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Polymer/Nanodiamond Nanocomposites

Fundamentals, Properties and Applications

  • 1st Edition - June 14, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Ayesha Kausar
  • Language: English

Polymer/Nanodiamond Nanocomposites: Fundamentals, Properties and Applications provides an up-to-date review of these materials. The structure, design, processing, and propertie… Read more

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Description

Polymer/Nanodiamond Nanocomposites: Fundamentals, Properties and Applications provides an up-to-date review of these materials. The structure, design, processing, and properties, as well as technological advancements, are all thoroughly discussed. Several practical and potential application areas are also identified such as tribological aerospace/automobile materials (thermally conducting, lubricant, and radiation shielding), coatings/anti-corrosion nanomaterials, shape memory nanocomposites, energy devices (Li ion batteries and solar cells), and biomedical nanomaterials (drug delivery, tissue engineering, biosensor, imaging).

Current difficulties and potential opportunities are also discussed in detail. The book covers all aspects of these new novel materials' design, structure, manufacture, and applications, offering an up-to-date, comprehensive knowledge resource for materials scientists, researchers, and engineers.

Key features

  • Covers the latest advances in polymer/nanodiamond nanocomposites
  • Includes important fundamentals, properties, and applications
  • Examines nanodiamond nanobifiller derived polymeric nanocomposites
  • Discusses a wide range of technical applications in aerospace, automobiles, coatings, corrosion resistance, shape memory, energy devices, and biomedical fields

Readership

Scientists and researchers from both academia and industry including material scientists, physicists, chemists, biologists, and other experts who are engaged in the research and development of high-performance polymer/nanodiamond nanocomposites, Postgraduate students studying nanoscience and technology especially advanced nanodiamond-based nanomaterials

Table of contents

1: Nanodiamond: Structure, synthesis, properties, and applications

2: Polymer/nanodiamond nanocomposites: Fundamentals, fabrication, and characteristics

3: Development of nanodiamond nanobifiller derived polymeric nanocomposites

4: Performance of thermosetting polymers containing nanodiamond nanofiller

5: Advances in thermoplastic polymer/nanodiamond nanomaterials

6: Nanodiamond reinforced conducting polymer-based nanomaterials

7: Tribological performance of polymer/nanodiamond nanocomposites: Aerospace, automobile and engineered structures

8: Potential of polymer/nanodiamond nanocomposites for radiation shielding and corrosion protection

9: Shape memory polymer/nanodiamond nanocomposites: Design and functioning

10: Polymer/nanodiamond nanocomposites in energy devices: Fuel cells, Li ion batteries and solar cells

11: Biomedical applications of multifunctional polymer/nanodiamond nanocomposites

12: Polymer/nanodiamond nanocomposites towards industries and future impacts

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 14, 2024
  • Language: English

About the author

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Ayesha Kausar

Prof. Dr. Ayesha Kausar is affiliated with the National Centre for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan. Her current research interests include the design, fabrication, characterization, and exploration of structure-property relationships and potential applications of nanocomposites, polymeric composites/nanocomposites, nanoparticles/polymeric nanoparticles, quantum dots, nanocarbons (such as graphene, carbon nanotubes, nanodiamonds, fullerenes), inorganic/hybrid materials, nanofibers, and nano-foam architectures. Dr. Kausar has made extensive contributions to the fields of nanomaterials and materials science, with numerous scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals. She has authored multiple monographs on topics ranging from carbon nano-onions and graphene quantum dots to polymer-based nanocomposites and conducting polymer nanocomposites. Additionally, she has contributed chapters to a large number of international books and encyclopedias. Her work has been recognized in recent years by inclusion in the world’s top 2% of scientists in materials science and nanotechnology, according to surveys conducted by Stanford University.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Researcher, National Centre for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan

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