Recently, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have received tremendous interest from the research community due to their excellent properties and contribution to the enhancement of polymer properties. However, the incompatibility of CNTs with the polymer matrix is still a major barrier facing the practical realization of these materials. Interface engineering and modification have become the current strategy for enhancing their compatibility, dispersion, and interfacial relationship with the polymer matrix to meet the desired engineering properties and applications.
Polymer Nanocomposites: Interface Engineering of Carbon Nanotubes, Advanced Properties, and Recent Applications presents detailed information on various approaches for the interface engineering of CNTs and their resultant properties when incorporated in the polymer matrix.
This book covers the fundamentals, as well as up-to-date techniques for understanding the properties of the surface engineering of CNTs. Core structures, the functionalization and modification of CNTs, and their relationships with the polymer matrix in tailoring engineering properties are also covered.
1. 1. Introduction: Overview of carbon nanotubes fabrication techniques and their surface modification - p. 1 2. 2. Surface modification techniques and interactions between carbon nanotubes and modifiers - p. 17 3. 3. Advanced characterization techniques for pristine and surface-engineered carbon nanotubes - p. 53 4. 4. Review of recent approaches in the integrated carbon nanotubes functionalization, polymer nanocomposites' fabrications, and characterizations - p. 89 5. 5. Surface modification and tailoring of carbon nanotubes: Influence on mechanical and thermal properties of polymer nanocomposites - p. 121 6. 6. Thermomechanical and rheological responses of surface modified carbon nanotubes reinforced polymer matrices - p. 151 7. 7. Surface engineered carbon nanotubes—Polymer nanocomposites for electrical and dielectric applications - p. 165 8. 8. Surface engineering of carbon nanotubes towards the improvement of flame retardant of polymer nanocomposites - p. 181 9. 9. Functionalization and modification of carbon nanotubes—Polymer-based matrices for supercapacitor electrodes - p. 221 10. 10. Surface modification of carbon nanotubes—polymer nanocomposites for lithium-ion batteries - p. 249 11. 11. Surface engineering of carbon nanotubes and their nanocomposites for fuel cell applications - p. 281 12. 12. Biomedical and drug delivery applications of functionalized carbon nanotubes and their nanocomposites - p. 309 13. 13. Surface functionalization and engineering of carbon nanotubes for water treatment and air filtration - p. 339 14. 14. Functionalized carbon nanotubes nanocomposites for biosensor and gas sensor applications - p. 363 15. 15. Electromagnetic shielding and electronic packaging properties/applications of surface-engineered carbon nanotubes composites - p. 391 16. 16. Review on the comparative study of functionalized carbon nanotubes and graphene nanosheets-reinforced polymer nanocomposites for future applications - p. 413 17. 17. Overview of the current challenges, possible remedies, and future applications of surface-engineered and modified carbon nanotubes—polymer nanocomposites - p. 443 18. Index - p. 481
Recently, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have received tremendous interest from the research community due to their excellent properties and contribution to the enhancement of polymer properties. However, the incompatibility of CNTs with the polymer matrix is still a major barrier facing the practical realization of these materials. Interface engineering and modification have become the current strategy for enhancing their compatibility, dispersion, and interfacial relationship with the polymer matrix to meet the desired engineering properties and applications.
Polymer Nanocomposites: Interface Engineering of Carbon Nanotubes, Advanced Properties, and Recent Applications presents detailed information on various approaches for the interface engineering of CNTs and their resultant properties when incorporated in the polymer matrix.
This book covers the fundamentals, as well as up-to-date techniques for understanding the properties of the surface engineering of CNTs. Core structures, the functionalization and modification of CNTs, and their relationships with the polymer matrix in tailoring engineering properties are also covered.
1. 1. Introduction: Overview of carbon nanotubes fabrication techniques and their surface modification - p. 1 2. 2. Surface modification techniques and interactions between carbon nanotubes and modifiers - p. 17 3. 3. Advanced characterization techniques for pristine and surface-engineered carbon nanotubes - p. 53 4. 4. Review of recent approaches in the integrated carbon nanotubes functionalization, polymer nanocomposites' fabrications, and characterizations - p. 89 5. 5. Surface modification and tailoring of carbon nanotubes: Influence on mechanical and thermal properties of polymer nanocomposites - p. 121 6. 6. Thermomechanical and rheological responses of surface modified carbon nanotubes reinforced polymer matrices - p. 151 7. 7. Surface engineered carbon nanotubes—Polymer nanocomposites for electrical and dielectric applications - p. 165 8. 8. Surface engineering of carbon nanotubes towards the improvement of flame retardant of polymer nanocomposites - p. 181 9. 9. Functionalization and modification of carbon nanotubes—Polymer-based matrices for supercapacitor electrodes - p. 221 10. 10. Surface modification of carbon nanotubes—polymer nanocomposites for lithium-ion batteries - p. 249 11. 11. Surface engineering of carbon nanotubes and their nanocomposites for fuel cell applications - p. 281 12. 12. Biomedical and drug delivery applications of functionalized carbon nanotubes and their nanocomposites - p. 309 13. 13. Surface functionalization and engineering of carbon nanotubes for water treatment and air filtration - p. 339 14. 14. Functionalized carbon nanotubes nanocomposites for biosensor and gas sensor applications - p. 363 15. 15. Electromagnetic shielding and electronic packaging properties/applications of surface-engineered carbon nanotubes composites - p. 391 16. 16. Review on the comparative study of functionalized carbon nanotubes and graphene nanosheets-reinforced polymer nanocomposites for future applications - p. 413 17. 17. Overview of the current challenges, possible remedies, and future applications of surface-engineered and modified carbon nanotubes—polymer nanocomposites - p. 443 18. Index - p. 481
