Engineering applications of polymers and composites

This book includes selected conference proceedings of Conference on Processing and Characterization of Materials (CPCM-2020).

Dyes are versatile compounds that have been successfully used in textile printing, rubber, cosmetics, plastic, pharmaceutical, and leather industries to color the products.

This book provides a single-source reference on carbon nanotubes for interconnect applications.

This book covers the topic of degradation phenomenon of natural fiber-based composites (NFC) under various aging conditions and proposes suitable solutions to improve the response of natural fiber-reinforced composite to aging conditions such as moisture, seawater, hygrothermal, and natural and accelerated weathering.

This book demonstrates fatigue crack growth under random loading graphically.

This book summarizes many of the recent developments in the area of bamboo composites with emphasis on new challenges for the synthesis characterization, properties of bamboo composites and practical applications.

This book provides an overview on the latest advances in the synthesis, properties and applications of geopolymers reinforced with natural fibres such as pulp fibre, cotton, sisal, flax and hemp.

This book summarizes the recent advances in applications of starch in state-of-the-art drug carriers (hydrogel, micro- and nano-particulate carriers) with stimulus-responsive and target-specific properties.

This edited book focuses on processing, properties, and applications of bast fiber and its composites written by renowned researchers and academicians.

This book presents the meaning of green infrastructure and its concerns to the contribution of materials and applications.

This book presents recent advances in nanostructured materials.

This book provides the latest developments on safety practices utilized in composite manufacturing facilities for students, workers, engineers, and other participants.

This book provides an overview on the latest advances in the synthesis, properties and applications of polymeric eco-composites and eco-nanocomposites reinforced natural fibers (e.

This book provides a systematic and comprehensive account of the recent developments in the recycling of plastic waste material.

Polymer-based advanced functional materials are one of most sought after products of this global high performance material demand as polymer-based materials guarantee both processing ease and mechanical flexibilities.

This book introduces the reader to important aspects of the nano-hydrogels.

This book presents the selected papers presented at the 2nd World Conference on Byproducts of Palms and their Applications (ByPalma 2021), held as a virtual conference on September 28-30, 2021.

This volume serves as a cutting edge reference on XLPE based blends, nanocomposites, and their applications.

This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Materials Processing and Characterization (ICMPC 2021).

The book presents the select proceedings of National Conference on Recent Advances in Structural Engineering (NCRASE 2020).

This book comprehensively and systematically introduces the microstructure characteristics of plant fibers and the manufacturing process, interface characteristics, mechanical behaviors and physical properties of plant fiber reinforced composites, as well as their engineering demonstration applications.

This book introduces the approach of Machine Learning (ML) based predictive models in the design of composite materials to achieve the required properties for certain applications.

The book focuses on novel interpenetrating polymer network (IPN)/semi-IPN technologies for drug delivery and biomedical applications.

This book comprehensively summarizes the recent achievements and trends in encapsulation of micro- and nanocontainers for applications in smart materials.

This book focuses on the vibration behavior of ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs), including (1) vibration natural frequency of intact and damaged CMCs; (2) vibration damping of CMCs considering fibers debonding and fracture; (3) temperature-dependent vibration damping of CMCs; (4) time-dependent vibration damping of CMCs; and (5) cyclic-dependent vibration damping of CMCs.

This book provides an overview on the latest technology and applications of bio-based fiber composite materials.

This book presents cutting-edge research, recent breakthroughs, and unresolved challenges associated with 2D nanomaterials to combat energy and environmental issues.

This highly informative and carefully presented book discusses the synthesis, processing, characterization and applications of different types of materials.

This book commemorates the "e;Nobel Laureate Professor Suzuki Special Symposium"e; at the International Union of Material Research Society-International Conference on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICAM2017), which was held at Kyoto University, Japan, in 2017.

This book highlights novel applications of innovative fabrics in the design of an interlayer between the scalp and the helmet lining of motorcycle helmets to control the temperature inside the helmet.

This volume provides a thorough insight into the chemistry and mechanism of ionic gelations of various ionic biopolysaccharides, like alginate, gellan gum, pectin, chitosan, carboxymethyl cellulose, etc.

This book covers the basic principle and challenges of structural health monitoring system for natural fibre and the hybrid composites structural materials in industrial applications, such as building, automotive, aerospace and wind turbine.

This book introduces different advanced composite materials used in construction of civil engineering infrastructures.

This book presents recent developments and future scopes of glassy systems, such as their electrical and optical properties, use as electrodes, photonics devices, battery applications and others, which are of great interest for material scientists and professionals.

This book comprehensively reviews the key topics in the area of nanocomposites and hybrid materials used for waste water treatment and purification.

This book provides a systematic overview of the processing and applications of sustainable polymers.

This book provides insight into the underlying basic theories and concepts in X-ray, light, and neutron scattering.

This book gives a comprehensive overview of bionanocomposites, a class of materials that consist of a biopolymer matrix which is embedded with nanoparticles and natural fibres as reinforcement to produce novel material and achieve superior physico-chemical and mechanical properties.

This book first introduces polymers and polymer composites which are widely used in different industrial and engineering applications where the proper selection of fiber, filler, and polymer can be tailored for particular application.

The textile industry is among the most significant polluters of water owing to the existence of various types of pollution streams generated by printing processes and textile dyeing.

This book explores vegetable fiber composite as an eco-friendly, biodegradable, and sustainable material that has many potential industrial applications.

This detailed volume explores molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), which have attracted great interest both in fundamental research and for practical applications due to their selective molecular recognition capabilities, extraordinary stability, and ease of preparation.

This Handbook covers the fundamental aspects, experimental setup, synthesis, properties, and characterization of different nanocelluloses.

Shear Thickening Fluid: Theory and Applications provides a complete reference on shear thickening fluid (STF) and STF applications for engineers, researchers, and scientists.

This volume presents select proceedings of ISAMPE National Conference on Composites (INCCOM-17).

This book presents a unique approach to developing lightweight feedstock material for 3D printing of structural components for weight-sensitive structural applications across aerospace, automobile, and marine regimes.

The book focuses on joining of advanced materials such as ceramics, intermetallics, laminated materials, composite materials and functional materials considering both in theory and in practice.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current progress in fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP), covering manufacturing, mechanical behavior, and resistance performance.

This monograph shares a newly emerging point of view among researchers and students in the field of materials science.

This monograph describes the new quantum theory called the weakest bound electron theory (WBE theory) proposed by Prof.