
Clay-Polymer Nanocomposites
Description
Key Features
- The most comprehensive coverage of the state of the art in clay–polymer nanocomposites, from synthesis and design to opportunities and applications
- Covers the various methods of characterization of clay–polymer nanocomposites - including spectroscopy, thermal analyses, and X-ray diffraction
- Includes a discussion of a range of application areas, including biomedicine, energy storage, biofouling resistance, and more
Readership
Industrial researchers and post-doc level academics in the fields of materials science, polymer chemistry, polymer physics, and engineering. Particularly relevant to industries where polymer nanocomposites are seeing increasing deployment – e.g. consumer goods, automotive and aerospace, medical applications, energy
Table of Contents
1. Overview of clay preparation, properties, and modification
2. Overview of clay/polymer nanocomposites
3. Multiscale molecular modelling of clay/polymer nano composites
4. Design of clay/polymer nanocomposites by mixing
5. Chemical and photochemical routes towards tailor-made polymer/clay nanocomposites: recent progress and future prospects
6. Conductive polymer/clay nanocomposites
7. Bionanocomposites
8. Organo - Clay Hybrid Films with Improved Functionality
9. NMR Spectroscopy of Clay Polymer Nanocomposites
10. Neutron scattering on different states of polymer/clay compounds: From solution to dry states
11. Surface analysis of clay/polymer nanocomposites
12. Recent Advancement towards Dynamic Mechanical Analysis of Clay-Polymer Nanocomposites
13. Flame retardant properties of clay/polymer
14. Clay/polymer nanocomposites for controlled drug release
Product details
- No. of pages: 546
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2017
- Published: July 21, 2017
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780323461535
- eBook ISBN: 9780323461610