This book covers the fundamental principles, measurement techniques, and advanced methods for controlling thermal expansion in polymers. It includes practical examples, the underlying mechanisms, testing methods, and innovative reduction technologies, making it a unique and comprehensive resource for addressing the technical challenges of thermal expansion in polymers. CHAPTER 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF POLYMER
1.1 What is Polymer?
1.2 Polymer ABC, Alloy, Blend and Composite
CHAPTER 2: FUNDAMENTALS OF THERMAL EXPANSION
2.1 Definition of Thermal Expansion
2.2 Mechanism of Thermal Expansion of Material in a solid, liquid and gas state
2.3 Mechanism of Thermal Expansion of Polymer
2.4 Phenomenon that occurs when two materials with different thermal expansions are combined
CHAPTER 3: THERMAL EXPANSION THEORY OF CRYSTAL AXIS IN CRYSTAL LATTICE OF CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS:
3.1 Linear Chain Model
3.2 Self-Consistent Harmonic Approximation
3.3 String-in-Medium Model
CHAPTER 4 MEASUREMENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION
4.1 Measurement of Bulk Coefficient of Volume Thermal Expansion (CVTE)
4.2 Measurement of Bulk Coefficient of Linear Thermal Expansion (CLTE) by Thermo-mechanical Analyzer (TMA):
4.3 Emerging Technologies of Evaluation of Thermal Expansion
CHAPTER 5 COMPOSITE THEORY OF THERMAL EXPANSION
5.1 General Review of Theories of Thermal Expansion of Polymer Composites
5.2 Thermal Expansion Theory by Schapery
5.3 Wang-Kwei Model for Polymer Composites containing Spherical Inclusions
5.4 Spherical Shell for Polymer Blends with Layered Shells by Model by Manabe and Takayanagi
5.5 Chow model for the Linear and Volume Thermal Expansion Coefficients of the Polymer Composite with Ellipsoidal Inclusions:
5.6 Mori-Tanaka Theory to Accommodate Polymer Composites with Versatile Shapes of Fillers:
CHAPTER 6 REDUCTION TECHNOLOGIES OF THERMAL EXPANSION
6.1 Reduction of Thermal Expansion by Fillers
6.2 Reduction of Thermal Expansion by Introducing Rigid Structure into Polymer Backbone
6.3 Reduction of Thermal Expansion by Oriented Molecules
6.4 Reduction of Thermal Expansion by Elastomers
Michio Ono is a manager of Mitsui Chemicals and at the same time, representative of his own company, MONO Polymer Research. He obtained his academic degrees from Institute of Science Tokyo in 2007. He spent most of his career working for chemical industries where he has dedicated to research and development on reduction of thermal expansion of polymers, especially, polyolefins.
