Progress in Rubber Nanocomposites

ISBN-13: 9780081004098 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 596 str.

Sabu Thomas; Hanna J. Maria

Opis

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.

• A one-stop reference relating to the processing and characterization of rubber nanocomposites
• Presents the morphological, thermal, and mechanical properties that are discussed in detail
• Contains key highlights in the form of dedicated chapters on interphase characterization, applications, and computer simulation

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Professor Sabu Thomas is currently the Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University and Director of the School of Energy Materials. He is also a full professor of Polymer Science and Engineering at the School of Chemical Sciences of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India, and the Founder Director and Professor of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Prof. Thomas has received international acclaim for his work in Nanoscience, Polymer Science and Engineering, Polymer Nanocomposites, Elastomers, Polymer Blends, Interpenetrating Polymer Networks, Polymer Membranes, Green Composites and Nanocomposites, Nanomedicine and Green Nanotechnology.

Dr. Hanna J. Maria is a Senior Researcher at the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. She previously held postdoctoral research positions at the Centre for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Japan, the Centre RAPSODEE, IMT Mines, Albi, France, and the Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Dr. Maria has published 20 articles and 10 book chapters, and co-edited 4 books. Her research has focused on natural rubber composites and their blends, thermoplastic composites, lignin, nanocellulose, bio-nanocomposites, nanocellulose, rubber-based composites and nanocomposites, and hybrid nanocomposites.