
Flame Retardant Nanocomposites
Emergent Nanoparticles and their Applications
- 1st Edition - January 25, 2024
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Sabu Thomas, Henri Vahabi, Lakshmipriya Somasekharan
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 4 2 1 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 5 4 2 2 - 5
Flame Retardant Nanocomposites: Emergent Nanoparticles and their Applications covers the broad area of flame retardant polymer nanocomposites, their preparation, fire retard… Read more
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- Provides a detailed overview of fire retardant polymer nanocomposite systems, including different nanofillers
- Describes fire mechanisms behind nanocomposite structure and morphology
- Covers the latest developments and the most recent applications in industry, defense, and space
2 Nanoparticles for flame retardancy in polymer systems
3 Flame retardant testing
4 Flame retardant properties of polymer nanocomposites based on new layered structure nanoparticles
5 Flame retardant properties of polymer/graphene nanocomposites
6 Flame retardant properties of metal oxide/polymer nanocomposites
7 Flame-retardant properties of POSS/polymer nanocomposites
8 Flame-retardant properties of fullerene and nanodiamond-based polymer nanocomposites
9 Flame-retardant properties of MXene-based polymer nanocomposites
10 Biobased nanoparticles as flame retardant for polymers
11 Flame retardant nanocomposites in various key application sectors
12 Environmental challenges and perspectives in the development of nanocomposites for enhanced flame-retardant properties
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 25, 2024
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
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Sabu Thomas
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.
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Henri Vahabi
Prof. Henri Vahabi received his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Montpellier, France, in 2011. He is currently a Full Professor at the University of Lorraine, France. His research is focused on thermal degradation, flame retardancy of thermosets and thermoplastics, and the development of innovative flame-retardant systems. Prof. Vahabi has authored over 170 articles in ISI-indexed journals and has edited four books. Furthermore, he serves as a committee member of the "Fire Group" within the Chemical Society of France and holds the position of Associate Editor for the Polymers from Renewable Resources journal.
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