Polymer composites : from nano-to-macro-scale /

This multiauthored volume originated from a 2003 workshop on polymers and composites held at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. The objectives of the workshop and this volume were to promote better understanding of composite materials in general, so chapters describe materials with reinforcements of all types and all scales, from nano- to macroscale. Each chapter is an invited work, containing updated information from presentations made at that workshop. Friedrich (Univ. of Kaiserslautern), Fakirov (Sofia Univ.), and Zhang (Univ. of Kaiserslauten) selected the works for inclusion to address four major areas. The first area is the structure and properties of nanocomposites, but within the chapters themselves the topics include larger-scale reinforcement and describe dispersed nanotubes, dispersed particles, and layered reinforcement. The second part addresses characterization methods and modeling and also includes both nanoscale and larger-scale composite materials. Parts 3 and 4 address processing, applications, deformation mechanisms, and mechanical performance of diverse types of macroscale reinforcements. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. P. G. Heiden Michigan Technological University