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Polymer Degradation and Stability deals with the degradation reactions and their control which are a major preoccupation of practitioners of the many and diverse aspects of modern polymer technology. Deteriorative reactions occur during processing, when polymers are subjected to heat, oxygen and mechanical stress, and during the useful life of the materials when oxygen and sunlight are the most important degradative agencies. In more specialised applications, degradation may be induced by high energy radiation, ozone, atmospheric pollutants, mechanical stress, biological action, hydrolysis and many other influences. The mechanisms of these reactions and stabilisation processes must be understood if the technology and application of polymers are to continue to advance. The reporting of investigations of this kind is therefore a major function of this journal. However there are also new developments in polymer technology in which degradation processes find positive applications. For example, photodegradable plastics are now available, the recycling of polymeric products will become increasingly important, degradation and combustion studies are involved in the definition of the fire hazards which are associated with polymeric materials and the microelectronics industry is vitally dependent upon polymer degradation in the manufacture of its circuitry. Polymer properties may also be improved by processes like curing and grafting, the chemistry of which can be closely related to that which causes physical deterioration in other circumstances. Radiation of various kinds is used to initiate many of these modern technological processes so that polymer photochemistry has come to a new prominence and finds a major place in this journal. The study of all these processes has made extensive use of modern instrumental analytical methods and the various spectrometric, chromatographic and thermal analysis techniques have been particularly prominent. There is clearly a strong common bond between investigations in various parts of the field. Polymer Degradation and Stability provides a forum for the publication of their work.
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Editors-in-Chief Jean-Luc GardetteInstitute of Chemistry of Clermont-Ferrand, Campus des Cézeaux, 63178, Aubiere, France Email Jean-Luc GardetteEditors for General Degradation Editor for Biodegradable and Bio-based Polymers Editor for Fire Retardants Editor for Green flame retardants, thin coatings, textiles and nanocomposites Honorary Editor-in-Chief Norman BillinghamUniversity of Sussex, Brighton, United KingdomEditor Emeritus Editorial Board Hideki AbeRIKEN Global Research Cluster, Wako, JapanSahar Al-MalaikaAston University, Birmingham, United KingdomAnn-Christine AlbertssonRoyal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, SwedenNorman AllenManchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United KingdomGraduate National School of Chemistry of Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France University of Turin, Torino, Italy Mat CelinaSandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United StatesEmo ChielliniUniversity of Pisa, Pisa, ItalyXavier ColinParisTech, Paris, FranceJohn ColwellQueensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaUlf GeddeRoyal Institute of Technology Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, Stockholm, SwedenJean-François GérardPolymer Materials Engineering, Villeurbanne, FrancePeter GijsmanDSM Resolve, Geleen, NetherlandsAlfonso JimenezUniversity of Alicante, Alicante, SpainFrancesco La MantiaUniversity of Palermo, Palermo, ItalyAndrea LabouriauLos Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United StatesFrench Research Institute for Exploitation Department of Marine and Digital Infrastructures, Plouzané, France Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, United States Polytechnic of Turin Department of Applied Science and Technology, Torino, Italy Haruo NishidaKyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, JapanWilliam StarnesWilliam & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United StatesMatija StrlicUniversity College London, London, United KingdomGunma University School of Science and Technology, Kiryu, Japan Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Sandrine TheriasESC Clermont Group, FranceYuzhong WangSichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, ChinaRongjie YangBeijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, ChinaTsinghua University, Beijing, China
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