Books in the Wiley Series in Polymer Science series

Provides an overview of state--of--the--art recycling techniques together with current and potential applications.

Geomembranes are flexible polymeric sheets which are used as relatively impermeable liners to contain liquid and vapour. With uses ranging from canal liners to hazard waste landfills, they are used extensively in a range of industries such as water conservation, mining, construction and waste management.

This new book provides an overview of the science and technology of pyrolysis of waste plastics. It describes: the types of plastics that are suitable for pyrolysis recycling; the mechanism of pyrolytic degradation of various plastics; characterization of the pyrolysis products; and details of commercially mature pyrolysis technologies.

In the field of styrene polymers, the oldest commercial thermoplastics, major advances have occurred over the years in the polymerization and structure of new generation polystyrenes that are broadening its scope of application. This book addresses the developments in this field.

Modern Polyester Polymers provides an overview of the family of polyester polymers which comprise an important group of plastics that span the range of commodity polymers to engineering resins. It describes the preparation, properties and applications of polyesters.

Polymer-clay nanocomposites are formed through the union of two very different materials with organic and mineral pedigrees. They have become very useful because they possess properties that neither clays nor polymers show and can be used in situations where neither of these materials are suitable.

With contributions from many of the worlda s leading scientists in the field of dendritic research and development, Dendrimers and Other Dendritic Polymers provides a comprehensive review of this rapidly expanding and exciting new field of polymer science.

Fluoropolymers have come a long way since the discovery of Teflon(TM) fifty years ago. This work describes the structure and properties of known fluoropolymers and their applications.

A metallocene is an organometallic compound, in which the aromatic ring is attached to a metal atom. This book provides an overview of metallocene catalysts and metallocene-based polyolefins giving comprehensive coverage to all areas of metallocene technology.