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Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings
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Introduction to “Advanced Functional Polymers: Synthesis to Applications”
Advanced functional polymers represent the class of materials with unique properties and applications in a variety of fields. This book covers recent advances in the synthesis and applications of advanced func...
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Modern Characterization Techniques for Functional Polymers
Polymers and their composites are preferred over conventional materials like steel, copper, and aluminum due to their high corrosion resistance, flexibility, ease of processability, and lightweight. Various an...
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Lamellar Membranes
This book chapter gives a comprehensive review of two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials that provide tremendous potential for separation applications. By using 2D nanomaterials as a building block, various types ...
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Polymer Recycling Techniques
This chapter includes an introduction to polymers and their recycling methods. Recycling is the most suitable alternative to control and avoid the accumulation of plastic waste in the environment. Polymers are...
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Smart Polymers and Composites
This chapter covers the smart polymers and composites used for various applications like fuel cells, bio-medical applications, temperature and pH-responsive polymers, membranes, and nanocomposites. Smart polym...
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Synthetic-Origin Biodegradable Polymers
The utilization of non-biodegradable disposable plastic has increased exponentially due to its lightweight and user-friendliness. Nonetheless, the non-biodegradable plastic waste produced by disposable plastic...
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Functional Polymers and Composites for Zero Gravity
The current chapter focuses on the functional polymer and composite materials used for zero gravity applications. It discusses the various structures that are used in zero gravity (zero-G) and the material req...
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Stereospecific Polymerization Techniques
This chapter covers the stereospecific polymerization of different types of polymers that can be stereo regulated. The monomers of stereospecific polymers have side groups attached to the backbone of the polym...
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Polymeric Paints and Coatings
Polymeric coatings are applied on surfaces of metal, wood, plastics, and other materials to offer protection, decoration, and specific functionality. Polymeric coating technology is one of the old fields; stil...
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Self-healing Elastomers
The research in the field of self-healing elastomers (SHE) has resulted in different complex structures with various healing strategies (hydrogen bonds, covalent and non-covalent interactions and combinations ...
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Bioinspired Polymer Composite Implants
Long bone fractures are treated with internal fixation prostheses such as screws, pins, intramedullary nails, and bone plates, depending on the type and nature of the fracture. Different prostheses exhibit dis...
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Self-Healing Chromate-Free Conversion Coatings
Conversion coatings are the most ambitious coatings that have been used in different industrial and engineering applications for decades. Chemical conversion coatings have been utilized to protect the metal’s ...
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Zirconium- and Titanium-Based Conversion Coatings
Conversion coatings based on zirconium or titanium are a good candidate to replace chromate and phosphate conversion coatings which are associated with health and environmental issues. Although zirconium and t...
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Pre-treatments of Mg Alloys for Anodic Oxide Coatings
In this chapter, we explained different pre-treatment methods for anodic oxide coatings. The chapter starts with a short description of three different anodic oxidation behaviors of magnesium alloys that resul...
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Layered Double Hydroxide Coatings
Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are an inorganic material with a layered structure of double metal hydroxides. LDHs has the characteristics of interlayer anion exchange, which can play a role in loading corro...
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Durability of Paints, Plastics, and Paper Laminates
Many paints, particularly those intended for outdoor applications, are intended to enhance the durability of the substrate onto which they are applied. The persistence of this enhancement is determined by the ...
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Tannic and Gallic Acid Conversion Coatings
For biomedical magnesium alloys, in addition to the optimization of bulk materials, surface coatings that can synergistically support improved corrosion protection and biocompatibility have also attracted spec...
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Formulating Paints with Small Particles
In Chap. 4, we discussed the theoretical concepts that apply to light scattering in paint and demonstrated these principles with laboratory test paints especially design...
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The Physical Properties of Small Particles
The particles encountered in plastics and paints display a wide range of physical and chemical characteristics. Many of these characteristics affect both the way that the particles process during plastic or pa...
