Polymer Nanocomposites: Towards Multi-Functionality

✍ Scribed by Aravind Dasari, Zhong-Zhen Yu, Yiu-Wing Mai (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 311
• Series: Engineering Materials and Processes
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This highlights ongoing research efforts on different aspects of polymer nanocomposites and explores their potentials to exhibit multi-functional properties. In this context, it addresses both fundamental and advanced concepts, while delineating the parameters and mechanisms responsible for these potentials. Aspects considered include embrittlement/toughness; wear/scratch behaviour; thermal stability and flame retardancy; barrier, electrical and thermal conductivity; and optical and magnetic properties.

Further, the book was written as a coherent unit rather than a collection of chapters on different topics. As such, the results, analyses and discussions presented herein provide a guide for the development of a new class of multi-functional nanocomposites. Offering an invaluable resource for materials researchers and postgraduate students in the polymer composites field, they will also greatly benefit materials

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction: Toward Multi-functionality....Pages 1-4
Nanoparticles....Pages 5-33
Processing....Pages 35-67
Microstructural Characterization....Pages 69-101
Interfaces....Pages 103-131
Mechanical Properties....Pages 133-160
Thermal Properties....Pages 161-184
Flame Retardancy....Pages 185-206
Wear/Scratch Damage....Pages 207-226
Functional Properties....Pages 227-261
Ecological Issues....Pages 263-277
Applications and Outlook....Pages 279-297
Back Matter....Pages 299-305

✦ Subjects

Nanotechnology; Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Microengineering