Ipns Around the World: Science and Engineering

By S.C. Kim

Interpenetrating polymer networks, IPNs, are combinations of two polymers in network form, synthesized and/or crosslinked in the immediate presence of each other. Different kinds of IPNs include the sequential, simultaneous, latex, thermoplastic and gradient types, each with a specific mode. IPNs have been in use since 1914 but have only been researched as a well-defined subject area since the early 1970's. Today, they are researched and used worldwide. This book is a collection of papers from around the world covering the broad areas of basic and applied research on IPNs with several mentions of applications.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471970778
• ISBN13: 9780471970774
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 310 Pages