Applications of Unsaturated Polyester Resins: Synthesis, Modifications, and Preparation Methods

by Sabu Thomas (Editor), Cintil Jose Chirayil (Editor)

Overview

Applications of Unsaturated Polyester Resins: Synthesis, Modifications, and Preparation Methods takes a practical approach to unsaturated polyester-based materials and their preparation for implementation in a range of innovative areas. Sections introduce the background of polyester and the fundamentals of unsaturated polyester resins (UPRs), including chemistry, additives, curing, and processing methods. Hydrolytic stability and structure-property relationships are also discussed in detail, along with coverage of modification strategies for UPR and the development of bio-composites incorporating natural fiber with unsaturated polyester.

Subsequent chapters focus on the preparation of UPR for specific target applications, including in construction, marine and aerospace, adhesives and coatings, insulation systems, electrics, pipeline corrosion, military, biomedicine, and tissue engineering. Finally, the advantages and disadvantages of UPR compared to other resins, in terms of properties and performance, as well as life cycle assessment, are addressed and analyzed.

• Presents processing methods, morphology, structure-property relationship, and modification strategies for unsaturated polyester
• Explores sustainability in terms of lifecycle assessment of unsaturated polyester and bio-composites incorporating unsaturated polyester
• Guides the reader to advanced applications across construction, marine and aerospace, adhesives and coatings, electrics and many more areas

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323994675
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	03/30/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	498
File size:	79 MB
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About the Author

Professor Sabu Thomas is Chairman, Trivandrum Engineering Science&Technology Research Park (TrEST Research Park) at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. He’s Former Vice –Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. He is also currently designated as the director of School of Energy Materials. He is the founder director of the International and Inter-university Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the School of Chemical Sciences and International and Inter-university Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is an outstanding leader with sustained international acclaims for his work in Polymer Science and Engineering, Polymer Nanocomposites, Elastomers, Polymer Blends, Interpenetrating Polymer Networks, Polymer Membranes, Green Composites and Nanocomposites, Nanomedicine and Green Nanotechnology. Dr. Thomas’s ground-breaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnological and nano-biomedical sciences, have made transformative differences in the development of new materials for automotive, space, housing and biomedical fields. Very recently, Prof. Thomas has been conferred Honoris Causa (DSc) by the University of South Brittany, Lorient, France. Professor Thomas has published over 1300 peer reviewed research papers, reviews and book chapters. He has co-edited 150 books and is the inventor of 15 patents.

Dr. Cintil Jose Chirayil is an Assistant Professor based in the Department of Chemistry at Newman College, India. She received her PhD in Polymer Science from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India, and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Centre for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, in Doha, Qatar.
Dr. Chirayil has 9 years of research experience in the field of nanoscience and nanocellulose, with numerous publications in international peer-reviewed journals, 10 book chapters, and one edited book. As well as receiving the Young Scientist Award from Leeds University and NIT Calicut in 2011, she has been the recipient of foreign scholarships from the University of Potsdam, Germany, the University of Mara, Malaysia, the Centre for Advanced Materials, Doha, and the Institute of Chemistry, Graz, Austria, for in-depth research in the field of nanoscience.

Table of Contents

1 Historical aspects of polyesters 2 Unsaturated polyester resins and their classification 3 Unsaturated polyester resins: catalysts, accelerators, and inhibitors 4 Special additives to unsaturated polyester 5 Curing of unsaturated polyester resins 6 Processing methods of unsaturated polyester 7 Hydrolytic stability of unsaturated polyesters 8 Structure-property relationship of unsaturated polyester composites 9 Modification of unsaturated polyester resin by poly(ethylene glycol) 10 Modification of unsaturated polyester resin by epoxy resin 11 Potential of natural fiber in unsaturated polyester biocomposite application 12 Applications of unsaturated polyester resins in asphalt pavements 13 Application of UPR in marine applications 14 Application of UPR in aerospace applications 15 Application of UPR in thermal insulation systems 16 Application of UPR in pipeline corrosion: protection and applications 17 Potential of unsaturated polyesters in biomedicine and tissue engineering 18 High-end applications of unsaturated polyester composites 19 Recycling and upcycling-oriented degradation of unsaturated polyester resins

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A comprehensive guide to the synthesis, structure, modifications, properties and applications of unsaturated polyester