Graphene-Based Polymer Nanocomposites: Models and Applications

✍ Scribed by Andriy Nadtochiy, Alla M. Gorb, Borys M. Gorelov, Oleksiy Polovina, Oleg Korotchenkov

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2024
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 128
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book highlights the properties of nanocomposite material, especially with inputs from the interphase effects, which are crucial fortheir diverse applications. It comprises chapters on graphene as a revolutionary material with exceptional electronic, optical, mechanical and thermal properties, and extraordinary properties of graphene based polymer composite materials, especially emphasizing on important role of the filler/matrix interphase areas. The applications of these composite nanomaterials are briefly discussed throughout the book. In particular, there is currently an outburst in studying polymer-based nanocomposites for various functional applications such as energy storage, thermoelectrics, stretchable electronics, electromagnetic shielding, super-capacitors and lithium-ion batteries. Emphasis is also given to the impact of the nanocomposites on advanced healthcare materials, drug delivery and biomedical applications.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology Series
Graphene-Based Polymer Nanocomposites: Models and Applications
Copyright
Dedication
Preface
Contents
Acronyms
Symbols
Part I. State of the Art, Mechanical Properties
1. Introduction
References
2. Graphene and Its Derivatives: Concise Review of Some Basic Fundamentals
2.1 Morphology and Structural Disorders
2.1.1 Corrugations
2.1.2 Defects in Graphene
2.2 Multilayer Graphene and Graphene Derivatives
2.2.1 Graphene Oxide
2.2.2 Reduced Graphene
2.2.3 Graphene Nanoplatelets
2.2.4 Graphene Quantum Dots
2.2.5 Surface Functionalization
References
3. Polymer Nanocomposite as a Highly Inhomogeneous and Disordered Medium
3.1 Classification of Composite Materials
3.2 Spatial Inhomogeneity and Free Volume of Polymers …
3.2.1 Nodular Structure of Thermosets
3.2.2 Free Volume Concept
3.3 Interphase Layers in Polymer Nanocomposites
3.4 Models of the Interfacial Region
3.4.1 Interphase Volume Model
3.4.2 Multi-core Model
3.4.3 Filler Shape and Size Effects
3.5 Mechanical and Electrical Percolation in Nanocomposites
3.5.1 Modeling Approach
References
4. Mechanical and Acoustic Characteristics of Polymer Nanocomposites
4.1 Mechanical Properties of Polymers
4.1.1 Phenomenological Mechanical Models
4.1.2 Acoustic Waves in Viscoelastic Materials
4.2 Continuum Mechanics Models of Nanocomposites
4.2.1 Mori–Tanaka Model
4.2.2 Effective Interface Model
4.3 Interfacial Characteristics of Polymer–Carbon Nanocomposites
4.4 Measurement Techniques
4.4.1 Wave-Propagation Methods
4.4.2 Resonance Techniques
References