04780oam 2200541 450 991029864300332120190911112726.03-642-38649-010.1007/978-3-642-38649-7(OCoLC)868058247(MiFhGG)GVRL6VIT(EXLCZ)99371000000008362120131119d2014 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrHandbook of polymernanocomposites processing, performance and application. Volume A, Layered silicates /Jitendra K. Pandey [and three others], editors1st ed. 2014.Heidelberg [Germany] :Springer,2014.1 online resource (xii, 538 pages) illustrations (some color)Gale eBooks"With 209 figures and 32 tables".3-642-38648-2 Includes bibliographical references.""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""1 Polyhydroxyalkanoates-Based Nanocomposites: An Efficient and Promising Way of Finely Controlling Functional Material Propertie""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Preparative Techniques of PHA-Based Nanocomposites""; ""3 PHA-Based Nanocomposite Properties""; ""3.1 Mechanical Properties""; ""3.2 Thermal Stability""; ""3.3 Gas Barrier Properties""; ""3.4 Biodegradability""; ""4 Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""2 New Developments in Polycaprolactone-Layered Silicate Nano-biocomposites: Fabrication and Properties""; ""1 Polycaprolactone""""2 Polymer/Silicate Layered Nanocomposites""""2.1 Preparation Methods""; ""2.1.1 Intercalation of Polymer and Prepolymer from Solution""; ""2.1.2 In Situ Polymerization""; ""2.1.3 Melt Intercalation""; ""3 PCL/Silicate Layers Nanocomposites""; ""3.1 Preparation Methods""; ""3.1.1 Solution Route""; ""Supercritical CO2 Intercalation PCL""; ""3.1.2 Melt Intercalation Route""; ""Masterbatch Process""; ""3.1.3 In Situ Polymerization Route""; ""3.2 Characterization and Properties""; ""3.2.1 Crystallinity Behavior""; ""3.2.2 Permeability Behavior""; ""3.2.3 Viscoelastic Behavior""""3.2.4 Morphological Studies""""3.2.5 Mechanical Properties""; ""3.2.6 Thermal Behavior""; ""3.2.7 Biodegradability""; ""3.2.8 NMR Analyses""; ""4 Nanocomposites Based on PCL/Polymer/Clay""; ""5 PCL Nanocomposites Based on Other Nanofillers""; ""References""; ""3 Polylactic Acid (PLA) Layered Silicate Nanocomposites""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Biopolymer""; ""3 Poly(Lactic Acid) (PLA)""; ""4 PLA Nanocomposites""; ""5 PLA/Layered Silicate Nanocomposite""; ""6 Future Direction""; ""References""; ""4 Recent Progress in the Development of Starch-Layered Silicate Nanocomposites""""1 Introduction""""2 Starch Fundamentals""; ""3 Nanostructure and Surface Chemistry of Modified Layered Silicates""; ""4 Plasticizers and Compatibilizers for Starch-Layered Silicate Nanocomposites""; ""5 Engineering Methods and Performance of Starch-Layered Silicate Nanocomposites""; ""6 Conclusions""; ""7 Future Prospective""; ""References""; ""5 Structure-Property Correlations of Poly(ethylene oxide) Nanohybrids with Layered Silicates and Silica Nanoparticles""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Structural Characteristics of PEO Nanohybrids""; ""2.1 Dispersion Medium and Casting Process""""2.2 Morphological Behavior""""3 Performance Characteristics of PEO Nanohybrids""; ""3.1 Mechanical Properties""; ""3.2 Thermal Properties""; ""4 Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""6 Recent Developments in Cellulose and Cellulose Derivatives/Clay Nanocomposites""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Cellulose and Cellulose Derivative Structures""; ""2.1 Cellulose""; ""2.2 Cellulose Derivatives""; ""3 Layered Silicate Nanocomposites""; ""3.1 Cellulose/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites""; ""3.2 Cellulose Derivative/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites""; ""4 Final Remarks""; ""References"""" 7 Thermal and Rheological Properties of Poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) (EVA) Nanoclay""Volume A of Handbook of Polymer Nanocomposites deals with Layered Silicates. In some 20 chapters the preparation, architecture, characterisation, properties and application of polymer nanocomposites are discussed by experts in their respective fields.Polymeric compositesNanostructured materialsPolymeric composites.Nanostructured materials.53054541.2254620.1Pandey Jitendra K.MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910298643003321Handbook of polymernanocomposites3870884UNINA