Advanced Structured Materials Volume 26 Series editors Andreas Öchsner, Southport Queensland, Australia Lucas F.M. da Silva, Porto, Portugal Holm Altenbach, Magdeburg, Germany
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Dan Rosu Visakh P. M. Editors Photochemical Behavior of Multicomponent Polymeric-based Materials 123
Editors Dan Rosu Advanced Research Center for Bionanoconjugates and Biopolymers Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Petru Poni Iassy Romania Visakh P. M. Department of Ecology and Basic Safety Tomsk Polytechnic University Tomsk Russia ISSN 1869-8433 ISSN 1869-8441 (electronic) Advanced Structured Materials ISBN 978-3-319-25194-3 ISBN 978-3-319-25196-7 (ebook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-25196-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016952509 Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Contents Theoretical Aspects Regarding Polymer Photochemistry... 1 Liliana Rosu, Cristian-Dragos Varganici and Dan Rosu Factors Influencing the Photochemical Behavior of Multicomponent Polymeric Materials... 21 Marioara Nechifor Multicomponent Polymer Materials: Photodegradation Mechanism.... 67 Dan Rosu, Cristian-Dragos Varganici and Liliana Rosu Photochemical Behavior of Wood Based Materials... 91 Carmen-Alice Teacă and Ruxanda Bodîrlău Photochemical Behavior of Synthetic Polymeric Multicomponent Materials Composites and Nanocomposites.... 109 Madalina Zanoaga and Fulga Tanasa Stabilization of Polymers Against Photodegradation... 165 Eduard Marius Lungulescu and Traian Zaharescu Weathering Degradation of Polymers... 193 Traian Zaharescu and Eduard Marius Lungulescu Life-Time Prediction of Multicomponent Polymeric Materials... 227 Cristian-Dragos Varganici, Dan Rosu and Liliana Rosu Photochemical and Photophysical Behavior of Azopolymer Compounds... 259 Elnaz Bagherzadeh-Khajehmarjan, Sohrab Ahmadi-Kandjani and Shahla Golghasemi-Sorkhabi Photochemical Process of Wood-Thermoplastic Composites... 291 Yao Peng and Jinzhen Cao v
vi Contents Photochemical Behavior and Optoelectronic Applications of Some Conjugated Polymers... 347 Ufana Riaz and S.M. Ashraf Optical Performance of Organic Distributed Feedback Lasers Based on Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals... 379 Lijuan Liu, Li Xuan and Ji Ma
About the Editors Dr. Dan Rosu is a senior scientist at the Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry in Iasi, Romania, since 1980, currently working in the department Centre of Advanced Research in Nanoconjugates and Biopolymers on the thermal and photochemical behavior of polymers and polymerbased materials (blends, composites, nanocomposites, and interpenetrated and semi-interpenetrated polymer networks) and polymeric materials derived from bioresources (wood, vegetable oils). He has published over 80 scientific papers and 5 chapters in prestigious international journals and publishers (Springer and Romanian Publishing Houses) and obtained 4 patents. He participated with over 70 oral communications at prestigious national and international conferences and symposia. He was also manager in 4 fundamental research projects and member in other 4. He has 1003 citations, and his h-index is 17. He is a member of the Romanian Chemical Society since 2000 and has won the Costin D. Nenitescu award in 2002. Dr. Visakh P. M. is a prolific editor with more than 20 books already published. Now, he is working as a research associate (under the guidance of Prof. Olga B Nazarenko) in the Department of Ecology and Basic Safety, Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), Tomsk, Russia. He obtained his Ph.D., M.Phil., and M.Sc. degrees from the School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He edited 20 books from Scrivener (Wiley), Springer, Royal Society of Chemistry, Elsevier, and more than 12 books in press (from Wiley, Springer, Royal vii
viii About the Editors Society of Chemistry, and Elsevier). He has been invited as a visiting researcher in Russia (2014 to present), Portugal (2013, 2014), the Czech Republic (2012, 2013), Italy (2009, 2012), Argentina (2010), Sweden (2010, 2011, 2012), Switzerland (2010), Spain (2011, 2012), Slovenia (2011), France (2011), Belgium (2012), and Austria (2012) for his research work. He visited 12 countries; he visited 15 universities in Europe. He published 13 publications, 3 reviews, and more than 18 book chapters. He has attended and presented more than 28 conferences, he has 320 citations, and his h-index is 9. He acts as a guest editor for 4 international journals.