Textiles & Polymers

The use of polymers as barrier materials is one of their widest and most important fields of applications (e.g., fuel tanks and hoses, water circuits, food packaging, raincoats and umbrellas, electrical insulation, drug delivery), whose performance also...

In this book, the concept of the circular economy is examined from the point of view of textile-to-textile recycling, with strong consideration of the latest political objectives. Readers will gain an understanding of the basic principles and...

Predictive Modeling in Polymer Science: Properties and Performance introduces the latest methods for predicting polymer properties and addressing cost-effectiveness and desirable properties for product design and production. The book discusses a range of...

Basics of Rubber Engineering and Technology with Natural Rubber offers a comprehensive overview of natural rubber, from its extraction and processing to its wide-ranging applications in modern engineering. This book has been prepared to link the...

The Fifth International Conference on Recent Advances in Engineering Sciences (ICRAES-2024) is part of the ICRAES conference series, a biannual event organised by M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, India. ICRAES-2024, with a theme "Next Generation...

Comprehensive reference exploring the synthesis, preparation, and applications of new and novel conjugated polymers Conjugated Polymer Synthesis and Materials Applications summarizes the fundamentals and major developments in the synthesis of new...

As the textile industry seeks innovative solutions to meet evolving consumer demands and environmental challenges, biotechnology emerges as a pivotal player in driving transformative change. With its ability to create novel materials, enhance textile...

The series Advances in Dendritic Macromolecules aims to cover the synthesis and supramolecular chemistry of dendritic or cascade super-molecules as well as their less perfect hyperbranched cousins.This volume demonstrates the novel and varied growth in...

Discover the fundamentals of selecting and testing textiles in the apparel industry. Covering 80+ fibres and fabrics, Angela Davies explains how designers, technologists and buyers can effectively test and choose the most suitable textiles for their...

An introductory guide to the fundamentals of selecting and testing textiles within the apparel industry, with details on more than 80 fibres and fabrics and case studies with industry practitioners.

Approx.132 pagesAbout the AuthorSabu Thomas is a Senior Professor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India, and also Chairman of the TrEST Research Park, Trivandrum, India. He is known for his outstanding contributions in polymer science and...

Introduction to Fluoropolymers demystifies fluoropolymers for a wide audience of designers, engineers, sales staff and managers. This important group of high-performance polymers has applications across a wide range of market sectors, including...

The book provides a practical understanding of basic information on extrusion in a way useful to readers without an engineering degree as well as to those new to the field. It is primarily written for extruder operators, supervisors, technical service...

Biopolymers Reuse, Recycling and Disposal is the first book covering all aspects of biopolymer waste management and post-usage scenarios, embracing existing technologies, applications, and the behavior of biopolymers in various waste streams. The...

Industrialists developing new food and pharmaceutical products face the challenge of innovation in an increasingly competitive market that must consider incredient cost, product added-value, expectations of a healthy life-style, improved sensory impact,...

Multifunctional Polymeric Nanocomposites Based on Cellulosic Reinforcements introduces the innovative applications of polymeric materials based on nanocellulose, and covers extraction methods, functionalization approaches, and assembly methods to enable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906479077Author Clare GoldsberryFormat HardbackPage Count 278Imprint Plastics Information DirectPublisher Plastics Information DirectWeight(grams) 420g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906479046Author Gunter BeyerFormat HardbackPage Count 324Imprint Plastics Information DirectPublisher Plastics Information DirectWeight(grams) 480g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906479121Author Bert GregoryFormat HardbackPage Count 310Imprint Plastics Information DirectPublisher Plastics Information DirectWeight(grams) 450g

Jacquard fabrics feature intricately woven designs. Through the use of digital technology, new design concepts, principles and methods for producing jacquard fabrics have been established, facilitating the creation of a range of novel effects. Innovative...

The commercial PVF film Tedlar (R) was first trademarked by DuPont 50 years ago. Since that time it has established itself as a polymer with excellent resistance to sunlight degradation (UV resistance), thermal stability, chemical attack, water...

Technology and Applications of Polymers Derived from Biomass explores the range of different possible routes from biomass to polymeric materials, including the value and limitations of using biomass in material applications and a comparison of...

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As a consultant to the plastics industry, Ottmar Brandau's focus is on using his engineering knowhow and production management experience to improve quality and productivity, cut down cycle time and introduce secondary processes such as inline printing...

Radiation processing is widely employed in plastics engineering to enhance the physical properties of polymers, such as chemical resistance, surface properties, mechanical and thermal properties, particle size reduction, melt properties, material...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906479053Author Vannessa GoodshipFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Plastics Information DirectPublisher Plastics Information DirectWeight(grams) 340g

Polyurethane Polymers: Composites and Nanocomposites concentrates on the composites and nanocomposites of polyurethane based materials. Polyurethane composites are a very important class of materials widely used in the biomedical and industrial field...

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The Equilibrium Theory of Inhomogeneous Polymers provides an introduction to the field-theoretic methods and computer simulation techniques that are used in the design of structured polymeric fluids. By such methods, the principles that dictate...

For full market implementation of PEM fuel cells to become a reality, two main limiting technical issues must be overcome-cost and durability. This cutting-edge volume directly addresses the state-of-the-art advances in durability within every fuel cell...

This book is a follow-up to Ivins Olefin Metathesis, (Academic Press, 1983). Bringing the standard text in the field up to date, this Second Edition is a result of rapid growth in the field, sparked by the discovery of numerous well-defined metal carbene...

NMR has made important contributions to our understanding of structure-property relationships in polymers. This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of NMR, with applications of multidimensional NMR and the new...

Crystallisable polymers represent a large share of the polymers used for manufacturing a wide variety of objects, and consequently have received continuous attention from scientists these past 60 years. Molecular compounds from crystallisable...

This book integrates fundamental knowledge about computational modeling, rheology, and characterization of polymeric materials with a thorough and critical overview of advanced and emerging manufacturing techniques in polymer processing, including...

This book details current developments in all natural polymers, with a focus on animal and microbial polysaccharides. The book examines, compares, and contrasts the efficiency of plant and algae based natural polymers in inducing immune reactions...

This volume explains knitting technology in an easily-comprehensible and user-friendly manner. The manufacturing of a cost-effective quality product requires careful planning and thorough knowledge of the product as well as production technology. To...

This book is concerned with polymeric hydrogels, which are considered as one of the most promising types of new polymer-based materials. Each chapter in this book describes a selected class of polymeric hydrogels, such as superabsorbent hybrid...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922617118Author Vikas MittalFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Central West PublishingPublisher Central West PublishingWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789533071947Author Polona Dobnik DubrovskiFormat HardbackPage Count 438Imprint In TechPublisher In TechWeight(grams) 894gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm * 24mm