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This all-encompassing reference summarizes research and progress in understanding
the fundamental molecular properties of polycarbonates by covering history,
theory, modeling, and spectroscopy — it offers the first comprehensive
survey of polycarbonates in over 30 years.
The Handbook of Polycarbonate Science and Technology highlights new
applications, formulations, and fabrication methods for polycarbonates in transportation,
electronics, and appliance manufacturing; spotlights recent discoveries and
patents including Lexan polycarbonate film products and Thermoclear sheets;
presents novel experimental, theoretical, and modeling techniques used to evaluate
polycarbonate properties; describes NMR studies that help explain molecular
motions; focuses on mechanical, optical, thermal, and rheological properties
of glassy polymers; considers physical and chemical aging and degradation, including
crystallization; and more.
From the Preface: “...[C]onsiderable research on almost every aspect of
polycarbonates had been carried out and a large number of patents had been issued.
As a result, the need became apparent for a book that addresses and summarizes
both the methods of syntheses and the physical properties of polycarbonate resins,
and that also illustrates current methods of fabrication and significant applications...The
scope of [this] book has been limited by a desire to cover in detail the topics
that are best understood, and that would likely be useful in future studies
of properties and applications of polycarbonates...”
Target Audience: Polymer, plastics, physical, organic, surface, and colloid
chemists; plastics, chemical, materials, mechanical, and manufacturing engineers;
and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.
Table of Contents:
Introduction and Historical Background
Synthesis of Polycarbonates
Quantum Molecular Orbital Calculations, Levy-Stable Distributions, and Molecular
Relaxation in Polycarbonate
Polycarbonate Dynamics by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Nonbisphenol A Polycarbonates
Mechanical Properties of Polycarbonates
Optical Properties of Polycarbonates
PVT, Specific Heat, and Thermal Transitions
Polycarbonate Melt Rheology
Large Deformation Response of Polycarbonate: Time—Temperature and Time—Aging
Time Superposition
Annealing of Polycarbonates
Degradation of Bisphenol A Polycarbonate by Light and y-Ray Irradiation
Polycarbonate Crystallinity
Commercial Applications of Polycarbonates
Part Assembly
Secondary Finishing
Current Applications of Polycarbonates
Index
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