Polymer-carbon nanotube composites : preparation, properties and applications /

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Imprint:Oxford : Woodhead Pub., 2011.
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 803 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Woodhead Publishing in materials
Woodhead Publishing in materials.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11279506
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Other authors / contributors:McNally, Tony.
Pötschke, Petra.
ISBN:0857091395
9780857091390
1613443684
9781613443682
1845697618
9781845697617
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Knovel, viewed Dec. 19, 2011).
Summary:Understanding the properties of polymer carbon nanotube (CNT) composites is the key to these materials finding new applications in a wide range of industries, including but not limited to electronics, aerospace and biomedical/bioengineering. Polymer-carbon nanotube composites provides comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the preparation, characterisation, properties and applications of these technologically interesting new materials. Part one covers the preparation and processing of composites of thermoplastics with CNTs, with chapters covering in-situ polymerization, melt processing and CNT surface treatment, as well as elastomer and thermoset CNT composites. Part two concentrates on properties and characterization, including chapters on the quantification of CNT dispersion using microscopy techniques, and on topics as diverse as thermal degradation of polymer/CNT composites, the use of rheology, Raman spectroscopy and multi-scale modelling to study polymer/CNT composites, and CNT toxicity. In part three, the applications of polymer/CNT composites are reviewed, with chapters on specific applications such as in fibres and cables, bioengineering applications and conductive polymer CNT composites for sensing. With its distinguished editors and international team of contributors, Polymer-carbon nanotube composites is an essential reference for scientists, engineers and designers in high-tech industry and academia with an interest in polymer nanotechnology and nanocomposites. Provides comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the preparation, characterisation and properties of these technologically interesting new materialsReviews the preparation and processing of composites of thermoplastics with CNTs, covering in-situ polymerization, melt processing and CNT surface treatmentExplores applications of polymer/CNT composites such as in fibres and cables, bioengineering applications and conductive polymer CNT composites for sensing.
Other form:Print version: Polymer-carbon nanotube composites. Cambridge, UK ; Philadelphia, PA : Woodhead Publishing, 2011 9781845697617