Overview
- Details advances in polymer and ceramic nanocomposites
- Demonstrates the potential of current and future applications ranging from electronics to biomedical applications
- Discusses key challenges such as sustainable approaches
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Table of contents (73 entries)
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Introduction: Modern Perspective with P&C-Nano
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Design and Manufacturing Technology for P&C-Nano
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Characterization Techniques for P&C-Nano
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Polymer Films and Bio-hybrid Polymer Nanofiber
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Nano Electronics and Photonics
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About this book
This handbook examines the recent advances in the nanotechnology of polymers and ceramics, which possess outstanding mechanical properties and compatibility given their unique physical and chemical properties caused by the unusually large surface area to volume ratios and high interfacial reactivity. This handbook highlights the various compositions and morphologies of polymer and ceramic nanomaterials that can serve as powerful tools for the diverse applications in areas such as electronics, photonics, shape-memory alloys, biomaterials and biomedical nanomaterials, graphene-based technologies, and textiles and packaging. The handbook addresses safety, economics, green production and sustainability. The book contains a section on functionalization of these molecules, which only increases the possibility of developing even more versatile materials that can be fine-tuned for specific applications.
Filling a gap in the literature, this handbook provides comprehensive coverage of properties, fabrication, characterization, functionalization methods and applications at both experimental and theoretical models scales. Economic, toxicological, regulatory, and environmental concerns regarding applications are also discussed in detail. Special attention is paid to sustainable approaches that reduce costs in terms of chemicals and time consumption. The book covers research trends, challenges, and prospective topics as well.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Prof. Sabu Thomas is a highly committed teacher and a
remarkably active researcher well known nationally and
internationally for his outstanding contributions in polymer
science and nanotechnology. Prof.Thomas is currently vice
chancellor of MahatmaGandhiUniversity,Kottayam, Kerala,
India. He is also the director of the School of Energy
Materials, Mahatma Gandhi University, and founder director
of International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology, MahatmaGandhiUniversity,
Kerala, India. He is a former professor of polymer science
and engineering in the School of Chemical Sciences. Prof.
Thomas is a highly rated researcher with an h-index of
111, guided more than 115 Ph.D. students, and has more
than 1000 publications to his credit with 55,000 citations.
Prof. Thomas has received a number of national and international
awards. Among the best polymer scientists, he is
ranked 114 in the world and 2nd in India.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Polymer and Ceramic Nanotechnology
Editors: Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, Sabu Thomas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40513-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Reference Module Physical and Materials Science, Reference Module Chemistry, Materials and Physics
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40512-0Published: 25 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-40513-7Published: 24 August 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXX, 1690
Number of Illustrations: 129 b/w illustrations, 424 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials, Nanoscale Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology, Polymer Sciences, Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation, Nanotechnology