Self-order and Form in Polymeric Materials / Edition 1

by A. Keller, M. Warner, A.H. Windle

Overview

This multicontributor volume reviews the state-of-the-art in this important area of polymer structure. The understanding of polymer structure and morphology is examined from both theoretical and experimental viewpoints. Includes crystalline, amorphous and liquid crystalline polymers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780412624506
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	03/31/1995
Edition description:	1995
Pages:	182
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Foreword by Sir Charles Frank. The size factor in phase transitions: its role in polymer crystal formation and wider implications - A Keller, M Hikosaka, S Rastogi, A Toda and P J Barham. Crystallographic and structural roots of variation in polymer structure and morphology - B Lotz. Lamellae and their organisation in melt-crystallized polymers - D C Bassett . Self-order in flexible non-mesogenic macromolecules - Y K Godovsky and N N Makarova. Spontaneous ordering in polymeric nematic liquids and solids - M Warner. Modelling of form in thermotropic polymers - A H Windle, H E Assender, M S Lavine. Local order in polymer glasses and melts - G R Mitchell, B Rosi-Schwartz and D J Ward. Phase behaviour and structure in solutions of vinyl polymers - H Berghmans and F Deberdt. Formation of microstructure in polymer blocks - J S Higgins. Phase morphology in block copolymer systems - E L Thomas and R L Lescanec. Macromolecular order in biology - Sir Aaron Klug.

Editorial Reviews

...this book forms a fascinating addition to the literature in this field and will be of interest to physicists, chemists and materials scientists concerned with aspects of polymer structure and its dominant influence on polymer properties - RAPRA Abstracts

From the Publisher

Buoying on a mostly unspoken assumption that the design of synthetic polymers will increasingly rely upon principles ever closer to those of biology, 11 papers from a Royal Society Discussion (London, December 1993) address the issue of self- order and the implication of microstructural control through molecular engineering. The topics include crystallographic and structural roots of variation in polymer morphology, self-order in non-mesogenic macromolecules, modelling the form in thermotropic polymers, and phase morphology in block copolymer systems. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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