Nano- and biocomposites
By: edited by Alan Kin-tak Lau, Farzana Hussain, Khalid Lafdi.
Contributors: Lau, Alan K. T.; Hussain, Farzana.; Lafdi, Khalid.
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9781420080278
Subjects: Nanotechnology; Biotechnology; Composite materials
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Carbon nanotube polymer composites / Alan Kin-Tak Lau; title: Processing, properties, and flow behavior of carbon nanofiber-based polymeric nanocomposites / Khalid Lafdi; title: Rheology in polymer/clay nanocomposites : mesoscale structure development and soft glassy dynamics / Masami Okamoto; title: Polymer/graphite nanocomposites / Guohua Chen and Weifeng Zhao; title: Polymer nanocomposite flammability and flame retardancy / Alexander B. Morgan; title: Animal-based fiber-reinforced biocomposites / Hoi-Yan Cheung; title: Biopolymeric nanofibers for tissue engineering / Yogita Krishnamachari; title: Potential use of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) for biocomposite development / Perrine Bordes, Eric Pottet, and Luc Avérous; title: The reductionist approach to the molecular and supramolecular structures of elastin / Antonio Mario Tamburro; title: Elastin and elastin-based polymers / Daniela Quaglino, Deanna Guerra, and Ivonne Pasquali Ronchetti; title: PLA-based bio-and nanocomposites / Johannes Ganster and Hans-Peter Fink; title: Nanomaterials formulation and toxicity impact / Khalid Lafdi.