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Informationen zum Autor Prof. Sabu Thomas is a Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering and the Director of the School of Energy Materials at Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Additionally, he is the Chairman of the Trivandrum Engineering Science & Technology Research Park (TrEST Research Park) in Thiruvananthapuram, India. He is the founder director of the International and Inter-university Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University and the former Vice-Chancellor of the same institution. Prof. Thomas is internationally recognized for his contributions to polymer science and engineering, with his research interests encompassing polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites, nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. His groundbreaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnology, and nano-biomedical sciences have significantly advanced the development of new materials for the automotive, space, housing, and biomedical fields. Dr. Thomas has been conferred with Honoris Causa (DSc) by the University of South Brittany, France. Hanna J. Maria is a Senior Researcher at the School of Energy Materials and the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Her research focusses on natural rubber composites and their blends, thermoplastic composites, lignin, nanocellulose, bionanocomposites, nanocellulose, rubber-based composites and nanocomposites.
List of contents
1. General introduction to rubber compounding
2. Micro- and nano-fillers used in the rubber industry
3. Mechanism of reinforcement using nanofillers in rubber nanocomposites
4. Interphase characterization in rubber nanocomposites
5. Rubber nanocomposites with nanoclay as the filler
6. Rubber nanocomposites with graphene as the nanofiller
7. Rubber nanocomposites with polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) as the nanofiller
8. Rubber nanocomposites with new core-shell metal oxides as nanofillers
9. Rubber nanocomposites with metal oxides as nanofillers
10. Rubber blend nanocomposites
11. Hybrid filler systems in rubber nanocomposites
12. Manufacturing and Structure of Rubber Nanocomposites
13. Rubber nanocomposites with nanocellulose
14. Thermal conductivity and dielectric properties of silicone rubber nanocomposites
15. Computational simulation in elastomer nanocomposites
