**Meet the editors**

Dr Fahmina Zafar is Senior Research Associate/Scientist Pool [Under Scientists' Pool Scheme, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (C.S.I.R.), India] at the Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (J.M.I.) (A Central University), New Delhi, India. Dr Zafar has received her Ph.D in Chemistry from the same University in 2006. She was a Research Associate and Senior

Research Fellow (C.S.I.R., India) at J.M.I. She holds M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry from J.M.I. in 1999 and B.Sc. in Chemistry and Textile Clothing from Mahila Vidyalaya Degree College, Lucknow University, Uttar Pradesh in 1995. She has more than 80 publications in conference Proceedings, refereed journals and Books. Her pioneer work is in the development of bio-based Polymers, metallopolymers, organic-inorganic hybrid and nanocomposites for Green Environment in different fields of applications. Dr Zafar is expert in synthesis and characterization of seed oil derived polymers such as polyurethanes, polyesteramides, polyurethaneamides for antimicrobial and corrosion protective applications.

Dr Eram Sharmin, Senior Research Associate [Under Scientists' Pool Scheme, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India] at the Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) (A Central University), New Delhi, India, has persued her PhD (JMI, 2007), MSc (Aligarh Muslim University-AMU, Aligarh, UP, India 2000) and BSc (AMU, 1998) degree in Chemistry. Hav-

ing previously worked as Senior Research Fellow and Research Associate (CSIR, India) at JMI, she has about 65 publications in conference proceedings, refereed journals and books. Her research interests include green organic-inorganic hybrid and composite materials from bio-based epoxies, polyols, polyurethanes as antimicrobial and corrosion resistant coatings.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Chapter 1 **Polyurethane: An Introduction 3** 

Chapter 2 **New Liquid Crystalline Polyurethane** 

**Section 2 Synthesis and Properties 17** 

Eram Sharmin and Fahmina Zafar

**Elastomers Containing Thiazolo [5,4d]** 

Chapter 3 **The Modification of Polyurethanes by Highly** 

Chapter 4 **Bottom-Up Nanostructured Segmented** 

Nataly Kozak and Eugenia Lobko

Chapter 5 **Thermal Analysis of Polyurethane** 

**Section 3 Applications 121** 

**Thiazole Moiety: Synthesis and Properties 19**  Ahmed Issam Mohammed and Mohamed Rashidah Hamidi

**Polyurethanes with Immobilized** *in situ* **Transition and Rare-Earth Metal Chelate Compounds – Polymer Topology – Structure and Properties Relationship 51** 

**Dispersions Based on Different Polyols 79**  Suzana M. Cakić, Ivan S. Ristić and Olivera Z. Ristić

Chapter 6 **Polyurethane Flexible Foam Fire Behavior 101**  Ahmadreza Gharehbagh and Zahed Ahmadi

Chapter 7 **Polyurethane in Urological Practice 123**  Valentina Cauda and Furio Cauda

**Ordered Coordination Compounds of Transition Metals 33**  Ruslan Davletbaev, Ilsiya Davletbaeva and Olesya Gumerova

**Section 1 Introduction 1** 
