Polymer/POSS Nanocomposites and Hybrid Materials: Preparation, Properties, Applications

✍ Scribed by Susheel Kalia, Krzysztof Pielichowski

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 470
• Series: Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides an overview of polymer nanocomposites and hybrid materials with polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS). Among inorganic nanoparticles, functionalized POSS are unique nano-building blocks that can be used to create a wide variety of hybrid and composite materials, where precise control of nanostructures and properties is required. This book describes the influence of incorporation of POSS moieties into (organic) polymer matrices on the mechanical, thermal and flammability behavior of composites and hybrid organic-inorganic materials. Importantly, POSS-containing materials can be bio-functionalized by linking e.g. peptides and growth factors through appropriate surface modification in order to enhance the haemo-compatibility of cardiovascular devices made of these materials. This volume includes descriptions of synthesis routes of POSS and POSS-containing polymeric materials (e.g. based on polyolefines, epoxy resins and polyurethanes), presentation of POSS’ role as flame retardants and as biocompatible linker, as well as the depiction of decomposition and ageing processes.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
Synthesis Routes of POSS (Enrico Boccaleri, Fabio Carniato)....Pages 1-26
Design and Synthesis of Hybrid Materials with POSS (Ayesha Kausar)....Pages 27-44
Self-assembly of POSS-Containing Materials (Anna Kowalewska)....Pages 45-128
Polyolefins with POSS (M. Pracella)....Pages 129-166
Polyurethane/POSS Hybrid Materials (Edyta Hebda, Krzysztof Pielichowski)....Pages 167-204
POSS-Containing Polyamide-Based Nanocomposites (Biswajit Sarkar)....Pages 205-231
Dielectric Properties of Epoxy/POSS and PE/POSS Systems (Eric David, Thomas Andritsch)....Pages 233-254
Porous Hybrid Materials with POSS (Sasikumar Ramachandran, Alagar Muthukaruppan)....Pages 255-297
Rubbers Reinforced by POSS (Anna Kosmalska, Marian Zaborski)....Pages 299-336
POSS as Fire Retardant (Ming Hui Chua, Hui Zhou, Jianwei Xu)....Pages 337-372
POSS Hybrid Materials for Medical Applications (Hossein Yahyaei, Mohsen Mohseni, H. Ghanbari)....Pages 373-394
Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Materials with POSS for Coatings (Hossein Yahyaei, Mohsen Mohseni)....Pages 395-413
Decomposition and Ageing of Hybrid Materials with POSS (Ignazio Blanco)....Pages 415-462

✦ Subjects

Chemistry; Polymer Sciences; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials; Biomedical Engineering; Inorganic Chemistry; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials