Silicone is an important class of materials used in applications that range from industrial assembly to everyday consumer products. Silicones are often delivered and synthesized in dispersion forms, the most common being liquid-in-liquid (emulsion), solid-in-liquid (suspension), air-in-liquid (foam) and solid-in air (powder). This book compiles a carefully selected number of topics that are essential to the understanding, creative design and production of silicone dispersions. As such, it provides the first unified description of silicone dispersions in the literature.

About the Author

Yihan Liu is a Research Scientist in Dow Corning Corporation, now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan, and was previously a senior scientist in Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc., Skillman, New Jersey. With 20 years industrial experience specialized in the research, product development and applications of surfactants and emulsions, Dr. Liu has commercialized numerous products, is the inventor of 10 issued US patents and more than 20 new patent applications, and the author of 11 journal articles and book chapters in the field of colloid and interface science. She received the B.A. degree in physics and mathematics from Saint Olaf College, the M.S. degree in Physics from the University of Washington, and the Ph.D. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Minnesota.

Book Information
ISBN 9780367872564
Author Yihan Liu
Format Paperback
Page Count 369
Imprint CRC Press
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g