Advanced Polymer Structures: Chemistry for Engineering Applications

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this new book considers state-of-the-art developments and research in polymer science, such as advanced polymers, composites and nanocomposites, and the role of polymers in the progress of green chemistry and medicine. Polymers are studied in fields as diverse as polymer science (polymer chemistry and polymer physics), biophysics, biochemistry, and more generally in materials science and engineering. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs) and nanocomposites (PMNCs) are widely used in hightech material structures such as in the automotive, marine, and aerospace industries. Their impact on the physical and mechanical performance is mainly due to their reinforcing agents, fibers (glass, carbon, aramid) or nanofibers (MMT, CNTs, graphene, etc) but also due to a perfect mastery of the matrix/reinforcement interface.

Omar Mukbaniani, DSc, was a Professor at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU), Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry; and Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry, Tbilisi, Georgia. He was also the Director of the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry and Polymeric Materials at TSU. For several years, he was contributing editor of the journals Polymer News, Polymers Research Journal, and Chemistry and Chemical Technology. He created the International Symposium on Polymers and Advanced Materials ICSP&AM in 2007 and was chair of the 26th World Annual Forum on Advanced Materials PolyChar 26.

Tamara Tatrishvili, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Department of Chemistry; the Main Specialist in the Office of Academic Process Management (Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences) at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University; as well as Director of the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry and Polymeric Materials at TSU, Tbilisi, Georgia; and a member of Georgian Chemical Society. She is the executive editor of Journal of the Georgian Chemical Society. Dr. Tatrishvili has authored more than 190 scientific publications, 12 books, and monographs.

Marc J. M. Abadie, DSc, is an Emeritus Professor at the University Montpellier, France. He was head of the Laboratory of Polymer Science and Advanced Organic Materials – LEMP/MAO. He is Michael Fam Visiting Professor at the School of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has published books and holds 11 patents, He has over 40 years of experience in polymer science with ten years in industry (IBM, USA, MOD, UK, and SNPA/Total, France). He created in the 1980s the International Symposium on Polyimides & High Temperature Polymers, (STEPI), which takes place every other three years in Montpellier, France.