The process of encapsulation by which living creatures are engulfed in a protective shell is both well understood and widely used in industry. This work highlights the growing interest and use of nanotechnologies for the generation of nano-capsules or nano-containers with desirable properties and behaviors. It introduces readers to many significant processes and technologies that have been developed and applied successfully to generate encapsulated materials, addressing the high potential of these technologies and products in a large number of commercial processes.Content:
Chapter 1 Copper Encapsulation of Multi?Walled Carbon Nanotubes (pages 1โ39): Yong Sun and Boateng Onwona?Agyeman
Chapter 2 Novel Nanocomposites: Intercalation of Ionically Conductive Polymers into Molybdic Acid (pages 41โ70): Rabin Bissessur, Blakney Hopkins and Douglas C. Dahn
Chapter 3 Fluid?Bed Technology for Encapsulation and Coating Purposes (pages 71โ105): Roman G. Szafran
Chapter 4 Use of Electrospinning for Encapsulation (pages 107โ135): Rocio Perez?Maria, Maria Jose Fabra, Jose Maria Lagaron and Amparo Lopez?Rubio
Chapter 5 Microencapsulation by Interfacial Polymerization (pages 137โ173): Fabien Salaon
Chapter 6 Encapsulation of Silica Particles by a Thin Shell of Poly(Methyl) Methacrylate (pages 175โ202): Isidora Freris and Alvise Benedetti
Chapter 7 Organic Thin?Film Transistors with Solution?Processed Encapsulation (pages 203โ223): Feng?Yu Tsai and Yu Fu
Chapter 8 Tunable Encapsulation Property of Amphiphilic Polymer Based on Hyperbranched Polyethylenimine (pages 225โ253): Decheng Wan and Toshifumi Satoh
Chapter 9 Polymer Layers by Initiated CVD for Thin Film Gas Barrier Encapsulation (pages 255โ289): D.A. Spee, J.K. Rath and R.E.I. Schropp
Chapter 10 Polymeric Hollow Particles for Encapsulation of Chemical Molecules (pages 291โ345): Jong Myung Park
Chapter 11 Protic Ionic Liquids Confinement in Macro, Meso and Microporous Materials for Proton Conduction (pages 347โ389): A. Eguizabal and M.P. Pina
Chapter 12 Encapsulation Methods with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide: Basis and Applications (pages 391โ424): Soraya Rodriguez?Rojo, Angel Martin and Maria Jose Cocero