Advances in Nanocomposites: Modeling, Characterization and Applications

✍ Scribed by Shaker A. Meguid (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 274
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book introduces nanocomposite materials possessing a broad range of multifunctionality. It elucidates novel and highly original developments from recent research and development of these critical, new engineered materials. The collection examines multiscale modeling, molecular dynamics, atomistic based continuum, synthesis and characterization, condition health monitoring, spectroscopic characterization techniques, self-lubricating materials, and conducting polymers. The volume features the latest efforts of some of the most eminent researchers in the world. Providing a range of perspectives from the laboratory and the field, Advances in Nanocomposites: Modeling and Characterization is ideal for engineers, physicists, and materials scientists in academia and industry.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Multiscale Modeling of Nanoreinforced Composites....Pages 1-39
Piezoelectric Response at Nanoscale....Pages 41-76
Nanoscale Mechanical Characterization of 1D and 2D Materials with Application to Nanocomposites....Pages 77-95
Effects of Nanoporosity on the Mechanical Properties and Applications of Aerogels in Composite Structures....Pages 97-126
Smart Fuzzy Fiber-Reinforced Piezoelectric Composites....Pages 127-150
Composite Nanowires for Room-Temperature Mechanical and Electrical Bonding....Pages 151-175
Recent Developments in Multiscale Thermomechanical Analysis of Nanocomposites....Pages 177-188
Magnetoelectric Coupling and Overall Properties of a Class of Multiferroic Composites....Pages 189-233
Snap-Through Buckling of Micro/Nanobeams in Bistable Micro/Nanoelectromechanical Systems....Pages 235-263
Back Matter....Pages 265-266

✦ Subjects

Nanotechnology; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Materials Engineering