Sorption and Diffusion in Polymers

The use of polymers as barrier materials is one of their widest and most important fields of application (e.g., fuel tanks and hoses, water circuits, food packaging, raincoats and umbrellas, electrical insulation, drug delivery), and their performance also has environmental implications. In consequence, the problems of sorption and diffusion in polymers are important and ubiquitous in everyday life as well as in a number of high-tech applications. This book covers the science involved in these topics, which are often studied only from an engineering point of view. Sorption and Diffusion in Polymers presents the different models generally used to describe sorption and/or transport properties and also a new physical model for them. It provides an overview of relevant applications, related polymer families, and the strategies used to control or reduce sorption and diffusion in polymer materials. This edited work details the latest research on the topic, with chapters written by experts in the field.

Polymers are often used as barrier materials (e.g. in fuel tanks and hoses, in food packaging, mackintoshes, electrical insulation) The book presents various scientific models used to describe sorption or transport properties It provides an overview of strategies to control sorption and diffusion in polymeric materials In addition, relevant applications and related polymer families are presented

Autorentext
Dr. Paul Sotta is CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueNational Center for Scientific Research) Research Director at the Laboratoire Polymères et Matériaux Avancés (Polymers and Advanced Materials Laboratory), a CNRS/Solvay joint lab, in Lyon, France. He has written 89 peer-reviewed articles and four book chapters and has four patents. Dr. Agustín Ríos de Anda is Associate Professor at the Université Paris-Est Créteil (University of East Paris Créteil) and the Institut de Chimie et des Matériaux Paris-Est (East Paris Institute of Chemistry and Materials Science). He has written 10 peer-reviewed articles and one book chapter.

Zusammenfassung
Polymers serve as essential barrier materials across everyday and high-tech applicationsfrom fuel tanks and water circuits to food packaging and drug delivery. The work delves into sorption and diffusion phenomena through established models alongside a novel physical approach, outlining strategies to reduce environmental impacts.