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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806977303321

Autore

Hu Jinlian

Titolo

Adaptive and functional polymers, textiles and their applications / / Jinlian Hu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imperial College Press

Hackensack, N.J., : Distributed by World Scientific, Pub. Co. Pte. Ltd., 2011

ISBN

1-62870-226-5

1-283-14820-X

9786613148209

1-84816-476-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Disciplina

620.192

Soggetti

Polymers

Polymers - Industrial applications

Textile fibers, Synthetic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-383) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction to Adaptive Polymers and Textiles; Chapter 2 Shape Memory Polymers; Chapter 3 Adaptive Polymeric Gels and Applications; Chapter 4 Adaptive Polymeric Particles and Applications; Chapter 5 Adaptive Textiles Using Adaptive Polymers; Chapter 6 Adaptive Polymeric Composites and Applications; Chapter 7 Adaptive Polymeric Nanofibre and Nanofilm; Chapter 8 Cosmetics Applications of Adaptive and Functional Polymers; Chapter 9 Medical Applications of Adaptive Polymers; Chapter 10 Special Adaptive and Functional Polymers and Their Applications

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Sommario/riassunto

This volume covers the most updated studies and achievements in some adaptive and very functional polymers such as chitosan, cyclodextrin, dendrimer and hyper-branched polymers in terms of principles of adaptiveness, properties, structure design and characterization with an emphasis on their applications, particularly in



textiles and related areas. Adaptive polymers include those which are responsive to different stimuli, namely, physical, mechanical, chemical, biological and combined with controlled and/or predictable behaviors. Although other materials are not excluded, the textiles describe