Fundamentals, Properties, and Applications of Polymer Nanocomposites [Hardcover]

Discusses polymer nanocomposites composed of a family of polymeric materials whose properties are capable of being tailored to meet specific applications.This book is focused primarily on polymer nanocomposites, based on the author's research experience as well as open literature. This text is divided into three parts. Part I  Fundamentals, Processing, and Characterizations, Part II  Multifunctional Properties, and Part III  Concerns and Outlook. Throughout the book, the theme is developed that polymer nanocomposites compose of a whole family of polymeric materials whose properties are capable of being tailored to meet specific applications. This volume serves as a general introduction to researchers just entering the field and to scholars from other subfields seeking information.This book is focused primarily on polymer nanocomposites, based on the author's research experience as well as open literature. This text is divided into three parts. Part I  Fundamentals, Processing, and Characterizations, Part II  Multifunctional Properties, and Part III  Concerns and Outlook. Throughout the book, the theme is developed that polymer nanocomposites compose of a whole family of polymeric materials whose properties are capable of being tailored to meet specific applications. This volume serves as a general introduction to researchers just entering the field and to scholars from other subfields seeking information.This book is focused primarily on polymer nanocomposites, based on the author's research experience as well as open literature. This text is divided into three parts. Part I  Fundamentals, Processing, and Characterizations - consists of an introduction to nanotechnology, an overview of commonly used nanomaterials, their origins, manufacturing, properties, and current and potential applications as well as the basics of polymer matrices and composites, selection of resin matrix and nanomaterials, processing, and characterizing of multifunctional polymer nanocomls8