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Practical Guide to Latex Technology 

Author 

Rani Joseph 

Latex-based technology forms a sizable fraction of natural and synthetic rubber technology and an introduction to the important 

technologies is beneficial to all practicing technical personnel. This book offers a condensed practical guidance on the 

technologies used for the production of important latex products. 

The book begins with a short history of natural rubber latex, formation in the tree and the tapping, storage and conversion of 

latex to marketable forms. It discusses preservation and concentration of natural rubber latex and the most widely used latex 

compounding ingredients. Dipping and casting techniques are discussed, as well as the technology related to foams, threads and 

adhesives. In addition, the book offers an introduction to important lattices such as styrene-co-butadiene rubber, acrylonitrile-cobutadiene, 

polychloroprene, polyvinyl chloride, and so on. Fully illustrated throughout, with photographs from actual production 

sites, this practical guide is ideal for academics, research and development managers, students of polymer technology and all 

those working in the latex industry. 

PUBLICATION DATE: JANUARY 2013 

FORMAT: PAPERBACK ISBN: 9781847355669 GB: £55 US: $90 EU: €70 

FORMAT: eBOOK ISBN: 9781847355676 GB: £55 US: $90 EU: €70 

Thermal Methods of Polymer Analysis 

Author 

T. R. Crompton 

This book reviews the various thermal methods used for the characterisation of polymer properties and composition. All these 

methods study the properties of polymers as they change with temperature. 

The methods discussed in this book are: differential photocalorimetry, differential scanning calorimetry, dielectric 

thermal analysis, differential thermal analysis, dynamic mechanical analysis, evolved gas analysis, gas chromatography, 

gas chromatography combined with mass spectrometry, mass spectrometry, microthermal analysis, thermal volatilisation, 

thermogravimetric analysis and thermomechanical analysis. 

Each technique is discussed in detail and examples of the use of each technique are also given. Each chapter has an extensive 

list of references so that the reader can follow up topics of interest. 

This book will be a useful reference for those who already use any of these thermal methods but will also be of interest to 

undergraduates and those who are just starting to use these techniques. 


FORMAT: HARDBACK ISBN: 9781847356611 GB: £125 US: $200 EU: €155 



Update on Gold Nanoparticles 

Author 

Valerio Voliani 

In the last decade, gold nanoparticles have provided a suitable platform for the development of novel and efficient diagnostic 

and therapeutic tools, which avoid the typical drawbacks of the old systems. They are biocompatible and they can be easily 

synthesised, encapsulated and functionalised with (bio)molecules. Nanoparticles produced by a wet chemistry synthesis have the 

geometry, which enables the complete control of their optical and physical properties. It is also possible to influence the targeting 

and stability/release behaviour by coating the nanoparticle surface. 

In this Update the reader can find in a single volume the methods used most often for the synthesis and coating of gold 

nanoparticles (spheres, cages, cubes, rods), the links between optical features and geometries of gold nanoparticles, and the 

novel applications in nanomedicine of gold nanoparticles determined by their geometry. One of the main objectives of this Update 

is to provide, a readily comprehensible connection in all the chapters between the geometry of gold nanoparticles and their final 

applications. Another target of this book is to provide information about efficient processes for the synthesis and the coating of 

gold nanoparticles, all of which have been directly tested by the author. 

This Update offers comprehensive information on the whole topic from the synthesis of the gold nanoparticles to their medical 

applications; this is accompanied by a complete and recent bibliography, in order to give to the readers the opportunity to 

research further the topics addressed in the book. In this way, students and researchers from academia and industry can have a 

complete picture of gold nanostructures, physicians and biologists can develop ideas and applications for the new nano-tools, 

and chemists can have a general guide to the synthesis of gold nanoparticles. This is a state-of-the-art guide for the synthesis 

and uses of gold nanoparticles. 




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