Polymer Chemistry

This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of polymers, their synthesis, characterization, and technical and engineering applications. It covers topics such as biopolymers and microplastics and is awarded the Literature Prize of the VCI. It is suitable for students and applied scientists in chemistry and related courses.

Format: Hardback
Length: 634 pages
Publication date: 13 July 2023
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG

This extensive textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the synthesis, characterization, and technical and engineering applications of polymers. Polymers, unique molecules, possess properties distinct from any other class of materials. We encounter them in our daily lives, not only in the form of well-known large-volume plastics like polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP) or the numerous other specialized polymers, some of which undergo precise modifications, but also in nature as polymeric biomolecules, such as DNA. Our existence, as we know it, would be entirely different without macromolecules, and it would be biologically impossible. This textbook offers a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental concepts of macromolecular chemistry and the distinctive characteristics of this class of materials. Additionally, it addresses environmentally relevant topics, such as biopolymers and microplastics, which are essential in a contemporary textbook.

Building upon foundational knowledge in organic chemistry and thermodynamics, the book presents a clear and in-depth portrayal of this dynamic and increasingly significant interdisciplinary science, encompassing elements of chemistry, physics, engineering, and the life sciences. Readers of this work can reinforce their comprehension of the text by engaging with a selection of exercises at the end of each chapter. Throughout the writing process, utmost importance was placed on achieving good readability, despite the necessary depth of detail. This book is equally suitable for students of chemistry and related courses as it is for applied scientists working in industrial environments.

It is noteworthy that the first edition of this work stands as the sole textbook in polymer chemistry to have received the Literature Prize of the Fund of the German Chemical Industry Association in 20.

Weight: 1473g
Dimension: 240 x 168 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783662649282
Edition number: 2nd ed. 2023