• PDF / 12,458,714 Bytes
• 578 Pages / 453.543 x 683.15 pts Page_size
• 9 Downloads / 214 Views

DOWNLOAD

REPORT

---

Vijay Kumar Thakur Manju Kumari Thakur Editors

Eco-friendly Polymer Nanocomposites Processing and Properties

Advanced Structured Materials Volume 75

Series editors Andreas Öchsner, Southport Queensland, Australia Lucas F.M. da Silva, Porto, Portugal Holm Altenbach, Magdeburg, Germany

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8611

Vijay Kumar Thakur Manju Kumari Thakur •

Editors

Eco-friendly Polymer Nanocomposites Processing and Properties

123

Editors Vijay Kumar Thakur Mechanical and Materials Engineering Washington State University Pullman, WA USA

ISSN 1869-8433 Advanced Structured Materials ISBN 978-81-322-2469-3 DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-2470-9

Manju Kumari Thakur Division of Chemistry Himachal Pradesh University Shimla, Himachal Pradesh India

ISSN 1869-8441

(electronic)

ISBN 978-81-322-2470-9

(eBook)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015940723 Springer New Delhi Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer India 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer (India) Pvt. Ltd. is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

To my parents and teachers who helped me become what I am today. Vijay Kumar Thakur

Preface

Nanotechnology has proven to be a potential technology that is rapidly emerging in wider areas such as medicine, electronics and food technology by manipulating nanomaterials for various applications. Nanotechnology is the engineering and art of developing new materials on a nanoscale. A nanomaterial is defined as a discrete entity that has at least one of its dimension as 100 nm or less. It may include any of the following nano forms: nanoparticles, nanotubes, fullerenes, graphene, nanoclays, nanofibres, nanowhiskers and nanosheets to name a few. The applications of nanomaterials are quite broad. Due to their unique properties, the application of nanomaterials in various scientific fields, including environmental sciences, has increased greatly. It is well kn