This new book considers state-of-the-art developments and research in polymer science, such as advanced polymers, composites and nanocomposites, and the role of polymers in the progress of green chemistry and medicine.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the book is divided into sections that discuss Polymer Synthesis and Application, Materials and Properties, Composites and Nanostructures, Sustainable and Green Chemistry, and Constitutional Systems for Medicine.
Polymers are studied in fields as diverse as polymer science (polymer chemistry and polymer physics), biophysics, biochemistry, and more generally in materials science and engineering. Polymer matrix composites (PMCs) and nanocomposites (PMNCs) are widely used in high-tech material structures such as in the automotive, marine, and aerospace industries. Their impact on the physical and mechanical performance is mainly due to their reinforcing agents, fibers (glass, carbon, aramid) or nanofibers (MMT, CNTs, graphene, etc.) but also to a perfect mastery of the matrix/reinforcement interface.
The book will be valuable for academics, scientists, engineers, and medical technologists of institutes, research centers, and universities who are involved in the field of macromolecular chemistry and polymeric materials.
About the Author: Omar Mukbaniani, DSc, was Professor at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU), Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry; Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry, Tbilisi, Georgia. He is a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Georgia. For several years he was a member of the advisory board of the journals Proceedings of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Chemical Series), Contributing Editor of the journal Polymer News and the Polymers Research Journal, and Chemistry and Chemical Technology. He was the author of more than 480 publications, 25 books, monographs, and 10 inventions. In 2007 he created the International Symposium on International Symposium on Polymers and Advanced Materials "ICSP&AM", which takes place every other two years in Georgia.
Tamara Ta.trishvili, PhD, is Main Specialist at the Office of Academic Process Management (Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences) at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, as well as Director of the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry and Polymeric Materials at TSU, Tbilisi, Georgia; DAAD alumni, and a member of Georgian chemical society. Her research interests included polymer chemistry, polymeric materials, and chemistry of silicon-organic compounds. Tamara Tatrishvili is the author of more than 190 scientific publications, 12 books, monographs.
Marc J. M. Abadie, DSc, is Emeritus Professor at the University Montpellier, France. He was head of the Laboratory of Polymer Science and Advanced Organic Materials - LEMP/MAO. He is "Michael Fam" Visiting Professor at the School of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. His present activity concerns high-performance polymers for PEMFCs, composites and nanocomposites, UV/EB coatings, and biomaterials. He has published 11 books and holds 11 patents. He has advised nearly 95 MS and 52 PhD students with whom he has published over 402 papers. He has more than 40 years of experience in polymer science with ten years in industry (IBM, USA - MOD, UK & SNPA/Total, France). He created in the 1980s the International Symposium on Polyimides & High Temperature Polymers, a.k.a. STEPI, which takes place every other three years in Montpellier, France.
