Micro and Nano Fibrillar Composites (MFCs and NFCs) from Polymer Blends

Micro and Nano Fibrillar Composites (MFCs and NFCs) from Polymer Blends is a comprehensive reference for researchers, students and scientists working in the field of plastics recycling and composites. The book aims to determine the influence of micro and nanofibrillar morphology on the properties of immiscible blend systems.

Chapters cover micro and nanofibrillar composites based on polyolefin, liquid crystal polymer, biodegradable polymers, polyester and polyamide blends in various industrial application fields. The book brings together panels of highly-accomplished experts in the field of plastics recycling, blends and composites systems.

For several decades, plastic technology has played an important role in many industrial applications, such as packaging, automobiles, aerospace and construction. However the increasing use of plastics creates a lot of waste. This has led to restrictions on the use of some plastics for certain applications and a drive towards recycling of plastics. More recently, microfibrillar in-situ composites have been prepared from waste plastics such as PET/PP, PET/PE and Nylon/PP as a way of formulating new high performance polymer systems. This book tackles these issues and more, and is an ideal resource for anyone interested in polymer blends.

Provides information on MFC and NFC based polymer blends that have been accumulated over the last 25 years, providing a useful reference Adopts a novel approach in terms of understanding the relationship between processing, morphology, structure, properties and applications in micro and nanofibrillar compositesContains contributions from leading experts in the field from both industrial and academic research

1. Introduction 2. Fundamental of Polymer Blend and its Thermodynamics 3. What are Micro and Nano Fibrillar composites: Basic Concepts, characterisation and Application 4. Processing - Morphology - Property Relationship in Micro and Nano Fibrillar Composites 5. Synthesis, Characterization and Application of polyolefin/Polyamide MFC 6. Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Polypropylene Micro and Nano Fibrillar Composites 7. Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Biodegradable Micro and Nano Fibrillar Composites 8. Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Liquid Crystal Polymer-based Microfibrillar and Nanofibrillar Composites 9. Recycling of Polymer-polymer Composites 10. Synthesis, Charcterization and Application of Recycled Polyester and Polypropylene-based Microfibrillar and Nanofibrillar Composites 11. Static and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Micro and Nano Fibrillar Composites 12. Synthesis, Charcterization and Application of sustainable polymers based microfibrillar and Nanofibrillar composites 13. Role of Nanofillers in Micro and Nano Fibrillar Composites: Strategy Towards Functional High Performance Composites 14. Crystallization Behaviour of of Micro and Nano Fibrillar composites 15. Diffusion, Transport and Gas Barrier Properties of Micro and Nano Fibrillar Composites 16. Rheology of Micro and Nano Fibrillar Composites 17. Synthesis, Charcterization and Application of recycled polyster and polyethylene based microfibrillar and Nanofibrillar composites