Advanced polymer processing : selected, peer reviewed papers from the Advanced Polymer Processing International Forum, Qingdao, China, 19-21 August 2009, APPF 2009

Polymers make up one of the three main raw material groups used in the modern world, together with metals and inorganic non-metallics. They are widely used in all fields of economic development and scientific & technological innovation, and continue to play an increasingly important role. As China's modern manufacturing forges ahead, going from a large producing country to a powerful manufacturing state, the extent of the knowledge, the tendency to innovation and the technical skill brought to bear on advanced polymer processing increase daily. There is a trend towards rapid development involving high performance and environmental-friendliness, backed up by lots of new research performed by the scientific and engineering communities. This special collection of peer-reviewed papers thus brings to the reader the most up-to-date trends in advanced polymer processing technology.