Functional Polymers, 1st ed. 2019 Polymers and Polymeric Composites: A Reference Series

This reference work provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of functional polymers and polymeric materials, ranging from their synthesis and characterization, to properties, actual applications and an outlook on future perspectives. Including over 30 comprehensive review chapters, all written by leading international experts, this reference is also a sound introduction to this exciting field. The book is carefully edited by an international team of experts in the field, ensuring complete coverage of the relevant topics and concise representation.

Functional polymers and smart polymeric materials play a decisive role for new innovations in all areas where new materials are needed. Optoelectronics, catalysis, biomaterials, medicine, building materials, water treatment, coatings, and many more applications rely on functional polymers. This work is a major reference for researchers, scientists, and practitioners working in any of these fields, or entering this vibrantresearch area.

Key topics of this reference work include:

• Polymerization methods and polymer synthesis
  
• Characterization and properties of new functional polymers and smart materials
  
• Functional polymer composites and blends
  
• Applications of functional polymers and smart materials: for electro-optics and optoelectronics, in biology and in medical research, as coatings and adhesives, for gas sensing, in functional membranes for separation or proton conduction and many more

Dr. Mohammad Abu Jafar Mazumder is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia, who has a wide experience in design, synthesis, modification and characterization of various organic compounds, ionic and thermo-responsive polymers using various spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques. Dr. Jafar Mazumder earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry) (2009) from McMaster University, Canada followed by 2 years MITACS-postdoctoral fellowship in Chemical and Biomedical engineering at McMaster University, Canada. In 17 years of academic research, Dr. Jafar Mazumder has had the opportunity to work with several international collaborative research groups and has exposed himself to a broad range of research areas, including chemistry, engineering and material sciences where he developed and engineered synthetic and natural organic and polymeric materials for various applications. Moreover, he has over three years of working experience inpharmaceutical and polymer industry, worked on the development, optimization and characterization of various polymers/chemicals and exposed with a variety of analytical techniques/instruments. Dr. Jafar Mazumder secured 5 US patents, 2 books edited, 6 invited book chapters, published more than 50 journal articles in synthesis, characterization and applications based peer reviewed journal of Chemistry and material sciences, and had the opportunity to present his research more than 25 international conferences. Dr. Jafar Mazumder has conducted and completed several internally and externally funded research projects from KFUPM, Saudi Aramco, KACST and NSTIP. Currently, he is actively involved in a number of ongoing university, and client funded research projects in a capacity of principal and co- investigators where he is responsible for synthesis and characterization of various materials including modification of monomers and polymers for their potential use as corrosion inhibitors andf