Functional Polymer Coatings: Principles, Methods, And Applications

Editors Wu and Baghdachi present students, academics, researchers, and professionals working in a wide variety of contexts, with a collection of academic papers and scholarly articles focused on the contemporary use of polymer coatings in a variety of manufacturing applications. The eleven contributions that make up the main body of the text are devoted to transparent organic-inorganic nanocomposite coatings, superhydrophobic and superoleophobic polymeric surfaces, superhydrophilic and superamphiphilic coatings, and a wide variety of other related subjects. Limin Wu is a faculty member of Fudan University, China. Jamil Baghdachi is a faculty member of Eastern Michigan University. Annotation c2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Limin Wu is the director of the Advanced Coatings Research Center of Ministry of China and a Professor of the Department of Materials Science at Fudan University in Shanghai. He has over 20 years of experience in the areas of nano/micro hybrid colloidal spheres and functional polymer coatings.

Jamil Baghdachi is the Interim Director of the Coatings Research Institute and a Professor in the Polymers and Coatings department at Eastern Michigan University. He has over 25 years of experience in polymers, coatings, adhesives, paints, and composites and has acted as a consultant for national and international firms.