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Smart Polymer Nanocomposites: Design, Synthesis, Functionalization, Properties, and Applications brings together the latest research on synthetic methods and surface functionalization of polymers and polymer composites for advanced applications. Sections cover the basic principles of advanced polymer nanocomposites, including morphology, materials, characterization, and copolymerization, provide in-depth coverage of synthetic methods, facilitating the preparation of polymeric nanoparticles with the required properties, examine the morphologies of polymer nanocomposites and stimuli-responsive surfaces, and focus on cutting-edge approaches to tailoring polymeric nanocomposites according to the requirements.
The book's final chapters focus on smart polymer nanocomposites for specific advanced applications, including high-temperature environments, bone tissue regeneration, biomedicine, wastewater treatment, dielectric and energy storage, chiral separation, food packaging, sensing, and drug delivery. This is a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students in polymer science, composite science, nanotechnology, and materials science, as well as those approaching the area from a range of other disciplines, including industry R&D.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I. Basic Principles
1. Introduction to Polymeric Nanomaterials.
2. Morphology of Polymer Nanoparticles
3. Natural Polymers. An Introduction
4. Inorganic Polymeric Nanoparticles
5. Characterization of Polymeric Nanoparticles
Part II. Synthetic Method of Polymeric Nanoparticles
6. Emulsion and Mini-emulsion Polymerization
7. Co-polymerization
8. Step Growth Polymerization
9. Control/living Polymerization
10. Precipitation Polymerization
11. Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
12. Radical Addition Fragmentation Transfer Polymerization
13. Complex Coordination Polymerization
14. Emulsifier-free Polymerization
15. Polymer Initiator and Surface Active
Part III. Tailoring of Various Polymeric Nanocomposites
16. Polymer Nanocomposites. An Overview
17. Silica-based Polymer Nanocomposites
18. Clay-based Polymer Nancomposites
19. Iron Oxide/Polymer Magnetic Composite Nanoparticles
20. Graphene based polymer nanocomposites
21. pH-responsive Functionalized Polymeric Nanoparticles
22. Thermo-responsive Functionalized Polymeric Nanocomposites
23. Polyhedral Oligosilsesquioxane-based Polymer Nanocomposites
Part IV. Applications of Polymer and Polymer-composite Nanoparticles
24. High-temperature Applications of Polymer Nanocomposites
25. Polymer Nanocomposites in Bone Tissue Regeneration
26. Polymer Nanocomposites for Biomedical Application
27. Polymer Nanocomposites for Wastewater Treatment
28. Polymer Nanocomposites for Dielectric and Energy Storage Applications
29. Optically Active Polymer Nanocomposites for Supercapaitor Applications.
30. Polymer Nanocomposites for Food-packaging Applications
31. Polymer Nanocomposites for Sensing Applications
32. Polymer Nanocomposites for Drug Delivery Applications
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Nisar Ali is an Associate Professor in the Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, College of Applied and Health Sciences, A’Sharqiyah University, Oman. His research interest includes polymer/biopolymer hybrids and assembly materials, magnetic composite nanostructures, surface functionalization, wettability, and wastewater remediation.Muhammad Bilal is working as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Previously, he served as an assistant/associate Professor at Poznan University of Technology, Poland, and the School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China. He earned his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, specializing in bioengineering and applied biotechnology. His main research activities are oriented to Environmental biotechnology, nanotechnology, enzyme engineering, immobilization, chemical modifications, and industrial applications of microbial enzymes, liquid, and solid waste management. He has authored over 700 peer-reviewed articles, 150 book chapters, 25 edited books. Dr. Bilal is the associate editor of Frontiers in Chemical Engineering and Frontiers in Environmental Science (Frontiers), and an editorial board member for several journals. He was listed as a highly cited researcher (Clarivate) in 2021 and holds several "highly cited papers" in WOS.Adnan Khan earned his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry University of Campinas, Sao Paulo-Brazil (UNICAMP) in 2011. His main areas of interest includes adsorption, catalysis, biopolymers, and molecularly imprinted polymers. He is currently wroks as an Associate Professor at the Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar. Dr. Adnan has more than 75 publications to his name in international peer-reviewed journals, including co-editor of books, author book chapters, review papers, and conference papers that are either published or in progress.Ram K. Gupta is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Pittsburg State University, USA. His research interests include green energy production and storage using conducting polymers, 2D materials, nanostructured materials and composites, polymers from renewable resources for industrial applications, polymer recycling for sustainable future, bio-compatible nanofibers and thin films for tissue regeneration, scaffolds, bio-degradable metallic implants, and antibacterial applications.Tuan Anh Nguyen is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. He received a BS in physics from Hanoi University in 1992, a BS in economics from Hanoi National Economics University in 1997, and a PhD in chemistry from the Paris Diderot University, France, in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University, South Korea, in 2004, and the University of Wollongong, Australia, in 2005. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Scientist at Montana State University, United States in 2006-09. In 2012 he was appointed as the Head of the Microanalysis Department at the Institute for Tropical Technology. His research areas of interest include smart sensors, smart networks, smart hospitals, smart cities, complexiverse, and digital twins. He has edited more than 74 books for Elsevier, 12 books for CRC Press, 1 book for Springer, 1 book for RSC, and 2 books for IGI Global. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience.
