Polymers as Natural Composites

ISBN: 9781616688868 出版年：2012 页码：97 Abdulakh K Mikitaev Georgii V Kozlov Gennady E Zaikov Nova Science

A polymer is a large molecule (macromolecule) composed of repeating structural units typically connected by covalent chemical bonds. 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 to natural biopolymers such as DNA and proteins. This new book examines the role polymers play as natural nanocomposites.