Carbonaceous Polymer Composites
Fundamentals, Properties and Applications
- 1st Edition - May 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Omar Faruk, Yasmine Abdin, Mohini Sain
- Language: English
Carbonaceous-based Polymer Composites: Fundamentals, Properties and Applications presents the latest developments in this important research field. The book covers their recycl… Read more
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Carbonaceous-based Polymer Composites: Fundamentals, Properties and Applications presents the latest developments in this important research field. The book covers their recycling processes, surface modification, various types of composites with different polymers, their manufacturing processes, properties, and current applications in various industrial sectors. Numerical modelling, future trends, and life cycle analysis are also discussed in detail. The book will be a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers, industrial R&D, chemists, manufacturers, and other professionals working on the development of carbon-based composite materials.
- Covers carbon fiber, carbon nanotube, graphene, carbon black fullerenes, and activated carbon materials
- Includes recycled carbon fibers, renewable carbon, bio-carbon, biochar, organic carbon dots, asphaltene and lignin-based sustainable carbon fiber
- Covers environmental impact, preparation methods, and design for end-of-life
- Explains how to improve the physical and chemical properties of the materials towards a specific application
Academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers, industrial R&D, chemists, manufacturers, and other professionals working on the development of carbon-based composite materials
1. Global Development and Applications of Carbon fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites
2. Advances in Rapid Prototyping of Carbon Fiber Composites
3. Composites Manufacturing with Recycled Carbon Fiber
4. Comparison of Short Fiber Reinforced Composites Containing Virgin and Recycled Carbon Fiber
5. Comparative Study on Mechanical Properties of rCF based on recycling processes,
6. Lignin based Carbon Fiber
7. Carbon Nanotubes based Polymer Composites
8. Graphene/Polymer Composites: Fabrication, Properties and Application
9. Carbon Black Reinforced Polymer Composites
10. Activated Carbon for Polymer Composites
11. Fullerenes Reinforced Polymeric Composites
12. Renewable Carbon as multifunctional for Energy Applications
13. Organic Carbon Dots and its future
14. Carbon Fiber made from Asphaltene
15. Potential of Polymer Composites Using Biochar
2. Advances in Rapid Prototyping of Carbon Fiber Composites
3. Composites Manufacturing with Recycled Carbon Fiber
4. Comparison of Short Fiber Reinforced Composites Containing Virgin and Recycled Carbon Fiber
5. Comparative Study on Mechanical Properties of rCF based on recycling processes,
6. Lignin based Carbon Fiber
7. Carbon Nanotubes based Polymer Composites
8. Graphene/Polymer Composites: Fabrication, Properties and Application
9. Carbon Black Reinforced Polymer Composites
10. Activated Carbon for Polymer Composites
11. Fullerenes Reinforced Polymeric Composites
12. Renewable Carbon as multifunctional for Energy Applications
13. Organic Carbon Dots and its future
14. Carbon Fiber made from Asphaltene
15. Potential of Polymer Composites Using Biochar
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: May 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Omar Faruk
Dr. Omar Faruk works at Powertrain Engineering Research & Development Centre of Ford Motor Company, Canada. He is also acting as an Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Biocomposites and Biomaterials Processing, University of Toronto, Canada. He achieved his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kassel, Germany and was previously Visiting Research Associate at Michigan State University, USA. He has more than 85 publications to his credit including 12 book chapters which have been published in different international journals and conferences. He has also edited 3 books, entitled "Lightweight and Sustainable Materials for Automotive Applications", "Biofiber Reinforcement in Composite Materials" and "Lignin in Polymer Composites" published by CRC press, Woodhead Publishing Ltd and Elsevier Ltd respectively. In addition, he is an invited reviewer for 72 international reputed journals, government research proposals, and book proposals.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Toronto, CanadaYA
Yasmine Abdin
Dr. Yasmine Abdin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering, at the University of British Columbia. She has over 15 years of research experience in composites processing and performance. She leads a team of researchers at UBC focused on advancements in composites for structural and functional applications. She is also the leader of the Bitumen Beyond Combustion Research Program at UBC. She has filed a patent on manufacturing novel carbon fibers and carbon fiber-reinforced composites from alternative, more sustainable resources such as asphaltene waste from bitumen upgrading. Her research has been profiled in many scientific venues, including peer-reviewed conferences and journal publications, as well as scientific magazines such as Composites World, JEC Composites, and the Science Times, among others.
Affiliations and expertise
University of British ColumbiaMS
Mohini Sain
Prof. Mohini Sain is a professor at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto. He specializes in advanced nancellulose technology, biocomposites and bio-nanocomposites. He is cross-appointed to the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. He is also an adjunct professor of the Chemical Engineering Departments at the University of New Brunswick, Canada; King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah Saudi Arabia; University of Guelph, Canada, University of Lulea, Sweden, Honorary Professor at Slovak Technical University and Institute of Environmental Science at the University of Toronto and collaborates with American and European research institutes and universities. Prof. Sain holds several awards; few recent ones are Plastic Innovation Award and KALEV PUGI Award for his innovation and contribution to Industry. Author of more than 400 papers and designated as a “hi-cited” researcher by Reuter Thompson, Prof. Sain hugely contributed to the society at large by translating research to commercialization. He has tens of patents and is world known for his expertise to transform research ideas into commercialization.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Toronto, Canada