Advances in polymer nanocomposite technology / / Vikas Mittal

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910967866703321
• Autore: Mittal Vikas
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• ISBN: 1-61324-776-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 445 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Collana: Polymer science & technology series
• Disciplina: 620.1/92
• Soggetti: Inorganic polymers; Composite materials; Nanotechnology; Nanocomposites (Materials)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES TECHNOLOGY:AN OVERVIEW""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1.1. INTRODUCTION""; ""1.2. INORGANIC FILLER MATERIALS""; ""1.3. TYPE OF NANOCOMPOSITE MICROSTRUCTURES""; ""Monomer Intercalation Method""; ""Common Solvent Method or Solution Method""; ""Melt Intercalation Method""; ""1.4. POLYMER-LAYERED NANOCOMPOSITE SYSTEMS""; ""1.5. ADVANCED CLAY MODIFICATIONS""; ""1.6. PRESENCE OF EXCESS MODIFICATION & THERMALSTABILITY""; ""1.7. PREDICTION OF NANOCOMPOSITE PROPERTIES""; ""1.8. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS""; ""REFERENCES"" ""ADVANCES IN POLARNANOCOMPOSITES TECHNOLOGY""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""2.1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2.2. NANOCOMPOSITES OF POLYAMIDES""; ""2.2.1. Effect of Polymer Molecular Weight""; ""2.2.2. Effect of Surfactant""; ""2.2.3. Effect of Polyamide Crystallization""; ""2.2.4. Other Polyamides""; ""2.2.5. Other Nanofillers""; ""2.3. NANOCOMPOSITES OF EPOXY""; ""2.3.1. Formation of Exfoliated Nanostructure""; ""2.3.2. Preparation Methods""; ""2.3.3. Effect of Carbon Nanotubes""; ""2.3.4. Plasticization Effect""; ""2.3.5. Some Properties of Epoxy Nanocomposites""; ""2.4. NANOCOMPOSITES OF POLYURETHANES"" ""2.4.1. Preparation Methods""; ""2.4.2. Waterborne Polyurethanes""; ""2.4.3. Polyurethane ; Foams""; ""2.5. NANOCOMPOSITES OF POLYIMIDES""; ""2.5.1. Preparation Methods""; ""2.5.2. Low k Nanocomposites""; ""2.5.3. Effect of Carbon Nanotubes""; ""2.6. SUMMARY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""POLYMER/CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES THROUGHEMULSION AND SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""3.1. INTRODUCTION""; ""3.2. POLYMERIZATION IN DISPERSED MEDIA""; ""3.2.1. Polymerization Techniques and Commercial Products""; ""Emulsion Polymerization""; ""Suspension Polymerization""; ""3.3. IMPLICATIONS OF THE TYPE OF CLAY IN THE SYNTHESIS OFWPCNS"" ""3.4.NANOCOM. SYNTHESMPOSITES USIS OF WATUSING PRISTERBORNESTINE CLAE POLYMERAY DISPERSR/CLAYSED IN WATER""; ""3.4.1. Pristine Clay in Aqueous Phase""; ""3.4.2. In-situ Modified Clay in Aqueous Phase""; ""3.4.3. In-situ Modification of Clay With Non-Cationic Amphiphilic Compounds in Aqueous Phase""; ""3.4.4. Blends of Polymeric Dispersions with Clay Dispersions""; ""3.5. SYNTHESIS OF WATERBORNE POLYMER/CLAYNANOCOMPOSITES USING ORGANICALY MODIFIED CLAYS(OMC)""; ""3.5.1. OMC Dispersed in the Water Phase and Proceeded as in EmulsionPolymerization"" ""3.5.2. OMC Dispersed in the Organic Phase Followed by Emulsion,Suspension or Miniemulsion Polymerization""; ""3.5.3. Molar Mass Distribution of WPCN Synthesized Using OMCs""; ""3.6. SUMMARY AND FUTURE TRENDS""; ""3.7. ACRONYMS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""STRUCTURE-PROPERTY CORRELATIONS ANDINTERACTIONS IN POLYMER/LAYERED-SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""4.1. INTRODUCTION""; ""4.2. NANOCOMPOSITE STRUCTURE""; ""4.2.1. Particle Structure""; ""4.2.2. Gallery Structureof the Silicate""; ""4.2.3. Exfoliation""; ""4.2.4. Silicate Network""
• Sommario/riassunto: Polymer nanocomposites have revolutionised the research effort in the field of composites as they lead to the achievement of synergistic effects from the organic and inorganic components of the system and have led to the expansion of the spectrum of application of the commodity polymers to more advanced high end applications.