
Polymer-Based Nanoscale Materials for Surface Coatings
- 1st Edition - May 14, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Sabu Thomas, Jesiya Susan George
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 7 7 8 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 0 7 7 9 - 8
Polymer-Based Nanoscale Materials for Surface Coatings presents the latest advances and emerging technologies in polymer-based nanomaterials for coatings, focusing on novel materi… Read more
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Final sections explore advanced applications across a range of fields, including intelligent coatings for biomedical implants, self-healing coatings, syper-hydrophobicity, electroluminescence, sustainable edible coatings, marine antifouling, corrosion resistance, and photocatalytic coatings.
- Explains the fundamentals of coatings and surface protection, mechanisms, materials and properties, and modeling and simulation
- Presents detailed information on the latest characterization techniques to prepare nanoscale polymer coatings with enhanced properties
- Explores a broad range of state-of-the-art applications and considers aging and lifecycle assessments of coatings
2 Nanomaterials and nanocomposites for surface protection
3 Thermoplastic polymer-based nanocoatings
4 Thermoset polymer-based nanocoatings
5 Elastomeric nanocoatings
6 Theory, modeling, and simulation in nanoscale polymer coatings
7 Rheology of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
8 Spectroscopy characterizations of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
9 XPS and SIMS studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
10 Nanoscale surface coatings based on plant phenolics
11 Contact angle studies of nanoscale polymer based coatings
12 NDT studies of nanoscale polymeric coatings
13 Mechanical properties of nanoscale polymer coatings
14 Thermal properties of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
15 Diffusion and transport through nanoscale polymer-based coatings
16 Light scattering, X-ray scattering, and microscopy studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
17 Neutron scattering studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
18 Electrochemical characterizations of the anticorrosive nanoscale polymer-based coatings
19 Aging studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
20 Nanoscale polymer coatings for biomedical implants
21 Self-healing of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
22 Superhydrophobic nanoscale materials for surface coatings
23 Nanoscale polymer-based coatings for applications in marine antifouling
24 Corrosion resistant nanoscale polymer-based coatings
25 Photocatalytic nanoscale polymer-based coatings
26 Life cycle assessment of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 14, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- 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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