Unsaturated Polyester Resins: Fundamentals, Design, Fabrication, and Applications

Unsaturated Polyester Resins: Fundamentals, Design, Fabrication, and Applications explains the preparation, techniques and applications relating to the use of unsaturated polyester resin systems for blends, interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs), gels, composites and nanocomposites, enabling readers to understand and utilize the improved material properties that UPRs facilitate. Chapters cover unsaturated polyester resins and their interaction at the macro, micro and nano levels, in-depth studies on the properties and analysis of UPR based materials, and the applications of UPR based composites, blends, IPNs and gels across a range of advanced commercial and industrial fields.

This is a highly detailed source of information on unsaturated polyester resins, supporting academics, researchers and postgraduate students working with UPRs, polyesters, polymeric or composite materials, polymer chemistry, polymer physics, and materials science, as well as scientists, R&D professionals and engineers in industry.

Covers the use of unsaturated polyester resin systems for blends, IPNs, gels, composites and nanocompositesPresents cutting-edge techniques for the analysis and improvement of properties of advanced UPR-based materialsUnlocks the potential of unsaturated polyester resins in high-performance materials for a range of advanced applications

1. Unsaturated Polyester Resins, Blends, Interpenetrating Polymer Networks, Composites, and Nanocomposites: State of the Art and New Challenges

2. Unsaturated Polyester Macrocomposites

3. Unsaturated Polyester Microcomposites

4. Unsaturated Polyester Nanocomposites

5. Micromechanics of Short-Fiber and Particulate Composites

6. Blends, Interpenetrating Polymer Networks, and Gels of Unsaturated Polyester Resin Polymers With Other Polymers

7. Role of Nanofillers in Blends, Interpenetrating Polymer Networks, and Gels of Unsaturated Polyester Resin Polymers

8. Unsaturated Polyester Resins: Blends, Interpenetrating Polymer Networks, Composites, and Nanocomposites

9. Aging Behavior and Modeling Studies of Unsaturated Polyester Resin and Unsaturated Polyester Resin-Based Blends

10. Spectroscopic Characterization Protocols for Interpenetrating Polymeric Networks

11. Synthesis and Characterization of High Performance, Transparent Interpenetrating Polymer Networks With Polyurethane and Poly(methyl methacrylate) With Different PUR Network Morphologies. Effect of Molecular Weight of the Diol

12. Nanocellulose-Reinforced Unsaturated Polyester Composites

13. Microscopic Analysis of Unsaturated Polyester Resin-

14. Spectroscopic Analysis of Unsaturated Polyester Resin-Based Composites and Nanocomposites

15. Thermal and Rheological Properties of Unsaturated Polyester Resins-Based Composites

16. Mechanical and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Unsaturated Polyester Resin-Based Composites

17. Flammability and Thermal Stability of Unsaturated Polyester Resin-Based Blends and Composites

18. Rheological and Curing Properties of Unsaturated Polyester Resin Nanocomposites

19. Vibration Analysis of Hybrid-Reinforced Unsaturated Polyester Composites

20. Bio-based Unsaturated Polyesters

21. Unsaturated Polyesters in Microbial Fuel Cells and Biosensors

22. Synthesis and Applications of Unsaturated Polyester Composites

23. The Degradation and Recycling of Unsaturated Polyester Resin-Based Composites