Polymer Science: A Comprehensive Reference, Second Edition, Eight Volume Set presents an authoritative and comprehensive treatment on the role of polymers in modern science and technology. Like the book's first edition, this update gives a broad, in-depth, and fundamental understanding of polymer synthesis, polymerization processes, properties, characterization methods, and techniques to develop polymer nanostructures and soft objects. Readers will find discussions on a myriad of applications of polymeric materials, with this fully revised and updated edition including a greater focus on issues surrounding sustainability, energy, and biomedical fields.

As a complete overview of the flourishing role of polymers in modern science and technology, this new edition retains the critically acclaimed approach of the previous edition while introducing readers to the latest developments in the field.

• Provides broad, in-depth coverage of all aspects of polymer science and engineering, including the latest advances in the field
• Integrates multidisciplinary aspects of the science into a single, comprehensive, newly updated reference work
• Covers fundamental issues surrounding bio-based and biodegradable polymers that could shape future research
• Presents industrial applications and their role in sustainable future development
• Includes coverage of the main challenges and an outlook on polymer-based advanced and functional materials for applications in agriculture, biomedical, water-purification, and green and sustainable energy
• Addresses fundamental issues that persist concerning plastic sustainability