Includes bibliographical references and index.

Actuators: Buckypaper Composite / Joshua DeGraff, Richard Liang and Pierre Cottinet -- Agriculture: Natural Polymers for Controlled Release of Fertilizers / Cristiana A.V. Torres, Filomena Freitas -- Agriculture: Polymers in Crop Production Mulch and Fertilizer / Dhruba Jyoti Sarkar, Mandira Barman, Tanumoy Bera, Mriganka De and Dibyendu Chatterjee -- Agriculture: Polymers in Crop Production Pesticides / Dhruba Jyoti Sarkar, Najam Akhter Shakil, V. S. Rana, Jitendra Kumar, Ajoy Saha, Totan Adak and Jaydeep Haldar -- Agriculture: Polymers in Crop Protection / Pietro Picuno -- Agriculture: Super Absorbent Functional Polymers / Bijender Kumar, Farha Deeba, Ruchir Priyadarshi, Sauraj, and Yuvraj Singh Negi -- Alginate / Joshua DeGraff, Richard Liang and Pierre Cottinet -- Automotive Applications: Polylactic Acid and Biocomposite Parts / Khosrow Khodabakhshi -- Automotive Applications: Polymers in / I. A. Aderibigbe, E. R. Sadiku and A. P. I Popoola -- Automotive Applications: Reinforced Material Components / B. Suresha, R. Hemanth and K. Nithin -- Aviation: Polymer Composites, Processes, and Properties / I. A. Aderibigbe, P. Nombula and A.P. I. Popoola -- Aviation: Thermoplastic and Thermoset Polymers in / M. zgr Seydibeyolu, Fatma Erdoan and Elif Alyama -- Biomaterials: Soft Tissue Injuries / Anurag Singh and Rui Miranda Guedes -- Biomedicine: Cellulose in / Eliane Trovatti and Eugen Barbu -- Biomedicine: Cross-linked Polymers Applications / B. A. Aderibigbe -- Biomedicine: Polymers with Silsesquioxane Units / B. Simionescu, A. Oancea, I. Bordianu-Antochi, C. Ursu, C. Cotofana and M. Olaru -- Biosensing Devices: Conjugated Polymer Based Scaffolds / Saniye Soylemez, Melis Kesika and Levent Toppare -- Catalysts: Polymers in Biodiesel Production / Farha Deeba, Bijender Kumar, Sauraj, Ruchir Priyadarshi, Vikas Pruthi and Yuvraj S. Negi -- Chemotherapy: Polycaprolactone (PCL)-Based Drug Delivery System / Somesh Mohapatra, Vineethkrishna Chandrasekar, Aparna R. Chakravarti, Shweta Paroha, Oshin Sapra, Ankit Saneja, and Ravindra Dhar Dubey -- Chitosan: Antimicrobial and Edible Coatings / Anjali Bishnoi, Sandeep Rai, Nirav Joshi and Sunil Kumar -- Chitosan: Biodegradable Food Packaging / Ruchir Priyadarshi, Sauraj Singh, Saleheen Bano, Asif Ali and Yuvraj Singh Negi -- Chitosan: Tissue Engineering and Wound Dressing Applications / Mohammad Amin Shamekhi, Hamid Mahdavi, Hamid Mirzadeh, Ahmad Rabiee, Davod Mohebbi-Kalhori, Nooshin Haghighipour and Mohamadreza Baghaban Eslaminejad -- Communication: Polymers in / Pulak Datta, Sanjay Kumar and Gautam Sarkhel -- Composites and Nanocomposites: Thermoplastic Polymers for Additive Manufacturing / Nahal Aliheidari and Amir Ameli -- Composites: Biobased for Materials Applications / Thimothy Molefi Thamae, Thabiso Letseka and Leboli Thamae -- Composites: Conductive Elastomer CNT-Based / Jiji Abraham, Mohammed Arif P, Soney C. George, Nandakumar Kalarikkal and Sabu Thomas -- Composites: Environment-Friendly Nanocomposites / Sukanya Pradhan, Smita Mohanty and Sanjay K. Nayak -- Composites: Natural Fibers Reinforced / M. K. Gupta -- Composites: Polylactic Acid-Based Blends / Payam Zarrintaj, Emad Jowshan, Reza Khalili, Zahed Ahmadi, Mohammad Reza Saeb and Masoud Mozafari -- Conducting Polymers: Applications / Anupreet Kaur -- Conducting Polymers: Electrospun Materials / Thomas Kerr-Phillips and Jadranka Travas-Sejdic -- Construction: Rigid Bio-Based Polyurethane Foams for Sandwich Panels / Rafael de Avila Delucis, Washington Luiz Esteves Magalhes, Cesar Liberato Petzhold and Sandro Campos Amicos -- Corrosion Inhibitor: Polymeric Desiccant / Madhumita Kulkarni and P.A Mahanwar -- Corrosion Protection: Natural Polymer in / I. B. Obot, Ubong M. Edouk and Saviour A. Umoren -- Cosmetics: Active Polymers / Mayuree Kanlayavattanakul and Nattaya Lourith -- Cosmetics: Polymers in / Bhavya M. V., Gowda D. V, Sivadasu Praveen, Nithin Kundachira Subramani and Siddaramaiah Hatna -- Cosmetics: Polymers in Delivery of Actives / Azila Abd. Aziz, Rosnani Hasham and Mariani Abdul Hamid -- Display: Photorefractive Polymers in / Pierre-Alexandre Blanche -- Drug Delivery: Biodegradable Polymers in / Sauraj Singh, Ruchir Priyadarshi, Bijender Kumar, Saleheen Ban, Farha Deeba, Asif Ali and Yuvraj Singh Negi -- Drug Delivery: Microencapsulation Techniques for / Mrunal R. Waghulde and Jitendra B. Naik -- Drug Delivery: PLGA-PEG-Based Bioerodable Nanoparticles / Arindam Maity, Debanjana Chakraborty, Kazi Asraf Ali and Sougata Jana -- Drug Delivery: Polymeric Conjugates for Dietary Phytochemicals / Divya Arora and Sundeep Jaglan.

Drug Delivery: Polymeric Membranes for Devices / Zeenat Arif, P.K. Mishra, S.N. Upadhyay and Rajeev Mehta -- Drug Delivery: Polymeric Micelles / Dorota Neugebauer -- Drug Delivery: Polymers and Polymeric Membranes / Shilpa Narang, Zeenat Arif, Rajeev Mehta, P.K. Mishra and S.N. Upadhyay -- Drug Delivery: Polysaccharide-Based Composites / Sougata Jana and Subrata Jana -- Drug Delivery: Stimuli-Responsive Polymeric Prodrugs for Cancer / Sauraj, Ruchir Priyadarshi, Farha Deeba, Bijender Kumar and Yuvraj Singh Negi -- Drug Delivery: Trends and Future Prospects / Ufana Riaz and Anurakshee Verma -- Electronics: Nonvolatile Memory Technologies / Sreedevi Vallabhapurapu, Shengzhi Dub and Ananthakrishnan Srinivasan -- Electronics: PolymerGraphene Composites / Seema Ansari and M. N. Muralidharan -- Energy: Conducting Polymers and Conjugated Porous Polymers / Narendra Pal Singh Chauhan, Nirmala Kumari Jangid, Navjeet Kaur and Masoud Mozafari -- Energy: Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium Ion Batteries / Guang Yang, Youngmin Lee and Qing Wang -- Energy: Polymer Supercapacitors / Anish Benny and Soney C. George -- Energy: Polymer-Functionalized Graphene / Arun K. Nandi, Pousali Chal and Arnab Shit -- Energy: Polymers in Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage / Shahram Mehdipour-Ataei and Zahra Tabatabaei-Yazdi -- Energy: Polymers in the Active Layer of Solar Cells / Bianca P. Santos and Maria de Fatima V. Marques -- Environmental Applications: Biopolymer Sorbents for Heavy Metal Removal / Patrcia Concrdio-Reis and Filomena Freitas -- Environmental Applications: Hydrogels / G. Roshan Deen -- Environmental Applications: Polymers in / Chow Wen Shyang -- Fire Protection: Flame-Retardant Additives and Fillers for Polymers / Hsngl Yilmaz Atay -- Fire Protection: Flame-Retardant Epoxy Resins in / Seema Agrawal and Anudeep Kumar Narula -- Fire Protection: Flame-Retardant Polymers in / Ayesha Kausar -- Food Packaging: Cellulose Nanocrystals in / Prodyut Dhar, Chethana Mudenur and Vimal Katiyar -- Food Packaging: Edible Products / Rungsinee Sothornvit -- Food Packaging: Natural and Synthetic Biopolymers / Ruchir Priyadarshi, Anurag Kulshreshtha, Bijender Kumar, Farha Deeba and Yuvraj Singh Negi -- Food Packaging: Polyhydroxyalcanoates (PHA) Containing Antimicrobial Additives / C.R. Rech, K.C S. Brabes and S.M. Martelli -- Food Packaging: Polymer Composites / Garima Agrawal and Rahul Agrawal -- Food Packaging: Polymers as Packaging Materials in Food Supply Chains / A B. Hemavathi and H. Siddaramaiah -- Food Packaging: Starch and Non-Starch Blend Films / Hanisah Kamilah, Kaiser Mahmood, Poh Lee-Shang, Syazana Sulaiman, Abdorreza Mohammadi Nafchi, Fazilah Ariffin and Abd Karim Alias -- Food Packaging: Starch-Based Bionanocomposites / Kalyani Prusty and Sarat K. Swain -- Food: Polymers in / Vincent G. Gomes -- Footwear / Saraswathy Gnanasundaram and Mohan Ranganathan -- Fuel Cell: Cellulose-Based Polyelectrolyte Proton Exchange Membranes / Randa E. Khalifa, Tamer M. Tamer, Ahmed M. Omer and Mohamed S. Mohy Eldin -- Fuel Cell: Polymeric Membrane / Saleheen Bano, Ruchir Priyadarshi, Sauraj, Bijender Kumar and Yuvraj Singh Negi -- Furniture: Eco-Friendly Polymer Composites Applications / Md. Shahruzzaman, Shanta Biswas, Md. Minhajul Islam, Md. Sazedul Islam, Md. Shirajur Rahman, Papia Haque and Mohammed Mizanur Rahman -- Furniture: Polymers in / Gibin George, Liju Elias and Zhiping Luo -- Healthcare: Polymer as Vital Materials / Abhilasha Mishra, Rajesh Kumar Saini and A.K. Bajpai -- Household Goods: Polymers in / Rupa Bhattacharyya and Sumit Nandi -- Insulators: Polymers for High Voltage Outdoor Use / Anshul Gautampurkar and Prakash Mahanwar -- Laboratory Applications: Polymers in / Oznur Dogan Ulu and Ismail Ozdemir -- Marine Applications / Asit Baran Samui -- Medicines: Polymers for / Narendra Pal Singh Chauhan, Nirmala Kumari Jangid, Navjeet Kaur, Bharatraj Singh Rathore, Mazaher Gholipourmalekabadi and Masoud Mozafari -- Membrane: Preparation by Nonsolvent-Induced Phase Inversion / Priscila Anado and Hlio Wiebeck -- Membranes: Graft Modification of Polymers for / A. Bhattacharya, Romil Mehta and Paramita Manna -- Membranes: Hemodialysis Applications / S. Sentilkumar and Noel Jacob Kaleekkal -- Microcapsules Polymeric: Self-Healing Smart Coatings / Mahendra Mahajan and Vikas V. Gite -- Microencapsulation: Phase Change Material in Textile and Building Construction / Arindam Dey, Rekha Gorai and Somenath Ganguly -- Microneedles Arrays:Based on Natural Polymers / Diana Arajo and Filomena Freitas -- Nanocellulose: Environmental and Engineering Applications of / Deepu A. Gopakumar, Avinash R. Pai, Sabu K. T., Sisanth K. S., Sabu Thomas and Yves Grohens -- Nanocellulose: Health Care Applications / Blessy Joseph, Deepu A. Gopakumar, Hanna J. Maria, Jemy James, Yves Grohens, Sabu Thomas and Nandakumar Kalarikkal -- Nanocomposites: Polyamide/Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane / Ayesha Kausar, Nabila Badar and Obaid-Ur-Rahman Abid -- Nanocomposites: POSS-Based / Lakshmipriya Somasekharan, Nandakumar Kalarikkal and Sabu Thomas -- Orthopedic Implants: Applications of Bioabsorbable Polymers / Lgia Figueiredo, Frederico Castelo Ferreira, Lus F.V. Pinto, Nuno Ribeiro, Nuno Guitian Oliveira and Alexandra Rodrigues -- Oxo-Biodegradable Polymers / Emo Chiellini, Stefania Cometa and Andrea Corti -- Packaging, Active and Intelligent: Polymer Applications / Panuwat Suppakul -- Packaging: Food Waste Reduction / Sergio Torres-Giner, Luis Gil, Leonor Pascual-Ramrez and Jos A. Garde-Belza -- Packaging: Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) in / Pradnya P. Kanekar, Snehal O. Kulkarni and Sagar P. Kanekar -- Packaging: PolymerMetal-Based Micro and Nanocomposites / Rajesh Kumar Sahoo -- Petroleum Production: Polymers in / Gbenga Folorunso Oluyemi -- Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate): Applications / A. P. Bonartsev -- Polypyrrole: Properties and Application / Amir Reza Sadrolho, Suraya Abdul Rashid and Suhaidi Shafie -- Polyurethanes: Biobased / Dheeraj Ahuja and Anupama Kaushik -- Porous Polymers: Gas Separation and Storage / Fateme Rezaei, Hooman Hosseini, Anirudh Krishnamurthy and Ali A. Rownaghi.

Rapid Prototyping of Microfluidic Devices in Polymers / Zhibin Yan, Mingliang Jin and Lingling Shui -- Rapid Prototyping of Polymeric Biomaterials / Swati Mishra -- Recycling: Converting Waste Plastics to Polyolefin Wax / Apurv Gaidhani and Prakash Mahanwar -- Recycling: Polyurethane Foam Wastes / Mir Mohammad Alavi Nikje and Baharak Pooladian -- Regenerative Medicine: Natural Polymers / Suraj K. Nayak, Shresthaa Patel, Suprio R. Paul, Barbiee Choudhary, Seemadri Subhadarshini, Anshuman K. Sahu, Vinay K. Singh, Arfat Anis and Kunal Pal -- Resorbable Embolics / Lihui Weng and Randy Donelson -- Semiconducting Polymers in Photovoltaics / Veeman Sannasi, Mohan Ramesh and Duraisamy Jeyakumar -- Sensors: Advanced Aptasensors Design / Rinkesh Bhatt, Laxmi P. Bagri, Rajesh Saini and Anil Kumar Bajpai -- Sensors: Ion Sensing Polymers / Tsuyoshi Michinobu and Yang Wang -- Sensors: Natural Polymeric Composites / Ahmet Ulu and Burhan Ates -- Sensors: Polymers in Sensing / Balaprasad Ankamwar and Saee Gharpure -- Sensors: ZeolitePolymer Composites for Gas Sensing / Muzzaffar Ahmad Mir, Muzzaffar Ahmad Bhat, Shiekh Abdul Majid and Radha Tomar -- Separation: Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) in / Lei Yang, Xiaoguang Fan and Jing Zhang -- Separation: Polymers in / Shahram Mehdipour-Ataei and Samal Babanzadeh -- Smart Polymers: Lightweight Composites and Foams Tailored with Magnetic Field / L. Sorrentino, M. DAuria and D. Davino -- Smart Polymers: Molecularly Imprinted Polymers/ Mnica Daz-Bao, Roco Barreiro, Alberto Cepeda and Patricia Regal -- Spin Coated Films of Polymeric Materials / Ayesha Kausar -- Starch: Renewable Source for Thermoplastic / Ridhwan Jumaidina, Salit M. Sapuana, Mohammad Jawaid, Mohammad Ishak and Japar Saharie -- Textile: Fiber Forming Polymers / Mohammad Mahbubul Hassan -- Textile: Flame Retardancy Through Surface Engineering / Giulio Malucelli -- Textile: Polymer-Based Materials / Ayesha Kausar -- Textile: Stimuli-Responsive Polymers in / Desislava Staneva and Ivo Grabchev -- Textile: Substrates Modification by Novel Polymers / Majid Montazer and Tina Harifi -- Textiles: Novel Polymers / Bipin Kumar and Ning Pan -- Textiles: Polymers and Fibers / Xuqing Liu, Xinyi Guan and Hongjun Yu -- Thermogelling Polymers: Biomedical Applications / Gurpreet Kaur, Divya Thakur and Pallavi Bassi -- Tissue Engineering: Polyhydroxyalkanoate-Based Materials and Composites / L. R. Lizarraga-Valderrama, C. Thomas, J. I. Cadiz-Miranda and I. Roy -- Tissue Engineering: Polymeric Dermal Filler / Nattaya Lourith and Mayuree Kanlayavattanakul -- Tissue Engineering: Polymeric Scaffolds for MSC-Based Cartilage / Samaneh Hosseini, Fatemeh Bagheri, Mohammad Amin Shamekhi and Mohamadreza Baghaban Eslaminejad -- Tissue Engineering: Polymers in Soft Tissue Cartilage / Sunaina Indermun, Mershen Govender, Pradeep Kumar, Yahya E. Choonara amd Viness Pillay -- Tissue Engineering: Thermoplastics for Scaffold / D. Purnima, S. Aparna, Namrata Verma, Karan Khubdikar, Anurag Patil and Anusha Iyangar -- Value-Added Products from Natural Fibers Reinforced Composites / Yasir Beeran Pottathara, Deepu Ambika Gopakumar, Yves Grohens and Sabu Thomas -- Veterinary Medicine: Polymers in / Olufunke Nwosu, Blessing Aderibigbe, Inge-Marie Petzer and Rebone Moerane -- Water Treatment: Metal and Metal Oxide Asymmetric Poly(Ether)Sulfone Nanocomposite Membranes / Behnam Gohari, Kyle Russell, Benjamin Church and Nidal Abu-Zahra -- Water Treatment: Polymers for Coagulation and Flocculation / A.Y. Zahrim, Z.D. Dexter and I. Azreen -- Wholly Aromatic Polyamide-hydrazides / Nadia A. Mohamed.

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