Fundamental Principles of Polymeric Materials

Fundamental Principles of Polymeric Materials is an introduction to the field of polymers that balances chemistry, physics, and engineering applications. Updating the classic Second Edition (1993) that continues to find use in introductory polymer courses, this revised edition focuses on new technologies that use polymers, new feedstocks, polymers derived from biological sources, new strategies for polymerizations, and analysis of polymers. Furthermore, this edition includes new homework problems and examples as well as new ideas and concepts, while remaining friendly to students new to the polymer field.

Christopher S. Brazel, PhD, CHE, is Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at The University of Alabama. His research interests include stimuli-responsive polymers, composite materials with magnetic nanoparticles, targeted block copolymer micelles, gels and networks for drug delivery, and microencapsulation. Previously, Dr. Brazel was a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, UK. Stephen L. Rosen, PhD, CHE, is a former Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Dr. Rosen authored the two previous editions of Fundamental Principles of Polymeric Materials.