Overview
- Provides a comprehensive coverage of the processing technologies, including emerging ones such as electrospinning
- Discusses structural elucidation techniques, such as x-ray diffraction and scattering, microscopy and spectroscopy, rheology
- Describes the tools used for characterization of the level of dispersion of the nanoparticles in a polymer matrix, the resultant structure and properties
- Explains not only the functions of the nano-additives for polymers, but also the synthesis process and their functionalization
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science (SSMATERIALS, volume 277)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
Keywords
- Polymer nanocomposites
- nano-additive chemistry
- electrospinning
- polymer blends structures
- Nanoparticle synthesis
- functionalisation process
- polymer matrix
- polymer blend morphology
- In-situ polymerization
- solution casting
- melt compounding
- water assisted compounding
- coating technologies
- rheology
- synthesis of nanomaterials
- functionalization of nanomaterials
- nanoclay
- clay-containing polymer
- melt processing of polymers
About this book
This book introduces readers to nanomaterials and polymer nanocomposites processing. After defining nanoparticles and polymer nanocomposites and discussing environmental aspects, the second chapter focuses on the synthesis and functionalization of nanomaterials with applications in polymers. A brief overview on nanoclay and nanoclay-containing polymer nanocomposites is provided in third chapter. The fourth chapter provides an overview of the polymer nanocomposites structural elucidation techniques, such as X-ray diffraction and scattering, microscopy and spectroscopy, rheology. The fifth chapter is dedicated to the polymer nanocomposites processing technologies, among which electrospinning, which has very exciting applications ranging from medical to filtration. The last chapter provides an overview on how melt-processing strategy impact structure and mechanical properties of polymer nanocomposites by taking polypropylene-clay nanocomposite as a model system.
The book is useful to undergraduate and postgraduatestudents (polymer engineering, materials science & engineering, chemical & process engineering), as well as research & development personnel, engineers, and material scientists.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Processing of Polymer-based Nanocomposites
Book Subtitle: Introduction
Editors: Suprakas Sinha Ray
Series Title: Springer Series in Materials Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97779-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-97778-2Published: 20 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07402-9Published: 14 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-97779-9Published: 07 September 2018
Series ISSN: 0933-033X
Series E-ISSN: 2196-2812
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 156
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 61 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nanoscale Science and Technology, Polymer Sciences, Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology and Microengineering