1. Edition - February 2008
149.- Euro
2008. 604 Pages, Hardcover
- Practical Approach Book -
ISBN-10: 0-471-79057-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-471-79057-0 - John Wiley & Sons






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Short description
This book comprehensively summarizes and collects many technical research accomplishments conducted on polyolefin composites. It serves as a "one stop" reference resource for important research accomplishments in the area of polyolefin composites. The book covers advances and accomplishments in recent years with a major emphasis given to the new area of polyolefin nano-composites.

From the contents
1. Overview of Polyolefin Composites (Domasius Nwabunma).

Polyolefin Microcomposites.

2. Polypropylene Natural Cellulosic Fiber Composites (Robert A. Shanks ).

3. Polyolefin/Natural Fiber Composites (Laly A. Pothan, Adriaan S. Luyt, and Sabu Thomas).

4. Composites and Nanocomposites of Polyolefins and Some Blends of Polyolefins/PA6 as Matrices and CaCO3, Wood Flour, Sisal Fiber, Hydroxiapatite and Montmorillonite as Fillers.(Carmen Albano and Rosestela Perera).

5. Ethylene Propylene Diene Rubber/Carbon Black Composites (Soney C. George and Sabu Thomas).

6. Selected Topics on Polypropylene/Wood Flour Composites: Thermal, Mechanical and Time Dependent Response (María M. Reboredo, Mirta. I. Aranguren, and Norma E. Marcovich).

7. Deformation and Fracture, Behavior of Natural Filler Reinforced Polypropylene (Celina Bernal).

Polyolefin Nanocomposites.

8. Metallocene Catalyzed Functionalized Polyolefins in Composites (Ulla Hippi, Noora Ristolainen, Barbro Löfgren, and Jukka Seppälä).

9. Preparation and Properties of Polyethylene/Layered silicate (Yuan Hu, Hongdian Lu, and Lei Song).

10. Polypropylene/Clay Nanocomposites (Xuehong Lu, Ke Wang, and Yang Choo Chua).

11. Layered Double Hydroxide (LDH)-Polyolefin Nanocomposites. Preparation, Structure and Properties (José Ignacio Velasco).

12. Effect of NanoFillers on Crystallization, Phase Transformation and Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of Poly(1-butene) (Santosh D. Wanjale and Jyoti P. Jog).

13. Towards Polyethylene Nanocomposites with Controlled Properties (Yvonne A. Akpalu).

14. Fracture Behavior of Polyolefin-Silicate Nanocomposites (Sie Chin Tjong).

Advanced Polyolefin Nano and Molecular Composites.

15. Polyolefin-Clay Nanocomposites: Theory and Simulation (Anna C. Balazs, Jozef Bicerano, and Valeriy V. Ginzburg).

16. Monte Carlo Modeling of Polyethylene Nanocomposites (Rahmi Ozisik, Peter J. Dionne, and Catalin R. Picu).

17. Characteristics of Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotube and Polyethylene Composites Prepared by Gelation/Crystallization from Solutions (Masaru Matsuo, Yuezhen Bin, Qingyun Chen, and Atsuko Yamanaka).

18. Crystallization Behavior of Polyethylene/Carbon Nanotube Composites (Lingyu Li, Bing Li, Steve L. Kodjie, and Christopher Y. Li).

19. Formation of Shish-kebab Structures in Ultra-high Molecular Weight Polyethylene/Polyethylene Composites Under Shear flow (Toshiji Kanaya, G. Matsuba and K. Nishida).

20. Template Crystallization of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polypropylene Induced by Chain Orientation of Co-crystallized Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene (Rockliffe St. John Manley and Thein Kyu).