Overview
- Covers both the basics and advanced
- Focuses on delineating the parameters
- and mechanisms responsible for achieving multifunctionality
- Written as a coherent entity rather than a collection of chapters on different facets of polymer nanocomposites
- Highlights ongoing research efforts on polymer nanocomposites
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Engineering Materials and Processes (EMP)
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About this book
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
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Aravind
obtained the first degree (B. Tech in Chemical Engineering) from Jawaharlal
Nehru Technological University, India in 1999 and M.S. (Chemical Engineering)
from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA in 2003. He then moved to
University of Sydney, Australia where he obtained his PhD in 2007 from the
Center for Advanced Materials Technology (CAMT). Upon completion of PhD, Dr
Dasari continued to work as a post-doctoral fellow before moving to Madrid
Institute of Advanced Studies of Materials (IMDEA Materials Institute) as a
Research Scientist in early 2009 to lead the group on Multifunctional
Nanocomposites. After a couple of years of exciting stint in Madrid, he joined
NTU as an Assistant Professor in mid 2011. His research focuses on various
aspects of hybrid polymer nanocomposites including combustion response,
functional fabrics, food packaging and acoustic absorption in thin films.
Zhong-Zhen Yu received his PhD in process engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine, France in 2001 and then worked as a postdoctoral and research fellow at the Centre for Advanced Materials Technology, The University of Sydney, for six years. From 1992 to 1999 he was a research fellow in the State Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is now a professor of Polymer Engineering in the College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology. His research interests cover many aspects of polymer blends, composites and nanocomposites, including toughening and strengthening with rigid particles and fibers, fracture behaviour, flame retardancy, conductivity, tribology and polymer processing.
Yiu-Wing Mai is an alumnus of the University of Hong Kong, having completed his BSc in 1969, his PhD in 1972 and his DSc in 1999. He also obtained a DEng from The University of Sydney in 1999. He previously worked in the US (Ann Arbor and NIST), the UK (Imperial College) and Hong Kong (HKUST and CityU). Professor Mai is currently University Chair and Professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Sydney. He is also Visiting Chair Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Professor Mai's major research interests are the basic understanding of processing-microstructure-property relationships, particularly the fracture and mechanical behaviours of a range of advanced materials, including polymer blends, ceramics, cementitious materials, hard surface coatings and fibre composites. His current projects are related to polymer and ceramic-based nanocomposites and fracture mechanics of smart materials.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Polymer Nanocomposites
Book Subtitle: Towards Multi-Functionality
Authors: Aravind Dasari, Zhong-Zhen Yu, Yiu-Wing Mai
Series Title: Engineering Materials and Processes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6809-6
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-6807-2Published: 08 July 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-7395-3Published: 30 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-6809-6Published: 28 June 2016
Series ISSN: 1619-0181
Series E-ISSN: 2365-0761
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 305
Number of Illustrations: 124 b/w illustrations, 72 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology and Microengineering, Solid Mechanics, Microengineering