By
Y.C. Ke, University of Petroleum Beijing, China
P. Stroeve, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, California, USA
Description
This book includes advanced materials and nanocomposites based on silica and layered silicates obtained from resources in China. Using
nanotechnology, these inorganic materials can be filled, in-situ polymerised and combined with polymers with nanoscale dispersions. In
this book, many practical examples are presented to show how to prepare the nanocomposites.
Several kinds of polymer (PET,PBT,PE,PP,etc.)-layered
silicate and silica nanocomposites are prepared and investigated based on our research works, inventions and applications. They are prepared
and modified aiming at their applications to such fields as, functional films, barrier materials, coatings, and engineering plastics.
Their structure-property relationship, especially the nano effects from them are investigated under different techniques to show how
the critical load of the inorganic phase has the effect on the final properties of the nanocomposite materials.
Obviously, this new
generation of materials has revolutionary effects on the traditional materials or industry as petroleum. Some of the prospects of them
are thus included.
Audience:
Engineers, materials scientists, polymer scientists, business people, nano technologists, corporate researchers, university researchers,
professors and graduate students in engineering, materials science, polymer science and nanotechnology.
