edited by Leszek A. Utracki, Alexander M. Jamieson
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xvi, 776 pages :
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illustrations ;
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25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Machine generated contents note: pt. I RHEOLOGY -- 1. Newtonian Viscosity of Dilute, Semidilute, and Concentrated Polymer Solutions / Robert Simha -- 2. Polymer and Surfactant Drag Reduction in Turbulent Flows / Wu Ge -- 3. Nanorheology of Polymer Nanoalloys and Nanocomposites / Toshio Nishi -- 4. Volume Relaxation and the Lattice-Hole Model / Robert Simha -- 5. Dynamics of Materials at the Nanoscale: Small-Molecule Liquids and Polymer Films / Gregory B. McKenna -- pt. II THERMODYNAMICS -- 6. Equations of State and Free-Volume Content / Leszek A. Utracki -- 7. Spatial Configuration and Thermodynamic Characteristics of Main-Chain Liquid Crystals / Hidemine Furuya -- 8. Bulk and Surface Properties of Random Copolymers in View of the Simha-Somcynsky Equation of State / Jorg Kressler -- 9. Physical Aging / Valeria Arrighi -- pt. III POSITION ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY -- 10. Morphology of Free-Volume Holes in Amorphous Polymers by Means of Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy / Fiorenza Quasso -- 11. Local Free-Volume Distribution from PALS and Dynamics of Polymers / Gunter Dlubek -- 12. Positron Annihilation Lifetime Studies of Free Volume in Heterogeneous Polymer Systems / Sergei Nazarenko -- pt. IV PHYSICS OF THE POLYMERIC NANOCOMPOSITES -- 13. Structure-Property Relationships of Nanocomposites / Lydia Laffont -- 14. Free Volume in Molten and Glassy Polymers and Nanocomposites / Leszek A. Utracki -- 15. Metal Particles Confined in Polymeric Matrices / Gianfranco Carotenuto -- 16. Rheology of Polymers with Nanofillers / Pierre J. Carreau