Polymer Nanocomposite-Based Smart Materials: From Synthesis to Application

Polymer Nanocomposite-Based Smart Materials: From Synthesis to Application provides a broad, comprehensive review on all major categories of smart materials and their preparation routes. The main application fields and properties for these diverse types of smart polymer-based composite and nanocomposite materials are also discussed. Chapters on modeling methods and simulation look at the physical or chemical change response that is introduced by the effect of changing environmental conditions such as pH, temperature, mechanical force and light. Written by scholars and experts from around the globe, the book covers key aspects, such as synthesis, processing and applications of polymer and nanocomposite-based smart materials.

Features a board range of different polymer nanocomposites-based smart materialsContains coverage of synthesis applications as well as experimental, modeling and theoretical resultsIncludes comprehensive coverage on preparation and testing methods

1. Introduction: different types of smart materials and their practical applications
2. Role of characterization techniques in evaluating the material properties of nanoparticle-based polymer materials
3. Self-healing based on composites and nanocomposites materials: from synthesis to application and modeling
4. Thermochromic composite materials: synthesis, properties and applications
5. Piezoelectric polymer films: synthesis, applications, and modeling
6. Shape memory based on composites and nanocomposites materials: from synthesis to application
7. Self-assembling smart materials for biomaterials applications
8. Electroactive polymer composites and applications
9. Polymer nanocomposites smart materials for energy applications
10. Smart materials for medical applications
11. Smart composite materials for civil engineering applications
12. Molecularly imprinted polymer for water contaminants