Smart Rubber Nanocomposites
Opportunities, Innovations and Roadblocks
- 1st Edition - December 1, 2025
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Saritha Appukuttan, Mayank Pandey, Kalim Deshmukh
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 2 2 0 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 9 2 2 1 - 7
Smart Rubber Nanocomposites: Opportunities, Innovations and Roadblocks provides an up-to-date and comprehensive review of the latest advances and technological developments in thi… Read more
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Smart Rubber Nanocomposites: Opportunities, Innovations and Roadblocks provides an up-to-date and comprehensive review of the latest advances and technological developments in this important research field. The book's chapters focus on the synthesis, processing, properties, and applications of these materials in a broad range of different industrial sectors. Starting with a brief overview of the fundamentals, particular attention is then given to the application of these materials in a broad range of diverse technological ‘smart’ applications.
The book will be an essential reference resource for Academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists, engineers, and manufacturers working in the development of rubber products, composites, and rubber nanocomposites.
The book will be an essential reference resource for Academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists, engineers, and manufacturers working in the development of rubber products, composites, and rubber nanocomposites.
- Covers automotive, biomedical, EMI shielding, flexible strain sensors, and energy storage applications
- Includes characterization techniques and performance parameters such as mechanical, thermal, and aging properties
- Discusses shape memory and flame-retardant properties in detail
- Provides new developments and applications of green rubber nanocomposites are also addressed
- Presents potential health and environmental risks
Academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers, and manufacturers working in the development of rubber products, composites, and rubber nanocomposites
1. Rubber Compounds: History, Production and Processing Methods, Fundamental Chemistry, Physicochemical Properties and Applications
2. Rubber Nanocomposites Based on Different Nanofillers: Recent Developments, Prospects and Challenges
3. Spectroscopic and Microscopic Characterizations of Rubber Nanocomposites
4. Swelling Behavior, Rheological and Viscoelastic Properties of Rubber Nanocomposites
5. Shape Memory Rubber Nanocomposites
6. Rubber Nanocomposites Based Anticorrosive and Anti-Wear Coatings
Contributors: Athira Sreedevi Madhavikutty
7. Rubber Nanocomposites for Flexible Strain Sensors
8. Rubber Nanocomposites for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Applications
9. Rubber Nanocomposites for Supercapacitor Applications
10. Rubber Nanocomposites for Gas Sensing Applications
11. Rubber Nanocomposites for Efficient Oil/Water Separation and Oil Spill Recovery
12. Rubber Nanocomposites for Automobile Applications
13. Synthesis and Processing Methods of Rubber Nanocomposites
14. Natural Rubber Based Green Nanocomposites: Production, Properties and Applications
15. Thermal, Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Rubber Nanocomposites
16. Gas Barrier, Diffusion and Transport Properties of Rubber Nanocomposites
17. Flame Retardant Rubber Nanocomposites
18. Rubber Nanocomposites for Dielectric Applications
19. Rubber Nanocomposites for Energy Harvesting Applications
20. Rubber Nanocomposites for Lithium-Ion Battery Applications
21. Molecular Dynamic Simulations and Theoretical Modelling of Rubber Nanocomposites
22. Toxicity, Environmental and Health Impact of Rubber Nanocomposites
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 1, 2025
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
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Saritha Appukuttan
Dr. Saritha Appukuttan was awarded her PhD from Mahatma Gandhi University in 2012 working in the field of polymer nanocomposites. She has also been worked for two years on the development of gas barrier membranes on an ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) project. She has published around 25 book chapters with highly reputed publishers and several research papers in high impact international journals such as Composites Part A, Composites Part B, and Materials Chemistry and Physics and has edited two books on “Fibre Reinforced Composites: Constituents, compatibility, perspectives and applications” (Elsevier) and on “Luminescent Metal Nanoclusters” (Elsevier). Currently, she is editing two more books on “Lignin and its Composites: A sustainable tool for health care and medical applications” and “Zero-Dimensional Carbon Nanostructures” to be published by RSC and Elsevier, respectively.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham, Amritapuri, Kollam, IndiaMP
Mayank Pandey
Dr. Mayank Pandey completed his Ph.D. in materials science from VIT University, Vellore, India, on the topic “Preparation and characterization of polymer electrolyte for electrochemical device applications”. He then went on to complete his postdoctoral studies in electrical and thermal degradation of graphene-based polymer composite for electronic device applications from CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Bangalore, India. He is an experienced material physicist with an experimental background in synthesizing graphene quantum dot- (GQDs) based polymer nanocomposites. His research areas also include fabrication of polymer blends and composite electrolytes, organic semiconductor/organic solar cells, and their impedance spectroscopy analysis. Besides investigating the structural, optical, and electronic properties of GQDs based materials, he has also contributed towards the development of new approaches in the field of nanocarbon derivatives.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Electronics, Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaKD
Kalim Deshmukh
Dr. Kalim Deshmukh is Senior Researcher at the New Technologies-Research Centre, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic. He has over 20 years of research experience working with a wide variety of nanomaterials and polymeric materials, especially polymer blends, nanocomposites, and nanohybrids for various applications. His research interest is mainly focused on the synthesis, characterization, and property investigations of novel polymer nanocomposites reinforced with different nanofillers, including various nanomaterials including carbon-based materials such as carbon black, carbon nanotubes, graphene and its derivatives and MXenes for energy storage, energy harvesting, gas sensing, EMI shielding and high-k dielectric applications.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, New Technologies - Research Centre, University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic