Overview
- Sole comprehensive book with detailed acquaintance on the evolving field of eco-friendly polymer nanocomposites
- Focuses on fundamentals of eco-friendly polymer nanocomposites such as their chemistry, composition, synthesis, properties and characterization
- Provides basic information and clear understanding of the present state and the growing utility of eco-friendly nanocomposites in different applications
- Includes contributions from world renowned experts on eco-friendly nanomaterials and discusses the combination of different kinds of materials procured from renewable resources/ green techniques
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advanced Structured Materials (STRUCTMAT, volume 75)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Vijay Kumar Thakur has been working as Research Faculty (Staff Scientist) in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University, U.S.A, since September 2013. His former appointments include being a Research Scientist in Temasek Laboratories at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at LHU-Taiwan. His research interests include the synthesis and processing of biobased polymers, nanomaterials, polymer micro/nanocomposites, nanoelectronic materials, novel high dielectric constant materials, electrochromic materials for energy storage, green synthesis of nanomaterials, and surface functionalization of polymers/nanomaterials. He did his Post doctorate in Materials Science at Iowa State University and his Ph.D. in Polymer Science (2009) at the National Institute of Technology. In his academic career, he has published more than 80 SCI journal research articles in the field of polymers/materials science and holds one United States patent. He has also published 12 books and thirty book chapters on the advanced state-of-the-art of polymers/materials science with numerous publishers. He is an editorial board member of several international journals and also is member of scientific bodies around the world. In addition to being on the editorial board of journals, he also serves as the guest editor for the Journal of Nanomaterials, International Journal of Polymer Science, Journal of Chemistry, and American Journal of Applied Chemistry.
Dr. Manju Kumar Thakur has been working as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the Division of Chemistry, Govt. Degree College Sarkaghat Himachal Pradesh University – Shimla, INDIA since June 2010. She received her B.Sc. in Chemistry, Botany and Zoology; M.Sc., M. Phil; in Organic Chemistry and Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry from the Chemistry Department at Himachal Pradesh University – Shimla, INDIA.She has rich experience in the field of organic chemistry, bio- polymers, composites/ nanocomposites, hydrogels, applications of hydrogels in the removal of toxic heavy metal ions, drug delivery etc. She has published more than 30 research papers in several international journals, co-authored three books and has also published 25 book chapters in the field of polymeric materials.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Eco-friendly Polymer Nanocomposites
Book Subtitle: Processing and Properties
Editors: Vijay Kumar Thakur, Manju Kumari Thakur
Series Title: Advanced Structured Materials
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2470-9
Publisher: Springer New Delhi
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer India 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-2469-3Published: 01 July 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-3552-1Published: 29 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-2470-9Published: 22 June 2015
Series ISSN: 1869-8433
Series E-ISSN: 1869-8441
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 579
Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations, 96 illustrations in colour
Topics: Polymer Sciences, Nanotechnology, Materials Engineering, Renewable and Green Energy, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Biomaterials