"Polypropylene: Polymerization and Characterization of Mechanical and Thermal Properties" ed. by Weiyu Wang, Yiming Zeng

This book provides an overview of progress in polypropylene (PP) from the perspectives of synthesis, structure–property relationship, processing, PP composites, and applications.


Polypropylene (PP) is one of the most important thermoplastics widely applied in the fields of automobile, packaging, clothing, and plastic molding. Since J. Paul Hogan and Robert L. Banks accidentally synthesized crystalline PP in 1951, tremendous breakthroughs have been achieved and have successfully transferred PP from a discovery in the laboratory to an indispensable commodity. Along with the commercial success, progress in the “academic community” of PP has expanded our toolbox to tailor tactility and microstructure, improve thermal and mechanical properties, understand and control crystallization behavior, develop efficient functionalization strategies, and explore novel applications.

Contents
1.Introductory Chapter: Polypropylene - Synthesis and Functionalization
2.Versatile Propylene-Based Polyolefins with Tunable Molecular Structure through Tailor-Made Catalysts and Polymerization Process
3.Thermal Conductivity of Polypropylene-Based Materials
4.Polypropylene Blends and Composite: Processing-Morphology-Performance Relationship of Injected Pieces
5.Tensile Properties in β-Modified Isotactic Polypropylene
6.Effect of Processing and Orientation on Structural and Mechanical Properties of Polypropylene Products