Progress in Rubber Nanocomposites

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-08-100409-8
Verlag: WOODHEAD PUB

Buch, Englisch, 596 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 1066 g

Reihe: Woodhead Publishing Series in

Progress in Rubber Nanocomposites provides an up-to-date review on the latest advances and developments in the field of rubber nanocomposites. It is intended to serve as a one-stop reference resource to showcase important research accomplishments in the area of rubber nanocomposites, with particular emphasis on the use of nanofillers.

Chapters discuss major progress in the field and provide scope for further developments that will have an impact in the industrial research area. Global leaders and researchers from industry, academia, government, and private research institutions contribute valuable information.

Zielgruppe

post graduates, engineers and research scholars primarily in the field of material science, polymer chemistry, and polymer physics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomas, Sabu

Maria, Hanna J.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Technologie der Kunststoffe und Polymere
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Biomaterialien, Nanomaterialien, Kohlenstoff
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Verbundwerkstoffe
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Polymerwerkstoffe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. General introduction to rubber compounding

2. Micro- and nano-fillers used in the rubber industry

3. Mechanism of reinforcement using nanofillers in rubber nanocomposites

4. Interphase characterization in rubber nanocomposites

5. Rubber nanocomposites with nanoclay as the filler

6. Rubber nanocomposites with graphene as the nanofiller

7. Rubber nanocomposites with polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) as the nanofiller

8. Rubber nanocomposites with new core-shell metal oxides as nanofillers

9. Rubber nanocomposites with metal oxides as nanofillers

10. Rubber blend nanocomposites

11. Hybrid filler systems in rubber nanocomposites

12. Manufacturing and Structure of Rubber Nanocomposites

13. Rubber nanocomposites with nanocellulose

14. Thermal conductivity and dielectric properties of silicone rubber nanocomposites

15. Computational simulation in elastomer nanocomposites

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas, Sabu
Dr. Sabu Thomas (Ph.D.) is the Director of the School of Energy Materials, School of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of Mahatma Gandhi University, India. He received his Ph. D. in 1987 in Polymer Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, and a member of the American Chemical Society. He has been ranked no.1 in India about the number of publications (most productive scientists). Prof. Thomas's research group specialized areas of polymers which includes Polymer blends, Fiber filled polymer composites, Particulate-filled polymer composites and their morphological characterization, Ageing and degradation, Pervaporation phenomena, sorption and diffusion, Interpenetrating polymer systems, Recyclability and reuse of waste plastics and rubbers, Elastomer cross-linking, Dual porous nanocomposite scaffolds for tissue engineering, etc. Prof. Thomas's research group has extensive exchange programs with different industries, research, and academic institutions all over the world and is performing world-class collaborative research in various fields. Professors Centre is equipped with various sophisticated instruments and has established state-of-the-art experimental facilities which cater to the needs of researchers within the country and abroad. His H Index- 133, Google Citations- 86424, Number of Publications- 1300, and Books-160.

Maria, Hanna J.
Hanna J. Maria is a Senior Researcher at the School of Energy Materials and the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Her research focusses on natural rubber composites and their blends, thermoplastic composites, lignin, nanocellulose, bionanocomposites, nanocellulose, rubber-based composites and nanocomposites.