Optimization of polymer nanocomposite properties

A one-stop resource for researchers and developers alike, this book covers a plethora of nanocomposite properties and their enhancement mechanisms.
With contributors from industry as well as academia, each chapter elucidates in detail the mechanisms to achieve a certain functionality of the polymer nanocomposite, such as improved biodegradability, increased chemical resistance and tribological performance. Special emphasis is laid on the interdependence of the factors that affect the nanocomposite properties such that readers obtain the information necessary to synthesize the polymer materials according to the requirements of their respective applications.

Author Notes

Vikas Mittal is a polymer engineer at BASF Polymer Research in Ludwigshafen, Germany. He obtained his PhD in 2006 in Polymer and Materials Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. Later, he worked as a Materials Scientist in the Active and Intelligent Coatings section of SunChemical in London, UK. His research interests include polymer nanocomposites, novel filler surface modifications, thermal stability enhancements, polymer latexes with functionalized surfaces etc. He has authored over 40 scientific publications, book chapters and patents on these subjects.

Preface

List of Contributors

1 Polymer Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Microstructure, and PropertiesVikas Mittal

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Means of Synthesis and Microstructure

1.3 Importance of Thermogravimetric Analysis and X-Ray Diffraction for Filler and Nanocomposite Microstructure Characterization

1.4 Polar and Nonpolar Polymer Systems

1.5 Advances in Filler Surface Modifications

1.6 Prediction of Composite Properties

References

2 Morphology Development in Thermoset NanocompositesPeter J. Halley

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Epoxy Nanocomposite Systems

2.3 Effects of Processing and Aging

2.4 Other Thermoset Nanocomposite Systems

2.5 Recent Advances in Thermoset Nanocomposites

2.6 Summary

References

3 Morphology and Interface Development in Rubber-Clay NanocompositesYong-Lai Lu and Li-Qun Zhang

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Melt Compounding

3.3 Latex Compounding

References

4 Morphology Development in Polyolefin NanocompositesMitsuyoshi Fujiyama

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Intercalation, Exfoliation, and Dispersion of MMT

4.3 Crystallization and Crystalline Structure of Matrix Polymers

4.4 Morphology Development in Processing

4.5 Conclusions

References

5 Rheological Behavior of Polymer NanocompositesMo Song and Jie Jin

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Rheological Behavior of Polymer Nanocomposites in Solution State

5.3 Rheological Behavior of Polymer Nanocomposites in Melt State

5.4 Conclusions

References

6 Mechanical Property Enhancement of Polymer NanocompositesNourredine Aït Hocine

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Material Stiffness

6.3 Ultimate Mechanical Properties

6.4 Conclusions

References

7 Stress Transfer and Fracture Mechanisms in Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Polymer NanocompositesBhabani K. Satapathy and Martin Ganβ and Petra Pötschke and Roland Weidisch

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Experimental Studies

7.3 Mechanical Behavior of Polymer Nanocomposites and Stress Transfer

7.4 Fracture Mechanics of CNT-Polymer Nanocomposites

7.5 Concluding Remarks

Acknowledgments

References

8 Barrier Resistance Generation in Polymer NanocompositesVikas Mittal

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Theory of Permeation

8.3 Barrier Generation of Polar Nanocomposites

8.4 Barrier Generation in Nonpolar Nanocomposites

8.5 Modeling of Barrier Properties of composites

References

9 Mechanisms of Thermal Stability Enhancement in Polymer NanocompositesKrzysztof Pielichowski and Agnieszka Leszczynska and James Njuguna

9.1 Introduction

9.2 The Mechanisms if Thermal Stability Improvement by Difficult Nanofillers

9.3 Concluding Remarks

References

10 Mechanisms of Tribological Performance Improvement in Polymer NanocompositesGa Zhang and Alois K. Schlarb

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Nanoparticle Reinforcements

10.3 Carbon Nanotubes

10.4 Synthetic Roles of Nanoparticles with Traditional Fillers

References

11 Mechanisms of Biodegradability Generation in Polymer NanocompositesMitsuhiro Shibata

11.1 Introduction

11.2 PBAT Nanocomposites

11.3 PBS Nanocomposites

11.4 Conclusions

References

12 Self-Healing in Nanoparticle-Reinforced Polymers and other Polymer SystemsStephen J. Picken and Steven D. Mookhoek and Hartmut R. Fischer and Sybrand van der Zwaag

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Microstructured Self-Healing Polymer Structures

12.3 Nanoparticles-Reinforced Self-Healing Polymer Systems

12.4 Concluding Remarks

References

13 Crystallization in Polymer NanocompositesJyoti Jog

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Nanofillers

13.3 Isothermal and Nonisothermal Crystallization in Polymers

13.4 Conclusions

References

14 Prediction of the Mechanical Properties of NanocompositesQinghua Zeng and Aibing Yu

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Analytical and Numerical Techniques

14.3 Prediction of Nanocomposite Properties

14.4 Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

15 Morphology Generation in Polymer Nanocomposites Using Various Layered SilicatesKenji Tamura and Hirohisa Yamada

15.1 Introduction

15.2 Aspects of Layered Silicates

15.3 Conventional Layered Silicate Polymer Nanocomposites using Smectite and Expandable Synthetic Fluoro-Mica

15.4 Aspect Ratio Variation Using Various Layered Silicates

15.5 Summary

References

16 Thermomechanical Properties of NanocompositesLucia Helena Innocentini-Mei

16.1 Introduction

16.2 Thermomechanical Analysis

16.3 Dynamic Mechanical Analysis and the Principle of Time-Temperature Superposition

16.4 Nanoclays and Their Influence on the Thermomechanical Properties of Polymer Composites: Some Case Studies

16.5 Conclusions

References

17 Effect of Processing Conditions on the Morphology and Properties of Polymer NanocompositesMichele Modesti and Stefano Besco and Alessandra Lorenzetti

17.1 Introduction

17.2 Melt-Intercalation of Polymer Nanocomposite Systems

17.3 Solution-Intercalation of Polymer Nanocomposites

17.4 Progress in Polymer Nanocomposites Processing

17.5 Processing of Thermoset Nanocomposites

17.6 Conclusions

References

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