Crosslinkable Polyethylene: Manufacture, Properties, Recycling, and Applications
暫譯: 交聯聚乙烯：製造、特性、回收與應用

本卷涵蓋了交聯聚乙烯（XLPE）的各個方面。內容包括製造、形態、結構、性質、應用、早期開發、交聯技術、回收過程、物理和化學性質，以及XLPE的範疇和未來展望。它專注於XLPE的生命週期分析及其工業應用和商業重要性。本書將對從事聚合物科學與工程、材料科學和化學工程領域的學術和產業研究人員，以及研究生有所幫助。

Jince Thomas received his Master's degree in Polymer Chemistry in 2012 and M.Tech. in Polymer Science and Technology in 2014 from Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), India. He conducted his doctoral research at MGU in the research group of Prof. Sabu Thomas, the present Vice Chancellor of MGU, and Prof. Bejoy Francis (Ph.D. Guide), Assistant Professor, St. Berchmans College, India. He was a visiting student at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville) in 2014 and a project trainee at the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, MGU, during 2015-16. He worked as a project assistant in an Indo-Malaysian Project during 2016-17 in collaboration with University Technology Mara, Malaysia. He also worked as a visiting student in Ariel University, Israel. He has contributed to numerous publications, book chapters, and books. His research interest focuses on polymer and polymer nanocomposites.

Prof. Sabu Thomas is currently Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Prof. Thomas is an outstanding leader with sustained international acclaims for his work in Nanoscience, Polymer Science and Engineering and Green Materials. Prof. Thomas has received more than 30 national and international awards. He has published over 1200 peer reviewed research papers, reviews, and book chapters. He has co-edited 150 books, and is an inventor of 15 patents. The H index of Prof. Thomas is 108 and has more than 56,000 citations. Prof. Thomas has delivered over 350 plenary/inaugural and invited lectures in national/international meetings over 40 countries. Prof. Thomas has supervised 115 Ph.D. programmes and his students occupy leading positions in academia and industry in India and abroad.

Prof. Zakiah Ahmad is the Dean of Faculty of Civil Engineering at Universiti Teknologi Mara. She obtained her Bachelor's and Master's at the Memphis State University (USA), and pursued her Ph.D. in Timber Engineering at the University of Bath, United Kingdom. Prof. Ahmad specialises in timber engineering and timber composites, and her other interest includes nano-polymer composites as well as cement composites. She serves as a consultant, committee member and advisor to numerous public agencies and institutions, and has been appointed as visiting scientist at BRE Research Institute, University of Bath, United Kingdom, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University India and Timber Research Institute, Kyoto University Japan. Prof. Ahmad has published more than 300 papers in journals and proceedings, and plays an essential role in the Malaysian Standard committees as the Chairman and committee member and as Malaysian delegates/representative for ISO technical committee.

Jince Thomas於2012年獲得印度甘地大學（Mahatma Gandhi University, MGU）聚合物化學碩士學位，並於2014年獲得聚合物科學與技術的碩士學位（M.Tech.）。他在MGU的Sabu Thomas教授（現任MGU副校長）和Bejoy Francis教授（博士指導教授，印度聖貝爾奇曼學院助理教授）的研究小組中進行博士研究。2014年，他曾是田納西大學（University of Tennessee, Knoxville）的訪問學生，並於2015至2016年間在MGU的國際與大學間納米科學與納米技術中心擔任專案實習生。他在2016至2017年間參與了一個與馬來西亞科技大學（University Technology Mara, Malaysia）合作的印馬專案，擔任專案助理。他還曾在以色列的阿里爾大學（Ariel University）擔任訪問學生。他在多篇出版物、書籍章節和書籍中做出了貢獻。他的研究興趣集中在聚合物及聚合物納米複合材料上。

Sabu Thomas教授目前是印度喀拉拉邦甘地大學的副校長。Thomas教授是一位卓越的領導者，因其在納米科學、聚合物科學與工程及綠色材料方面的工作而獲得持續的國際讚譽。Thomas教授獲得了30多個國內外獎項。他已發表超過1200篇經過同行評審的研究論文、評論和書籍章節，並共同編輯了150本書籍，擁有15項專利。他的H指數為108，引用次數超過56,000次。Thomas教授在40多個國家的國內外會議上發表了350多場主題演講/開幕演講和受邀演講。他指導了115個博士學位課程，其學生在印度及國外的學術界和產業中擔任領導職位。

Zakiah Ahmad教授是馬來西亞科技大學（Universiti Teknologi Mara）土木工程學院的院長。她在美國孟菲斯州立大學（Memphis State University）獲得學士和碩士學位，並在英國巴斯大學（University of Bath）攻讀木材工程的博士學位。Ahmad教授專注於木材工程和木材複合材料，並對納米聚合物複合材料及水泥複合材料也有興趣。她擔任多個公共機構和機構的顧問、委員會成員和顧問，並被任命為英國巴斯大學BRE研究所、印度甘地大學化學科學學院的納米科學與納米技術中心以及日本京都大學木材研究所的訪問科學家。Ahmad教授在期刊和會議上發表了300多篇論文，並在馬來西亞標準委員會中擔任主席和委員，作為馬來西亞代表參加ISO技術委員會。