Sorption and Diffusion in Polymers

Agustin Ríos de Anda, Paul Sotta

ISBN 10: 1569907935 / ISBN 13: 9781569907931

Published by Hanser Publications, US, 2025

About this Item

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 has environmental implications. In consequence, the problems of sorption and diffusion in polymers are important and ubiquitous in everyday life as well as in a number of high-tech applications. This book covers the science involved in these topics, which are often studied only from an engineering point of view. Sorption and Diffusion in Polymers presents the different models generally used to describe sorption and/or transport properties and also a new physical model for them. It provides an overview of relevant applications, related polymer families, and the strategies used to control or reduce sorption and diffusion in polymer materials. An edited work detailing the latest research on the topic, with chapters written by experts in the field.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sorption and Diffusion in Polymers
• Publisher: Hanser Publications, US
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1569907935
• ISBN 13: 9781569907931
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The use of polymers as barrier materials is one of their widest and most important fields of application (e.g., fuel tanks and hoses, water circuits, food packaging, raincoats and umbrellas, electrical insulation, drug delivery), and their performance also has environmental implications. In consequence, the problems of sorption and diffusion in polymers are important and ubiquitous in everyday life as well as in a number of high-tech applications. This book covers the science involved in these topics, which are often studied only from an engineering point of view.

“Sorption and Diffusion in Polymers” presents the different models generally used to describe sorption and/or transport properties and also a new physical model for them. It provides an overview of relevant applications, related polymer families, and the strategies used to control or reduce sorption and diffusion in polymer materials. 

This edited work details the latest research on the topic, with chapters written by experts in the field.

About the Authors

Dr. Paul Sotta is CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique—National Center for Scientific Research) Research Director at the Laboratoire Polymères et Matériaux Avancés (Polymers and Advanced Materials Laboratory), a CNRS/Solvay joint lab, in Lyon, France. He has written 89 peer-reviewed articles and four book chapters and has four patents.

Dr. Agustín Ríos de Anda is Associate Professor at the Université Paris-Est Créteil (University of East Paris Créteil) and the Institut de Chimie et des Matériaux Paris-Est (East Paris Institute of Chemistry and Materials Science). He has written 10 peer-reviewed articles and one book chapter.