This book offers in-depth insights into the photochemical behavior of multicomponent polymeric-based materials, with a particular emphasis on the photodegradation and photostabilization of these materials. Studying various classes of materials bases such as polysaccharides, wood, synthetic polymers, rubber blends, and nanocomposites, it offers a valuable reference source for graduate and postgraduate students, engineering students, research scholars and polymer engineers working in industry.

Theoretical aspects regarding polymer photochemistry.- Factors influencing the photochemical behavior of multicomponent polymeric materials.- Polymer materials: photodegradation mechanism.- Photochemical behavior of multicomponent polysaccharides based materials.- Photochemical behavior of wood based materials.- Photochemical behavior of synthetic polymeric multicomponent materials blends.- Photochemical behavior of synthetic polymeric multicomponent materials composites and nanocomposites.- Photochemical behavior of multicomponent rubber blends.- Photochemical behavior of multicomponent rubber composites and nanocomposites.- Photostabilization of polymeric materials.- Photostabilization methods and types of photostabilizers.- Aging studies of multicomponent polymeric materials.- Characterization techniques implied in the study of photochemical behavior of multicomponent polymeric materials.- Life¿time prediction of multicomponent polymeric materials.