
Polymer Nanocomposite-Based Smart Materials
From Synthesis to Application
- 1st Edition - May 19, 2020
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Rachid Bouhfid, Abou el Kacem Qaiss, Mohammad Jawaid
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 3 0 1 3 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 3 0 1 4 - 1
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Request a sales quotePolymer Nanocomposite-Based Smart Materials: From Synthesis to Application provides a broad, comprehensive review on all major categories of smart materials and their preparation routes. The main application fields and properties for these diverse types of smart polymer-based composite and nanocomposite materials are also discussed. Chapters on modeling methods and simulation look at the physical or chemical change response that is introduced by the effect of changing environmental conditions such as pH, temperature, mechanical force and light. Written by scholars and experts from around the globe, the book covers key aspects, such as synthesis, processing and applications of polymer and nanocomposite-based smart materials.
- Features a board range of different polymer nanocomposites-based smart materials
- Contains coverage of synthesis applications as well as experimental, modeling and theoretical results
- Includes comprehensive coverage on preparation and testing methods
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 19, 2020
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- No. of pages: 260
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780081030134
- eBook ISBN: 9780081030141
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Rachid Bouhfid
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Abou el Kacem Qaiss
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Mohammad Jawaid
Dr. Mohammad Jawaid is currently affiliated with the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at United Arab Emirates University. Previously he was a senior fellow (professor) in the Laboratory of Biocomposites Technology at the Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia. He is an eminent scientist with more than twenty years of teaching, and research experience in composite materials. His research interests include hybrid reinforced/filled polymer composites, and advanced materials such as graphene/
nanoclay/fire retardant, lignocellulosic reinforced/filled polymer composites, and the modification and treatment of lignocellulosic fibres and solid wood, and nanocomposites and nanocellulose fibres.