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Preface xv
Part 1: Degradation of Polymers
1 Thermal Stability of Organic Monolayers Covalently Grafted on Silicon Surfaces 3
Florent Yang, Philippe Allongue, Fran‡ois Ozanam and Jean-Nol Chazalviel
1.1 Introduction 3
1.1.1 Hydrogen-Terminated Si Surfaces 6
1.2 Alkyl-Grafted Surfaces 8
1.2.1 Preparation 8
1.2.2 Thermal Stability of Alkyl-Grafted Surfaces 9
1.2.3 Case of Substituted Alkyl Surfaces 14
1.3 Alkoxy-Grafted Surfaces 15
1.3.1 Preparation 15
1.3.2 Thermal Stability of Alkoxy-Grafted Surfaces 17
1.4 Surfaces Grafted with Aryl Groups 19
1.4.1 Preparation 19
1.4.2 Thermal Stability 20
1.5 Surfaces Grafted via Si?N Linkages 22
1.5.1 Preparation 22
1.5.2 Thermal Stability 23
1.5.2.1 The Thermal Treatment of the Si Surface with NH3 24
1.5.2.2 Thermal Stability of the Modified Surfaces 26
1.6 Summary 27
References 30
2 Thermal Analysis to Discriminate the Stability of Biomedical
Ultrahigh-Molecular-Weight Polyethylenes Formulations 39
Mar¡a Jos‚ Mart¡nez-Morlanes and Francisco Javier Medel
2.1 Introduction 39
2.2 Suitability of TGA Analysis for the Study of Stability of
Medical Polyethylene 42
2.2.1 Introduction 42
2.2.2 Degradation Curves of UHMWPE Depending on the Reaction Atmosphere 43
2.2.3 Decomposition Processes of UHMWPE in Air 45
2.2.3.1 Thermo-oxidation Process 45
2.2.3.2 Thermal Degradation Process of UHMWPE 47
2.2.4 Irradiation Effects on the Thermogravimetric
Curves of UHMWPE 49
2.2.5 Stabilization of Polyethylene against
Thermo-oxidative Degradation 50
2.3 Activation Energies of Degradation Processes in the Thermal Decomposition of UHMWPE 56
References 58
3 Materials Obtained by Solid-State Thermal Decomposition of Coordination Compounds and Metal?Organic Coordination Polymers 63
Oana Carp
3.1 Introduction 63
3.2 Coordination Compounds and Metal?Organic Coordination Polymers as Precursors of Oxides 65
3.2.1 Coordination Compounds with Carboxylic Acid as Ligand 67
3.2.2 Coordination?s Compounds as Precursors in the Combustion Synthesis of Oxides 69
3.2.3 Metal?Organic Coordination Polymers as Precursors of Oxides 71
3.3 Coordination Compounds and Metal?Organic Coordination Polymers as Precursors of Sulfides 72
3.4 Coordination Compounds as Precursors of Composites 74
3.5 Coordination Compounds and Metal?Organic Coordination Polymers as Precursors of New Complexes 74
3.6 Coordination
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Reactions and mechanisms in thermal analysis of advanced materials by Atul Tiwari. ISBN 9781119117698. Published by Wiley-Scrivener in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.