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Advanced Polymeric Materials : Structure Property Relationships, Hardcover by Shonaike, Gabriel O. (EDT); Advani, Suresh G. (EDT), ISBN 1587160471, ISBN-13 9781587160479, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Fourteen contributions discuss the characterization, durability, processing, and properties of fiber-reinforced composites, nanocomposites, polymer blends, and bioengineered materials in various applications. The authors explain how to overcome the brittle behavior of vinyl ester resin composites through the use of pre-formed core-shell rubber particles produced by emulsion polymerization, and describe absorbable biodegradable polymeric materials for biomedicine where the material absorbs in vivo but degrades in vitro. Other topics include the optical behavior of PE/vinyl copolymer IPN-like networks, the gas barrier properties of polymeric materials, and the use of carbon nanotubes as reinforcements in polymer matrices. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()