Recent Advances in Polymer Nanocomposites / Edition 1

by Sabu Thomas, Gennady Zaikov, Valsaraj

Overview

This book is a collection of technical papers focusing on the preparation, characterization and application of polymer nanocomposites. The various chapters in the book are written by prominent researchers from industry, academia, and government/private research laboratories across the globe. Different techniques adopted for the preparation of nanocomposites, their methods of characterization and their applications are discussed. The main objective of this book is to summarize in a fairly comprehensive manner many of the recent technical accomplishments in the area of polymer nanocomposites. The book is intended to serve as a one stop reference resource for important research accomplishments in the area of polymer nanocomposites.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789004167261
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/17/2009
Pages:	538
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Sabu Thomas Ph.D. (1987) in Polymer Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, is Professor of Polymer Science & Engineering, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Prof. Thomas has (co-)authored more than 300 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has been involved in a number of books, both as author and editor. Gennady E. Zaikov, N.M. Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia S.V. Valsaraj, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India.

Table of Contents

PREFACE, 1. PREPARATION, STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIP, AND APPLICATIONS OF LAYERED SILICATE RUBBER LATEX NANOCOMPOSITES, 2. POLYMER-GRAPHITE NANOCOMPOSITES, 3. POLYANILINE NANOCOMPOSITES, 4. POLYOLEFIN CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES, 5. PMMA-, PAN AND ACRYLIC- BASED POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES, 6. POLYURETHANE NANOCOMPOSITES, 7. SEMICONDUCTOR-POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES, 8. CELLULOSE FIBRIL- AND WHISKER-REINFORCED POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES, 9. ENHANCEMENT OF THERMAL, THERMOMECHANICAL, AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CARBON- FIBER- REINFORCED AND SANDWICH COMPOSITES THROUGH NANOPHASED EPOXY/FOAM, 10. THE CURE BEHAVIOR OF THERMOSETTING RESIN- BASED NANOCOMPOSITES CHARACTERIZED BY USING DYNAMIC TORSIONAL VIBRATION METHOD, 11. NMR INVESTIGATIONS ON POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES, 12. STRUCTURE DETERMINATION OF POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES BY SMALL- ANGLE SCATTERING, 13. FIRE-RETARDANT PROPERTIES OF POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES, 14. NANOCOMPOSITE POLYMER ELECTROLYTES FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES, 15. APPLICATION OF NANOCOMPOSITES IN IMAGING AND DISPLAY MEDIA