Hybrid and Hierarchical Composite Materials [Hardcover]

This book addresses a broad spectrum of areas in both hybrid materials and hierarchical composites, including recent development of processing technologies, structural designs, modern computer simulation techniques, and the relationships between the processing-structure-property-performance. Each topic is introduced at length with numerous? and detailed examples and over 150 illustrations.?? In addition, the authors present a method of categorizing these materials, so that representative examples of all material classes are discussed.1. IntroductionTomoko Sano, US Army Research LabCharles L. Randow, US Army Research LabChangsoo Kim, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeHybrid Composites2. Organic-Inorganic Polymer Hybrids: Synthetic Strategies and ApplicationsTheodora Krasia-Christoforou,University of Cyprus, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering3. Polymer-Tethered Nanoparticle Materials  An Emerging Platform for Multifunctional Hybrid MaterialsGolda L. Chakkalakal, Subramanian RamakrishnanDepartment of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of EngineeringMichael Bockstaller, Department o f Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University4. Multiferroic Magnetoelectric Composites/HybridsYongke Yan and Shashank Priya, Bio-inspired Materials and Devices Laboratory Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA5. Clay/Polymer Nanocomposites: Processing, Properties and ApplicationsVasanth Chakravarthy Shunmugasamy, Chongchen Xiang and Nikhil GuptaComposite Materials and Mechanics Laboratory, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY 11201 USAHierarchical Composites6. Medical Applications of Hierarchical CompositesManoj Kumar R, Khelendra Agrawal, Debrupa LahiriBiomaterials and Multiscale Mechanics LabDepartment of Metallurgical and Materials EngineeringIndian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee  247667, IndlӮ