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Summary
Summary
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.
Table of Contents
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 |
Index |