Polymers as Natural Composites
( Nanotechnology Science and Technology )
Publication series ：Nanotechnology Science and Technology
Author： Abdulakh K. Mikitaev; Georgii V. Kozlov and Gennady E. Zaikov
Publisher： Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Publication year： 2012
E-ISBN: 9781616688868
Subject： TB33 Composites
Keyword： Materials Science
Language： ENG
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Description
A polymer is a large molecule (macromolecule) composed of repeating structural units typically connected by covalent chemical bonds. While polymer in popular usage suggests plastic, the term actually refers to a large class of natural and synthetic mater rials with a variety of properties. Due to the extraordinary range of properties accessible in polymeric materials, they have come to play an essential and ubiquitous role in everyday life―from plastics and elastomers on the one hand to natural biopolym