari -- Membrane: Preparation by Nonsolvent-Induced Phase Inversion / Priscila Anado and Hlio Wiebeck -- Membranes: Graft Modification of Polymers for / A. Bhattacharya, Romil Mehta and Paramita Manna -- Membranes: Hemodialysis Applications / S. Sentilkumar and Noel Jacob Kaleekkal -- Microcapsules Polymeric: Self-Healing Smart Coatings / Mahendra Mahajan and Vikas V. Gite -- Microencapsulation: Phase Change Material in Textile and Building Construction / Arindam Dey, Rekha Gorai and Somenath Ganguly -- Microneedles Arrays:Based on Natural Polymers / Diana Arajo and Filomena Freitas -- Nanocellulose: Environmental and Engineering Applications of / Deepu A. Gopakumar, Avinash R. Pai, Sabu K. T., Sisanth K. S., Sabu Thomas and Yves Grohens -- Nanocellulose: Health Care Applications / Blessy Joseph, Deepu A. Gopakumar, Hanna J. Maria, Jemy James, Yves Grohens, Sabu Thomas and Nandakumar Kalarikkal -- Nanocomposites: Polyamide/Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane / Ayesha Kausar, Nabila Badar and Obaid-Ur-Rahman Abid -- Nanocomposites: POSS-Based / Lakshmipriya Somasekharan, Nandakumar Kalarikkal and Sabu Thomas -- Orthopedic Implants: Applications of Bioabsorbable Polymers / Lgia Figueiredo, Frederico Castelo Ferreira, Lus F.V. Pinto, Nuno Ribeiro, Nuno Guitian Oliveira and Alexandra Rodrigues -- Oxo-Biodegradable Polymers / Emo Chiellini, Stefania Cometa and Andrea Corti -- Packaging, Active and Intelligent: Polymer Applications / Panuwat Suppakul -- Packaging: Food Waste Reduction / Sergio Torres-Giner, Luis Gil, Leonor Pascual-Ramrez and Jos A. Garde-Belza -- Packaging: Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) in / Pradnya P. Kanekar, Snehal O. Kulkarni and Sagar P. Kanekar -- Packaging: PolymerMetal-Based Micro and Nanocomposites / Rajesh Kumar Sahoo -- Petroleum Production: Polymers in / Gbenga Folorunso Oluyemi -- Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate): Applications / A. P. Bonartsev -- Polypyrrole: Properties and Application / Amir Reza Sadrolho, Suraya Abdul Rashid and Suhaidi Shafie -- Polyurethanes: Biobased / Dheeraj Ahuja and Anupama Kaushik -- Porous Polymers: Gas Separation and Storage / Fateme Rezaei, Hooman Hosseini, Anirudh Krishnamurthy and Ali A. Rownaghi. Rapid Prototyping of Microfluidic Devices in Polymers / Zhibin Yan, Mingliang Jin and Lingling Shui -- Rapid Prototyping of Polymeric Biomaterials / Swati Mishra -- Recycling: Converting Waste Plastics to Polyolefin Wax / Apurv Gaidhani and Prakash Mahanwar -- Recycling: Polyurethane Foam Wastes / Mir Mohammad Alavi Nikje and Baharak Pooladian -- Regenerative Medicine: Natural Polymers / Suraj K. Nayak, Shresthaa Patel, Suprio R. Paul, Barbiee Choudhary, Seemadri Subhadarshini, Anshuman K. Sahu, Vinay K. Singh, Arfat Anis and Kunal Pal -- Resorbable Embolics / Lihui Weng and Randy Donelson -- Semiconducting Polymers in Photovoltaics / Veeman Sannasi, Mohan Ramesh and Duraisamy Jeyakumar -- Sensors: Advanced Aptasensors Design / Rinkesh Bhatt, Laxmi P. Bagri, Rajesh Saini and Anil Kumar Bajpai -- Sensors: Ion Sensing Polymers / Tsuyoshi Michinobu and Yang Wang -- Sensors: Natural Polymeric Composites / Ahmet Ulu and Burhan Ates -- Sensors: Polymers in Sensing / Balaprasad Ankamwar and Saee Gharpure -- Sensors: ZeolitePolymer Composites for Gas Sensing / Muzzaffar Ahmad Mir, Muzzaffar Ahmad Bhat, Shiekh Abdul Majid and Radha Tomar -- Separation: Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in / Lei Yang, Xiaoguang Fan and Jing Zhang -- Separation: Polymers in / Shahram Mehdipour-Ataei and Samal Babanzadeh -- Smart Polymers: Lightweight Composites and Foams Tailored with Magnetic Field / L. Sorrentino, M. DAuria and D. Davino -- Smart Polymers: Molecularly Imprinted Polymers/ Mnica Daz-Bao, Roco Barreiro, Alberto Cepeda and Patricia Regal -- Spin Coated Films of Polymeric Materials / Ayesha Kausar -- Starch: Renewable Source for Thermoplastic / Ridhwan Jumaidina, Salit M. Sapuana, Mohammad Jawaid, Mohammad Ishak and Japar Saharie -- Textile: Fiber Forming Polymers / Mohammad Mahbubul Hassan -- Textile: Flame Retardancy Through Surface Engineering / Giulio Malucelli -- Textile: Polymer-Based Materials / Ayesha Kausar -- Textile: Stimuli-Responsive Polymers in / Desislava Staneva and Ivo Grabchev -- Textile: Substrates Modification by Novel Polymers / Majid Montazer and Tina Harifi -- Textiles: Novel Polymers / Bipin Kumar and Ning Pan -- Textiles: Polymers and Fibers / Xuqing Liu, Xinyi Guan and Hongjun Yu -- Thermogelling Polymers: Biomedical Applications / Gurpreet Kaur, Divya Thakur and Pallavi Bassi -- Tissue Engineering: Polyhydroxyalkanoate-Based Materials and Composites / L. R. Lizarraga-Valderrama, C. Thomas, J. I. Cadiz-Miranda and I. Roy -- Tissue Engineering: Polymeric Dermal Filler / Nattaya Lourith and Mayuree Kanlayavattanakul -- Tissue Engineering: Polymeric Scaffolds for MSC-Based Cartilage / Samaneh Hosseini, Fatemeh Bagheri, Mohammad Amin Shamekhi and Mohamadreza Baghaban Eslaminejad -- Tissue Engineering: Polymers in Soft Tissue Cartilage / Sunaina Indermun, Mershen Govender, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara amd Viness Pillay -- Tissue Engineering: Thermoplastics for Scaffold / D. Purnima, S. Aparna, Namrata Verma, Karan Khubdikar, Anurag Patil and Anusha Iyangar -- Value-Added Products from Natural Fibers Reinforced Composites / Yasir Beeran Pottathara, Deepu Ambika Gopakumar, Yves Grohens and Sabu Thomas -- Veterinary Medicine: Polymers in / Olufunke Nwosu, Blessing Aderibigbe, Inge-Marie Petzer and Rebone Moerane -- Water Treatment: Metal and Metal Oxide Asymmetric Poly(Ether)Sulfone Nanocomposite Membranes / Behnam Gohari, Kyle Russell, Benjamin Church and Nidal Abu-Zahra -- Water Treatment: Polymers for Coagulation and Flocculation / A.Y. Zahrim, Z.D. Dexter and I. Azreen -- Wholly Aromatic Polyamide-hydrazides / Nadia A. Mohamed.
Undoubtedly the applications of polymers are rapidly evolving. Technology is continually changing and quickly advancing as polymers are needed to solve a variety of day-to-day challenges leading to improvements in quality of life. The Encyclopedia of Polymer Applications presents state-of-the-art research and development on the applications of polymers. This groundbreaking work provides important overviews to help stimulate further advancements in all areas of polymers. This comprehensive multi-volume reference includes articles contributed from a diverse and global team of renowned researchers. It offers a broad-based perspective on a multitude of topics in a variety of applications, as well as detailed research information, figures, tables, illustrations, and references. The encyclopedia provides introductions, classifications, properties, selection, types, technologies, shelf-life, recycling, testing and applications for eah of the entries where applicable. It features critical content for both novices and experts including, engineers, scientists (polymer scientists, materials scientists, biomedical engineers, macromolecular chemists), researchers, and students, as well as interested readers in academia, industry, and research institutions.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Actuators: Buckypaper Composite / Joshua DeGraff, Richard Liang and Pierre Cottinet -- Agriculture: Natural Polymers for Controlled Release of Fertilizers / Cristiana A.V. Torres, Filomena Freitas -- Agriculture: Polymers in Crop Production Mulch and Fertilizer / Dhruba Jyoti Sarkar, Mandira Barman, Tanumoy Bera, Mriganka De and Dibyendu Chatterjee -- Agriculture: Polymers in Crop Production Pesticides / Dhruba Jyoti Sarkar, Najam Akhter Shakil, V. S. Rana, Jitendra Kumar, Ajoy Saha, Totan Adak and Jaydeep Haldar -- Agriculture: Polymers in Crop Protection / Pietro Picuno -- Agriculture: Super Absorbent Functional Polymers / Bijender Kumar, Farha Deeba, Ruchir Priyadarshi, Sauraj, and Yuvraj Singh Negi -- Alginate / Joshua DeGraff, Richard Liang and Pierre Cottinet -- Automotive Applications: Polylactic Acid and Biocomposite Parts / Khosrow Khodabakhshi -- Automotive Applications: Polymers in / I. A. Aderibigbe, E. R. Sadiku and A. P. I Popoola -- Automotive Applications: Reinforced Material Components / B. Suresha, R. Hemanth and K. Nithin -- Aviation: Polymer Composites, Processes, and Properties / I. A. Aderibigbe, P. Nombula and A.P. I. Popoola -- Aviation: Thermoplastic and Thermoset Polymers in / M. zgr Seydibeyolu, Fatma Erdoan and Elif Alyama -- Biomaterials: Soft Tissue Injuries / Anurag Singh and Rui Miranda Guedes -- Biomedicine: Cellulose in / Eliane Trovatti and Eugen Barbu -- Biomedicine: Cross-linked Polymers Applications / B. A. Aderibigbe -- Biomedicine: Polymers with Silsesquioxane Units / B. Simionescu, A. Oancea, I. Bordianu-Antochi, C. Ursu, C. Cotofana and M. Olaru -- Biosensing Devices: Conjugated Polymer Based Scaffolds / Saniye Soylemez, Melis Kesika and Levent Toppare -- Catalysts: Polymers in Biodiesel Production / Farha Deeba, Bijender Kumar, Sauraj, Ruchir Priyadarshi, Vikas Pruthi and Yuvraj S. Negi -- Chemotherapy: Polycaprolactone (PCL)-Based Drug Delivery System / Somesh Mohapatra, Vineethkrishna Chandrasekar, Aparna R. Chakravarti, Shweta Paroha, Oshin Sapra, Ankit Saneja, and Ravindra Dhar Dubey -- Chitosan: Antimicrobial and Edible Coatings / Anjali Bishnoi, Sandeep Rai, Nirav Joshi and Sunil Kumar -- Chitosan: Biodegradable Food Packaging / Ruchir Priyadarshi, Sauraj Singh, Saleheen Bano, Asif Ali and Yuvraj Singh Negi -- Chitosan: Tissue Engineering and Wound Dressing Applications / Mohammad Amin Shamekhi, Hamid Mahdavi, Hamid Mirzadeh, Ahmad Rabiee, Davod Mohebbi-Kalhori, Nooshin Haghighipour and Mohamadreza Baghaban Eslaminejad -- Communication: Polymers in / Pulak Datta, Sanjay Kumar and Gautam Sarkhel -- Composites and Nanocomposites: Thermoplastic Polymers for Additive Manufacturing / Nahal Aliheidari and Amir Ameli -- Composites: Biobased for Materials Applications / Thimothy Molefi Thamae, Thabiso Letseka and Leboli Thamae -- Composites: Conductive Elastomer CNT-Based / Jiji Abraham, Mohammed Arif P, Soney C. George, Nandakumar Kalarikkal and Sabu Thomas -- Composites: Environment-Friendly Nanocomposites / Sukanya Pradhan, Smita Mohanty and Sanjay K. Nayak -- Composites: Natural Fibers Reinforced / M. K. Gupta -- Composites: Polylactic Acid-Based Blends / Payam Zarrintaj, Emad Jowshan, Reza Khalili, Zahed Ahmadi, Mohammad Reza Saeb and Masoud Mozafari -- Conducting Polymers: Applications / Anupreet Kaur -- Conducting Polymers: Electrospun Materials / Thomas Kerr-Phillips and Jadranka Travas-Sejdic -- Construction: Rigid Bio-Based Polyurethane Foams for Sandwich Panels / Rafael de Avila Delucis, Washington Luiz Esteves Magalhes, Cesar Liberato Petzhold and Sandro Campos Amicos -- Corrosion Inhibitor: Polymeric Desiccant / Madhumita Kulkarni and P.A Mahanwar -- Corrosion Protection: Natural Polymer in / I. B. Obot, Ubong M. Edouk and Saviour A. Umoren -- Cosmetics: Active Polymers / Mayuree Kanlayavattanakul and Nattaya Lourith -- Cosmetics: Polymers in / Bhavya M. V., Gowda D. V, Sivadasu Praveen, Nithin Kundachira Subramani and Siddaramaiah Hatna -- Cosmetics: Polymers in Delivery of Actives / Azila Abd. Aziz, Rosnani Hasham and Mariani Abdul Hamid -- Display: Photorefractive Polymers in / Pierre-Alexandre Blanche -- Drug Delivery: Biodegradable Polymers in / Sauraj Singh, Ruchir Priyadarshi, Bijender Kumar, Saleheen Ban, Farha Deeba, Asif Ali and Yuvraj Singh Negi -- Drug Delivery: Microencapsulation Techniques for / Mrunal R. Waghulde and Jitendra B. Naik -- Drug Delivery: PLGA-PEG-Based Bioerodable Nanoparticles / Arindam Maity, Debanjana Chakraborty, Kazi Asraf Ali and Sougata Jana -- Drug Delivery: Polymeric Conjugates for Dietary Phytochemicals / Divya Arora and Sundeep Jaglan. Drug Delivery: Polymeric Membranes for Devices / Zeenat Arif, P.K. Mishra, S.N. Upadhyay and Rajeev Mehta -- Drug Delivery: Polymeric Micelles / Dorota Neugebauer -- Drug Delivery: Polymers and Polymeric Membranes / Shilpa Narang, Zeenat Arif, Rajeev Mehta, P.K. Mishra and S.N. Upadhyay -- Drug Delivery: Polysaccharide-Based Composites / Sougata Jana and Subrata Jana -- Drug Delivery: Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Prodrugs for Cancer / Sauraj, Ruchir Priyadarshi, Farha Deeba, Bijender Kumar and Yuvraj Singh Negi -- Drug Delivery: Trends and Future Prospects / Ufana Riaz and Anurakshee Verma -- Electronics: Nonvolatile Memory Technologies / Sreedevi Vallabhapurapu, Shengzhi Dub and Ananthakrishnan Srinivasan -- Electronics: PolymerGraphene Composites / Seema Ansari and M. N. Muralidharan -- Energy: Conducting Polymers and Conjugated Porous Polymers / Narendra Pal Singh Chauhan, Nirmala Kumari Jangid, Navjeet Kaur and Masoud Mozafari -- Energy: Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium Ion Batteries / Guang Yang, Youngmin Lee and Qing Wang -- Energy: Polymer Supercapacitors / Anish Benny and Soney C. George -- Energy: Polymer-Functionalized Graphene / Arun K. Nandi, Pousali Chal and Arnab Shit -- Energy: Polymers in Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage / Shahram Mehdipour-Ataei and Zahra Tabatabaei-Yazdi -- Energy: Polymers in the Active Layer of Solar Cells / Bianca P. Santos and Maria de Fatima V. Marques -- Environmental Applications: Biopolymer Sorbents for Heavy Metal Removal / Patrcia Concrdio-Reis and Filomena Freitas -- Environmental Applications: Hydrogels / G. Roshan Deen -- Environmental Applications: Polymers in / Chow Wen Shyang -- Fire Protection: Flame-Retardant Additives and Fillers for Polymers / Hsngl Yilmaz Atay -- Fire Protection: Flame-Retardant Epoxy Resins in / Seema Agrawal and Anudeep Kumar Narula -- Fire Protection: Flame-Retardant Polymers in / Ayesha Kausar -- Food Packaging: Cellulose Nanocrystals in / Prodyut Dhar, Chethana Mudenur and Vimal Katiyar -- Food Packaging: Edible Products / Rungsinee Sothornvit -- Food Packaging: Natural and Synthetic Biopolymers / Ruchir Priyadarshi, Anurag Kulshreshtha, Bijender Kumar, Farha Deeba and Yuvraj Singh Negi -- Food Packaging: Polyhydroxyalcanoates (PHA) Containing Antimicrobial Additives / C.R. Rech, K.C S. Brabes and S.M. Martelli -- Food Packaging: Polymer Composites / Garima Agrawal and Rahul Agrawal -- Food Packaging: Polymers as Packaging Materials in Food Supply Chains / A B. Hemavathi and H. Siddaramaiah -- Food Packaging: Starch and Non-Starch Blend Films / Hanisah Kamilah, Kaiser Mahmood, Poh Lee-Shang, Syazana Sulaiman, Abdorreza Mohammadi Nafchi, Fazilah Ariffin and Abd Karim Alias -- Food Packaging: Starch-Based Bionanocomposites / Kalyani Prusty and Sarat K. Swain -- Food: Polymers in / Vincent G. Gomes -- Footwear / Saraswathy Gnanasundaram and Mohan Ranganathan -- Fuel Cell: Cellulose-Based Polyelectrolyte Proton Exchange Membranes / Randa E. Khalifa, Tamer M. Tamer, Ahmed M. Omer and Mohamed S. Mohy Eldin -- Fuel Cell: Polymeric Membrane / Saleheen Bano, Ruchir Priyadarshi, Sauraj, Bijender Kumar and Yuvraj Singh Negi -- Furniture: Eco-Friendly Polymer Composites Applications / Md. Shahruzzaman, Shanta Biswas, Md. Minhajul Islam, Md. Sazedul Islam, Md. Shirajur Rahman, Papia Haque and Mohammed Mizanur Rahman -- Furniture: Polymers in / Gibin George, Liju Elias and Zhiping Luo -- Healthcare: Polymer as Vital Materials / Abhilasha Mishra, Rajesh Kumar Saini and A.K. Bajpai -- Household Goods: Polymers in / Rupa Bhattacharyya and Sumit Nandi -- Insulators: Polymers for High Voltage Outdoor Use / Anshul Gautampurkar and Prakash Mahanwar -- Laboratory Applications: Polymers in / Oznur Dogan Ulu and Ismail Ozdemir -- Marine Applications / Asit Baran Samui -- Medicines: Polymers for / Narendra Pal Singh Chauhan, Nirmala Kumari Jangid, Navjeet Kaur, Bharatraj Singh Rathore, Mazaher Gholipourmalekabadi and Masoud Mozafari -- Membrane: Preparation by Nonsolvent-Induced Phase Inversion / Priscila Anado and Hlio Wiebeck -- Membranes: Graft Modification of Polymers for / A. Bhattacharya, Romil Mehta and Paramita Manna -- Membranes: Hemodialysis Applications / S. Sentilkumar and Noel Jacob Kaleekkal -- Microcapsules Polymeric: Self-Healing Smart Coatings / Mahendra Mahajan and Vikas V. Gite -- Microencapsulation: Phase Change Material in Textile and Building Construction / Arindam Dey, Rekha Gorai and Somenath Ganguly -- Microneedles Arrays:Based on Natural Polymers / Diana Arajo and Filomena Freitas -- Nanocellulose: Environmental and Engineering Applications of / Deepu A. Gopakumar, Avinash R. Pai, Sabu K. T., Sisanth K. S., Sabu Thomas and Yves Grohens -- Nanocellulose: Health Care Applications / Blessy Joseph, Deepu A. Gopakumar, Hanna J. Maria, Jemy James, Yves Grohens, Sabu Thomas and Nandakumar Kalarikkal -- Nanocomposites: Polyamide/Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane / Ayesha Kausar, Nabila Badar and Obaid-Ur-Rahman Abid -- Nanocomposites: POSS-Based / Lakshmipriya Somasekharan, Nandakumar Kalarikkal and Sabu Thomas -- Orthopedic Implants: Applications of Bioabsorbable Polymers / Lgia Figueiredo, Frederico Castelo Ferreira, Lus F.V. Pinto, Nuno Ribeiro, Nuno Guitian Oliveira and Alexandra Rodrigues -- Oxo-Biodegradable Polymers / Emo Chiellini, Stefania Cometa and Andrea Corti -- Packaging, Active and Intelligent: Polymer Applications / Panuwat Suppakul -- Packaging: Food Waste Reduction / Sergio Torres-Giner, Luis Gil, Leonor Pascual-Ramrez and Jos A. Garde-Belza -- Packaging: Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) in / Pradnya P. Kanekar, Snehal O. Kulkarni and Sagar P. Kanekar -- Packaging: PolymerMetal-Based Micro and Nanocomposites / Rajesh Kumar Sahoo -- Petroleum Production: Polymers in / Gbenga Folorunso Oluyemi -- Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate): Applications / A. P. Bonartsev -- Polypyrrole: Properties and Application / Amir Reza Sadrolho, Suraya Abdul Rashid and Suhaidi Shafie -- Polyurethanes: Biobased / Dheeraj Ahuja and Anupama Kaushik -- Porous Polymers: Gas Separation and Storage / Fateme Rezaei, Hooman Hosseini, Anirudh Krishnamurthy and Ali A. Rownaghi. Rapid Prototyping of Microfluidic Devices in Polymers / Zhibin Yan, Mingliang Jin and Lingling Shui -- Rapid Prototyping of Polymeric Biomaterials / Swati Mishra -- Recycling: Converting Waste Plastics to Polyolefin Wax / Apurv Gaidhani and Prakash Mahanwar -- Recycling: Polyurethane Foam Wastes / Mir Mohammad Alavi Nikje and Baharak Pooladian -- Regenerative Medicine: Natural Polymers / Suraj K. Nayak, Shresthaa Patel, Suprio R. Paul, Barbiee Choudhary, Seemadri Subhadarshini, Anshuman K. Sahu, Vinay K. Singh, Arfat Anis and Kunal Pal -- Resorbable Embolics / Lihui Weng and Randy Donelson -- Semiconducting Polymers in Photovoltaics / Veeman Sannasi, Mohan Ramesh and Duraisamy Jeyakumar -- Sensors: Advanced Aptasensors Design / Rinkesh Bhatt, Laxmi P. Bagri, Rajesh Saini and Anil Kumar Bajpai -- Sensors: Ion Sensing Polymers / Tsuyoshi Michinobu and Yang Wang -- Sensors: Natural Polymeric Composites / Ahmet Ulu and Burhan Ates -- Sensors: Polymers in Sensing / Balaprasad Ankamwar and Saee Gharpure -- Sensors: ZeolitePolymer Composites for Gas Sensing / Muzzaffar Ahmad Mir, Muzzaffar Ahmad Bhat, Shiekh Abdul Majid and Radha Tomar -- Separation: Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in / Lei Yang, Xiaoguang Fan and Jing Zhang -- Separation: Polymers in / Shahram Mehdipour-Ataei and Samal Babanzadeh -- Smart Polymers: Lightweight Composites and Foams Tailored with Magnetic Field / L. Sorrentino, M. DAuria and D. Davino -- Smart Polymers: Molecularly Imprinted Polymers/ Mnica Daz-Bao, Roco Barreiro, Alberto Cepeda and Patricia Regal -- Spin Coated Films of Polymeric Materials / Ayesha Kausar -- Starch: Renewable Source for Thermoplastic / Ridhwan Jumaidina, Salit M. Sapuana, Mohammad Jawaid, Mohammad Ishak and Japar Saharie -- Textile: Fiber Forming Polymers / Mohammad Mahbubul Hassan -- Textile: Flame Retardancy Through Surface Engineering / Giulio Malucelli -- Textile: Polymer-Based Materials / Ayesha Kausar -- Textile: Stimuli-Responsive Polymers in / Desislava Staneva and Ivo Grabchev -- Textile: Substrates Modification by Novel Polymers / Majid Montazer and Tina Harifi -- Textiles: Novel Polymers / Bipin Kumar and Ning Pan -- Textiles: Polymers and Fibers / Xuqing Liu, Xinyi Guan and Hongjun Yu -- Thermogelling Polymers: Biomedical Applications / Gurpreet Kaur, Divya Thakur and Pallavi Bassi -- Tissue Engineering: Polyhydroxyalkanoate-Based Materials and Composites / L. R. Lizarraga-Valderrama, C. Thomas, J. I. Cadiz-Miranda and I. Roy -- Tissue Engineering: Polymeric Dermal Filler / Nattaya Lourith and Mayuree Kanlayavattanakul -- Tissue Engineering: Polymeric Scaffolds for MSC-Based Cartilage / Samaneh Hosseini, Fatemeh Bagheri, Mohammad Amin Shamekhi and Mohamadreza Baghaban Eslaminejad -- Tissue Engineering: Polymers in Soft Tissue Cartilage / Sunaina Indermun, Mershen Govender, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara amd Viness Pillay -- Tissue Engineering: Thermoplastics for Scaffold / D. Purnima, S. Aparna, Namrata Verma, Karan Khubdikar, Anurag Patil and Anusha Iyangar -- Value-Added Products from Natural Fibers Reinforced Composites / Yasir Beeran Pottathara, Deepu Ambika Gopakumar, Yves Grohens and Sabu Thomas -- Veterinary Medicine: Polymers in / Olufunke Nwosu, Blessing Aderibigbe, Inge-Marie Petzer and Rebone Moerane -- Water Treatment: Metal and Metal Oxide Asymmetric Poly(Ether)Sulfone Nanocomposite Membranes / Behnam Gohari, Kyle Russell, Benjamin Church and Nidal Abu-Zahra -- Water Treatment: Polymers for Coagulation and Flocculation / A.Y. Zahrim, Z.D. Dexter and I. Azreen -- Wholly Aromatic Polyamide-hydrazides / Nadia A. Mohamed.
Undoubtedly the applications of polymers are rapidly evolving. Technology is continually changing and quickly advancing as polymers are needed to solve a variety of day-to-day challenges leading to improvements in quality of life. The Encyclopedia of Polymer Applications presents state-of-the-art research and development on the applications of polymers. This groundbreaking work provides important overviews to help stimulate further advancements in all areas of polymers. This comprehensive multi-volume reference includes articles contributed from a diverse and global team of renowned researchers. It offers a broad-based perspective on a multitude of topics in a variety of applications, as well as detailed research information, figures, tables, illustrations, and references. The encyclopedia provides introductions, classifications, properties, selection, types, technologies, shelf-life, recycling, testing and applications for eah of the entries where applicable. It features critical content for both novices and experts including, engineers, scientists (polymer scientists, materials scientists, biomedical engineers, macromolecular chemists), researchers, and students, as well as interested readers in academia, industry, and research institutions.
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