Sabu Thomas & Visakh P. M. 
Handbook of Engineering and Specialty Thermoplastics, Volume 3 
Polyethers and Polyesters

The book summarizes many of the recent technical research
accomplishments in the area of engineering polymers, such as oxygen
containing main chain polymers (Polyether and Polyesters).
The book emphasizes the various aspects of preparation,
structure, processing, morphology, properties and applications of
engineering polymers. Recent advances in the development and
characterization of multi component polymer blends and composites
(maco, micro and nano) based on engineering polymers are discussed
in detail. The content of the book is unique as there are no books
which deal with the recent advances synthesis, morphology,
structure, properties and applications of engineering polymers and
their blends and composites including nanocomposites. It
covers an up-to-date record on the major findings and observations
in the field.

Circa l’autore

Sabu Thomas is a Professor of Polymer Science and
Engineering at the School of Chemical Sciences, as well as the
Director of Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma
Gandhi University, India. He received his Ph.D. in 1987 in Polymer
Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),
Kharagpur, India.

He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London and a
member of the American Chemical Society.He has been ranked no.
5 in India with regard to the number of publications (most
productive scientists). He also received the coveted Sukumar Maithy
Award for the best polymer researcher in the country for the year
2008. The research group of Prof. Thomas has received numerous
awards and honors for excellent work in polymer science and
engineering.

Visakh, P.M is a Research Fellow at the School of
Chemical Science Mahatma Gandhi University. He has co-edited
several books with Sabu Thomas and has written many journal
articles and book chapters. His research interests include: Polymer
nanocomposites, Bio-Nanocomposites, Liquid Crystalline Polymers,
Rubber based nanocomposites, and Fire retardant polymers.