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Comprehensive Polymer Science. Edition No. 2

  • Book

  • May 2026
  • Elsevier Science and Technology
  • ID: 6250641

Polymer Science: A Comprehensive Reference, Second Edition, Eight Volume Set presents an authoritative and comprehensive treatment on the role of polymers in modern science and technology. Like the book's first edition, this update gives a broad, in-depth, and fundamental understanding of polymer synthesis, polymerization processes, properties, characterization methods, and techniques to develop polymer nanostructures and soft objects. Readers will find discussions on a myriad of applications of polymeric materials, with this fully revised and updated edition including a greater focus on issues surrounding sustainability, energy, and biomedical fields.

As a complete overview of the flourishing role of polymers in modern science and technology, this new edition retains the critically acclaimed approach of the previous edition while introducing readers to the latest developments in the field.

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Table of Contents

1. Advances in Polymer Synthesis and Polymerization Processes
2. Nano-sized Materials, Thin Films and Membranes
3. Polymer Nanocomposites and Functional Polymers
4. Polymers for Sustainable Development
5. Polymers in Biology and Medicine
6. Polymers for Safe, Potable, and Usable Water
7. Polymers for Additive Manufacturing (3D printing)
8. Polymers in Agriculture and Food Industry