Polymers - Opportunities and Risks II

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Assessing the Sustainability of Polymer Products

   • Marc-Andree Wolf, Martin Baitz, Johannes Kreissig

   Pages 1-53

3. Raw and Renewable Polymers

   • Seena Joseph, Maya Jacob John, Laly A. Pothen, Sabu Thomas

   Pages 55-80

4. Sustainable Embedding of the Bioplastic Poly-(3-Hydroxybutyrate) into the Sugarcane Industry: Principles of a Future-Oriented Technology in Brazil

   • Martin Koller, Paula Hesse, Christoph Kutschera, Rodolfo Bona, Jefter Nascimento, Silvio Ortega et al.

   Pages 81-96

5. Additives for the Manufacture and Processing of Polymers

   • Rainer Höfer, Klaus Hinrichs

   Pages 97-145

6. Environmental Aspects of Initiators for Plastic Manufacture and Processing

   • Maximilian Dorn

   Pages 147-162

7. Melt Modification of Polyamides

   • Dieter Lehmann

   Pages 163-192

8. Biodegradable Polymers: Properties, Possibilities, and Limits Considering the Synthesis, Processing, and Application of Poly(2-Hydroxypropionic Acid) and Poly(3-Hydroxybutyric Acid)

   • G. Schmack

   Pages 193-214

9. Product Design and Processing: Adhesive Technology

   • Otto-Diedrich Hennemann

   Pages 215-262

10. Microstructured Polymer Surfaces with Complex Optical Functions for Solar Applications

    • Benedikt Bläsi, Andreas Gombert, Michael Niggemann

    Pages 263-279

11. Polymer Membranes for Sustainable Technologies

    • Jochen Meier-Haack, Martin Müller, Klaus Lunkwitz

    Pages 281-297

12. Back Matter

    Pages 299-304

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Since their first industrial use polymers have gained a tremendous success. The two volumes of "Polymers - Opportunities and Risks" elaborate on both their potentials and on the impact on the environment arising from their production and applications. Volume 11 "Polymers - Opportunities and Risks I: General and Environmental Aspects" is dedicated to the basics of the engineering of polymers – always with a view to possible environmental implications. Topics include: materials, processing, designing, surfaces, the utilization phase, recycling, and depositing. Volume 12 "Polymers - Opportunities and Risks II: Sustainability, Product Design and Processing" highlights raw materials and renewable polymers, sustainability, additives for manufacture and processing, melt modification, biodegradation, adhesive technologies, and solar applications. All contributions were written by leading experts with substantial practical experience in their fields. They are an invaluable source of information not only for scientists, but also for environmental managers and decision makers.

• Polyamid
• Polyamide
• polymer
• polymer surfaces
• raw materials for polymers
• renewable resources
• sustainability
• sustainability of polymer products
• synthesis of polymers

• Chemische Technologie (ICT), Fraunhofer Institut für, Pfinztal, Germany

  Peter Eyerer, Christof Hübner

• Karlsruhe, Germany

  Martin Weller

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