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Polymer-Based Nanoscale Materials for Surface Coatings presents the latest advances and emerging technologies in polymer-based nanomaterials for coatings, focusing on novel materials, characterization techniques, and cutting-edge applications. Sections present the fundamentals of surface preparation and nanocoatings, linking materials and properties, explaining the correlation between morphology, surface phenomena, and surface protection mechanism, and covering theory, modeling and simulation. Other presented topics cover characterization methods, with an emphasis on the latest developments in techniques and approaches. Aging and lifecycle assessment of coated surfaces and coatings are also discussed. Final sections explore advanced applications across a range of fields, including intelligent coatings for biomedical implants, self-healing coatings, syper-hydrophobicity, electroluminescence, sustainable edible coatings, marine antifouling, corrosion resistance, and photocatalytic coatings.
List of contents
1 Introduction to coatings and surface preparation
2 Nanomaterials and nanocomposites for surface protection
3 Thermoplastic polymer-based nanocoatings
4 Thermoset polymer-based nanocoatings
5 Elastomeric nanocoatings
6 Theory, modeling, and simulation in nanoscale polymer coatings
7 Rheology of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
8 Spectroscopy characterizations of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
9 XPS and SIMS studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
10 Nanoscale surface coatings based on plant phenolics
11 Contact angle studies of nanoscale polymer based coatings
12 NDT studies of nanoscale polymeric coatings
13 Mechanical properties of nanoscale polymer coatings
14 Thermal properties of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
15 Diffusion and transport through nanoscale polymer-based coatings
16 Light scattering, X-ray scattering, and microscopy studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
17 Neutron scattering studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
18 Electrochemical characterizations of the anticorrosive nanoscale polymer-based coatings
19 Aging studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
20 Nanoscale polymer coatings for biomedical implants
21 Self-healing of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
22 Superhydrophobic nanoscale materials for surface coatings
23 Nanoscale polymer-based coatings for applications in marine antifouling
24 Corrosion resistant nanoscale polymer-based coatings
25 Photocatalytic nanoscale polymer-based coatings
26 Life cycle assessment of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
About the author
Sabu Thomas is a Professor and Director of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Professor 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.
Ms. Jesiya Susan George is research scholar at School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University. She completed her masters in biopolymer science from Cochin University of Science and technology. She received prestigious DST INSPIRE fellowship, Gov. of India. Her research interest involves anticorrosive coatings, epoxy resin, hybrid nanostructures and polymer blends. She published several articles in high-impact journals. She has two edited books to her credit.
