
Micro and Nanostructured Composite Materials for Neutron Shielding Applications
- 1st Edition - July 2, 2020
- Latest edition
- Editors: Sajith Thottathil Abdulrahman, Sabu Thomas, Zakiah Ahmad
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 4 5 9 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 4 6 2 - 1
Micro- and Nanostructured Composite Materials for Neutron Shielding Applications presents recent developments and future possibilities for neutron shielding materials. Emphas… Read more

- Provides an up-to-date understanding of the fundamentals of shielding mechanisms, morphology and material property correlations
- Covers a broad range of micro and nano composite materials for neutron shielding
- Discusses recent advances surrounding the synthesis and processing of nanostructures and nanocomposite materials
Academics and industrial researchers, physicists, chemists, materials scientists and engineers, postgraduate and research students working in the area of Neutron shielding materials, Nuclear engineering, Radiation therapy, Nuclear reactors and Aerospace shielding materials
2. Review on neutron absorbing fillers
3. Thermoplastic micro- and nanocomposites for neutron shielding
4. Thermosetting micro- and nanocomposites for neutron shielding
5. Elastomeric micro- and nano composites for neutron shielding
6. Metal and alloy composites for neutron shielding
7. Shielding concrete with neutron attenuating and absorbing components
8. Neutron shielding concrete in medical applications
9. Advancements in shielding materials for spent fuel storage
10. Neutron radiation shielding composites for deep space exploration: An introduction
11. Functional characterization of neutron-shielding materials
12. Advanced multilayer composite structures for fast neutron detection and shielding protection applications
13. Neutron spectroscopy techniques
14. Advancements in computational methods for neutron shielding
15. Effect of spent nuclear fuel neutron aging on dry cask shielding material
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: July 2, 2020
- Language: English
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Sajith Thottathil Abdulrahman
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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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