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PEEK Blends and Composites

Synthesis, Processing, and Applications

  • 1st Edition - September 4, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Kuruvilla Joseph, Suryasarathi Bose, Saritha Appukuttan‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬, Battula Durga Siva Deeraj
  • Language: English

PEEK Blends and Composites: Synthesis, Processing, and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the preparation methods and processing techniques of PEEK related materials… Read more

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Description

PEEK Blends and Composites: Synthesis, Processing, and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the preparation methods and processing techniques of PEEK related materials and composites, and their main applications in various fields. This book serves as a valuable resource for materials scientists and engineers seeking comprehensive knowledge on a diverse range of innovative PEEK materials. It offers in-depth information and analysis of their properties, synthesis techniques, manufacturing processes, improved characteristics, and numerous applications.

Key features

  • Explains the major properties and preparation methods by which PEEK-based materials are fabricated
  • Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of various processing techniques, providing readers with practical guidance
  • Outlines research challenges and future directions

Readership

Academic and industrial researchers, material scientists, polymer scientists, and engineers working in the area of polymer synthesis, their processing, and applications.

Table of contents

1. A general Introduction of PEEK

2. Synthesis methods for PEEK

3. Functionalization of nanomaterials with PEEK

4. PEEK grafted nanomaterials for functional applications

5. Synthesis and applications of PEEK based blends

6. Preparation and applications of PEEK based composites

7. Synthesis and self-assembly of PEEK block copolymers

8. Biomedical applications of self-assembled PEEK block copolymers

9. Electrospinning of PEEK based homopolymers and block copolymers

10. EMI shielding applications of PEEK based hybrids and composites

11. Antibacterial properties of PEEK based hybrids and composites

12. Tunable shape memory properties of PEEK

13. PEEK based membranes and their applications

14. PEEK in dentistry, bone replacement and regeneration

15. Applications of 3D printed PEEK and its composites

16. PEEK aerogels and its applications

17. Interfacial engineering and applications of PEEK-Carbon Fibre laminates

18. Summary and future outlook

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 9, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editors

KJ

Kuruvilla Joseph

Kuruvilla Joseph is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India. His research areas include nanomaterials and nanocomposites, polymer blends and composites, synthesis of polymers from natural resources, green materials and biocomposites, aging and degradation, and development of biosensors.

Affiliations and expertise
Outstanding Professor and Dean, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, India

SB

Suryasarathi Bose

Dr. Suryasarathi Bose is a Professor at the Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc). He completed his PhD from IIT Bombay in 2008 and did post-doctoral work at Katholieke University of Leuven, Belgium. He has received many awards and honors in his career and is an editorial board member for ‘Nanoscale’, ‘Nanoscale Advances’, ‘Functional Composites Materials’, ‘IOP-Materials Research Xpress’, and ‘SPE Polymers’. He has published numerous articles in international reputed journals.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

SA

Saritha Appukuttan‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

Dr. Saritha Appukuttan earned her PhD from Mahatma Gandhi University, India, in 2012 in the area of polymer nanocomposites under the supervision of Prof. Kuruvilla Joseph. She is an experienced book editor and has several publications in international journals, including Composites Part A , Composites Part B, Materials Chemistry and Physics etc.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, Kollam, Kerala, India

BD

Battula Durga Siva Deeraj

Battula Durga Siva Deeraj is an active researcher in the field of multi-functional polymer composites working under the guidance of Prof. Kuruvilla Joseph. He completed his M. Tech in Materials Science and Technology and submitted his Ph.D thesis in April, 2022. He has co-authored several international peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His research areas include toughened epoxy composites, electrospun carbon fibers and EMI shielding materials. He is a vibrant researcher and peer reviewer for international prublishers.
Affiliations and expertise
Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Trivandrum, Kerala, India

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