Michael Maskos – författare

This comprehensive textbook describes the synthesis, characterization and technical and engineering applications of polymers. Offering a broad and balanced introduction to the basic concepts of macromolecular chemistry and to the synthesis and physical chemistry of polymers, it is the ideal text for graduate students and advanced Masters students starting out in polymer science. Building on the basic principles of organic chemistry and thermodynamics, it provides an easily understandable and highly accessible introduction to the topic. Step by step, readers will obtain a detailed and well-founded understanding of this vibrant and increasingly important subject area at the intersection between chemistry, physics, engineering and the life sciences.Following an approach different from many other textbooks in the field, the authors, with their varying backgrounds (both from academia and industry), offer a new perspective. Starting with a clear and didactic introduction, thebook discusses basic terms and sizes and shapes of polymers and macromolecules. There then follow chapters dedicated to polymers in solutions, molar mass determination, and polymers in the solid state, incl. (partially) crystalline or amorphous polymers as well as their application as engineering materials. Based on this information, the authors explain the most important polymerization methods and techniques. Often neglected in other textbooks, there are chapters on technical polymers, functional polymers, elastomers and liquid crystalline polymers, as well as polymers and the environment. An overview of current trends serves to generate further interest in present and future developments in the field.This book is the English translation of the successful German textbook "Polymere", which was awarded the Chemical Industry in Germany’s 2015 literature Prize (“Literaturpreis des Fonds der Chemischen Industrie”) for its innovative, novel approach, and its good accessibility and readability, while at the same time providing comprehensive coverage of the field of polymer science.

Ausgezeichnet mit dem Literaturpreis des VCIPolymere sind einzigartige Moleküle und weisen Eigenschaften auf wie keine andere Materialklasse auf dieser Welt. Sie begegnen uns im täglichen Leben nicht nur in Form der bekannten, großvolumigen Kunststoffe wie PE oder PP oder der vielen weiteren, zum Teil hochgradig angepassten Spezialpolymere, sondern auch in der Natur als polymere Biomoleküle wie beispielsweise DNA. Unser Leben wäre daher so, wie wir es kennen, ohne Makromoleküle nicht nur vollkommen anders, sondern biologisch gar nicht möglich.Dieses Lehrbuch beschäftigt sich daher umfassend mit der Synthese, der Charakterisierung, den Eigenschaften und den Anwendungen von Polymeren. Ziel ist es, breite Kenntnisse der Grundbegriffe der makromolekularen Chemie und der einzigartigen Eigenschaften dieser Verbindungsklasse zu vermitteln. Auch umweltrelevante Themen wie Biopolymere und Mikroplastik, die in einem zeitgemäßen Lehrbuch nicht fehlen dürfen,werden behandelt.Aufbauend auf den Grundkenntnissen der organischen Chemie und der Thermodynamik präsentiert das Buch ein leicht verständliches und dennoch tiefgehendes Bild dieser sehr dynamischen und immer wichtiger werdenden Wissenschaft in der Schnittmenge von Chemie, Physik, Ingenieurwissenschaften und dem Life-Science-Sektor. Das Verständnis des Textes können Leserinnen und Leser dieses Werkes am Ende eines jeden Kapitels durch eine Auswahl an Übungsaufgaben überprüfen.Beim Verfassen des Buches wurde großer Wert auf gute Lesbarkeit trotz der erforderlichen Detailtiefe gelegt – ein Buch, das sich für Studierende der Chemie und verwandter Studiengänge genauso eignet wie für den angewandten Naturwissenschaftler im industriellen Umfeld. Als erstes und bisher einziges Lehrbuch der Polymerchemie wurde daher bereits die erste Auflage dieses Werks 2015 mit dem Literaturpreis des Fonds des Verbandes der Chemischen Industrie ausgezeichnet.

Awarded the Literature Prize of the VCIThis comprehensive textbook describes the synthesis, characterization and technical and engineering applications of polymers. Polymers are unique molecules and have properties different from any other class of materials.  We encounter them in everyday life, not only in the form of the well-known, large-volume plastics such as PE or PP or the many other special polymers, some of which are very specifically modified but also in nature as polymeric biomolecules, such as DNA. Our life, as we know it, would not only be completely different without macromolecules but it would also be biologically impossible. This textbook provides a broad knowledge of the basic concepts of macromolecular chemistry and the unique properties of this class of materials. Environmentally relevant topics, such as biopolymers and microplastic, which should not be missing in a contemporary textbook are also covered.Building on basic knowledge oforganic chemistry and thermodynamics, the book presents an easy-to-understand yet in-depth picture of this very dynamic and increasingly important interdisciplinary science that involves elements of chemistry, physics, engineering, and the life sciences. Readers of this work can confirm their understanding of the text at the end of each chapter by working through a selection of exercises.In writing the book, great importance was attached to good readability despite the necessary depth of detail. It is a book that is just as suitable for students of chemistry and related courses as it is for the applied scientist in an industrial environment. The first edition of this work is so far the only textbook on polymer chemistry to be awarded the Literature Prize of the Fund of the German Chemical Industry Association in 2015.