Nano- and Micromechanics of Polymers. Structure Modification and Improvement of Properties

✍ Scribed by Georg H. Michler and F J Baltá-Calleja (Auth.)

• Publisher: Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co
• Year: Carl
• Leaves: 573
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is unique in its focus on micromechanical processes of polymers and their role to improve the properties of polymeric materials. It combines the detailed knowledge of structure and morphology of polymers with the explanation and theoretical interpretation of micro- and nanoscopic processes and mechanisms in different polymers. Thus, it offers a better understanding of correlations between structure and property of nearly all polymers used in industrial applications. The knowledge of these correlations is a key for successful development of polymers with improved properties

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Nano- and Micromechanics of Polymers, Pages I,III-XIII,XV-XVIII
Aim and Methods: General Importance of Polymers and Trends, Pages 1,3-33
Methods and Investigation Techniques, Pages 35-93
General Mechanisms of Deformation and Fracture: Deformation Phenomena and Mechanisms, Pages 95,97-117
Crazing, Pages 119-157
Fracture Phenomena and Mechanisms, Pages 159-182
Main Groups of Polymer Materials: Amorphous Polymers, Pages 183,185-213
Semicrystalline Polymers, Pages 215-280
Polymer Blends, Pages 281-314
Rubber Toughened Polymers, Pages 315-368
Composites, Pages 369-414
Nanostructured Polymers, Pages 415-500
Special Forms and Applications, Pages 501-555
Index, Pages 557-566