LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES TECHNOLOGY:AN OVERVIEW; ABSTRACT; 1.1. INTRODUCTION; 1.2. INORGANIC FILLER MATERIALS; 1.3. TYPE OF NANOCOMPOSITE MICROSTRUCTURES; Monomer Intercalation Method; Common Solvent Method or Solution Method; Melt Intercalation Method; 1.4. POLYMER-LAYERED NANOCOMPOSITE SYSTEMS; 1.5. ADVANCED CLAY MODIFICATIONS; 1.6. PRESENCE OF EXCESS MODIFICATION & THERMALSTABILITY; 1.7. PREDICTION OF NANOCOMPOSITE PROPERTIES; 1.8. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS; REFERENCES; ADVANCES IN POLARNANOCOMPOSITES TECHNOLOGY; ABSTRACT
2.1. INTRODUCTION2.2. NANOCOMPOSITES OF POLYAMIDES; 2.2.1. Effect of Polymer Molecular Weight; 2.2.2. Effect of Surfactant; 2.2.3. Effect of Polyamide Crystallization; 2.2.4. Other Polyamides; 2.2.5. Other Nanofillers; 2.3. NANOCOMPOSITES OF EPOXY; 2.3.1. Formation of Exfoliated Nanostructure; 2.3.2. Preparation Methods; 2.3.3. Effectof Carbon Nanotubes; 2.3.4. Plasticization Effect; 2.3.5. Some Properties of Epoxy Nanocomposites; 2.4. NANOCOMPOSITES OF POLYURETHANES; 2.4.1. Preparation Methods; 2.4.2. Waterborne Polyurethanes; 2.4.3. Polyurethane Foams; 2.5. NANOCOMPOSITES OF POLYIMIDES
2.5.1. Preparation Methods2.5.2. Low k Nanocomposites; 2.5.3. Effect of Carbon Nanotubes; 2.6. SUMMARY; REFERENCES; POLYMER/CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES THROUGHEMULSION AND SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION; ABSTRACT; 3.1. INTRODUCTION; 3.2. POLYMERIZATION IN DISPERSED MEDIA; 3.2.1. Polymerization Techniques and Commercial Products; Emulsion Polymerization; Suspension Polymerization; 3.3. IMPLICATIONS OF THE TYPE OF CLAY IN THE SYNTHESIS OFWPCNS; 3.4. NANOCOM. SYNTHESMPOSITES USIS OF WATUSING PRISTERBORNESTINE CLAE POLYMERAY DISPERSR/CLAYSED IN WATER; 3.4.1. Pristine Clay in Aqueous Phase
3.4.2. In-situ Modified Clay in Aqueous Phase3.4.3. In-situ Modification of Clay With Non-Cationic AmphiphilicCompounds in Aqueous Phase; 3.4.4. Blends of Polymeric Dispersions with Clay Dispersions; 3.5. SYNTHESIS OF WATERBORNE POLYMER/CLAYNANOCOMPOSITES USING ORGANICALY MODIFIED CLAYS(OMC); 3.5.1. OMC Dispersed in the Water Phase and Proceeded as in EmulsionPolymerization; 3.5.2. OMC Dispersed in the Organic Phase Followed by Emulsion, Suspension or Miniemulsion Polymerization; 3.5.3. Molar Mass Distribution of WPCN Synthesized Using OMCs; 3.6. SUMMARY AND FUTURE TRENDS; 3.7. ACRONYMS
