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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. Saju Daniel is a senior research fellow of International and InterUniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. She is also an Asst. Professor at St Xavier’s College Vaikom which is affiliated to M G University, Kottayam
List of contents
1. Layered double hydroxides: fundamentals to applications
Saju Daniel and Sabu Thomas
2. FTIR characterization of layered double hydroxides and modified
layered double hydroxides
Meisam Shabanian, Mohsen Hajibeygi and Ahmad Raeisi
3. Fabrication technologies of layered double hydroxide polymer
nanocomposites
Shadpour Mallakpour and Farbod Tabesh
4. Microscopic characterization techniques for layered double
hydroxide polymer nanocomposites
Shadpour Mallakpour and Shima Rashidimoghadam
5. X-ray diffraction analysis of layered double hydroxide polymer
nanocomposites
Rodrigo Botan and Sabrina de Bona Sartor
6. Spectroscopic characterization techniques for layered double
hydroxide polymer nanocomposites
Shadpour Mallakpour and Faezeh Azimi
7. Melt rheological properties of layered double hydroxide polymer
nanocomposites
Appukuttan Saritha and Kuruvilla Joseph
8. Thermal properties and flame-retardant characteristics of layered
double hydroxide polymer nanocomposites
Yanshan Gao, Lei Qiu, Dermot O'Hare and Qiang Wang
9. Mechancial and dynamical mechanical properties of layered double
hydroxide-filled elastomer and elastomeric blend nanocomposites
Suneel Kumar Srivastava
10. Layered double hydroxide nanocomposites based on carbon
nanoforms
Gonzalo Abella´n, Jose A. Carrasco and Eugenio Coronado
11. Recent advances in layered double hydroxide/polymer latex
nanocomposites: from assembly to in situ formation
V. Prevot and E. Bourgeat-Lami
12. Fabrication, assembly, and optoelectric properties of layered double
hydroxide/conjugated polymer nanocomposites
Yaping Huang, Harrone Muhammad Sohail and Jun Lu
13. Polymer layered double hydroxide hybrid nanocomposites
Shadpour Mallakpour and Elham Khadem
14. Electrical and electronic applications of layered double-hydroxide
polymer nanocomposites
Shadpour Mallakpour and Forough Motirasoul
15. Applications of layered double hydroxide biopolymer
nanocomposites
Shadpour Mallakpour and Leila khodadadzadeh
16. Layered double hydroxide based nanocomposites for biomedical
applications
Raji Vijayamma, Nandakumar Kalarikkal and Sabu Thomas
17. Layered double hydroxide nanocomposites for agricultural
applications
Lui´z Paulo Figueredo Beni´cio, Frederico Garcia Pinto and Jairo Tronto
18. Layered double hydroxide polymer nanocomposites for
food-packaging applications
Giuliana Gorrasi and Andrea Sorrentino
19. Layered double hydroxide polymer nanocomposites for water
purification
Shadpour Mallakpour and Vajiheh Behranvand
20. Layered double hydroxide polymer nanocomposites for catalysis
Shadpour Mallakpour and Hashem Tabebordbar
