Radiation Technology for Advanced Materials:: From Basic to Modern Applications

Radiation technology is a unique approach to fabricating high-performance materials and high value-added products. Radiation Technology for Advanced Materials presents a range of radiation technology applications to advanced materials. The book aims to bridge the gap between researchers and industry, describing current uses of radiation technology and its future prospects. It describes mature radiation processing technology used in preparing heat shrinkable materials and wire and cable materials, giving commercial cases. The book illustrates current materials in development and their future applications, including high-performance fibers, special self-lubricating materials, special ultra-fine powder materials, civil fibers, natural polymeric materials, battery separator membranes, special filtration materials and metallic nanomaterials.

The book comprises chapters on radiation technology in high-performance fiber and functional textiles, radiation crosslinking and typical applications, radiation crosslinking for polymer foaming material, radiation degradation and application, radiation emulsion polymerization, radiation effects of ionic liquids, radiation technology in advanced new materials, and future prospects.

Presents a range of radiation technology applications as applied to advanced materialsCovers the mature radiation processing technology used to prepare heat shrinkable materials, and wire cable materials, describing real-world commercial applicationsShows the promising application of radiation technology to preparing high-performance Si and carbon fibersDescribes the radiation degradation/radiation effect used to prepare fine powder materialsDiscusses radiation modification and radiation grafting techniques used to synthesise materials such as civil fibers, natural polymeric materials and othersDetails future prospects of the radiation technology and advanced materials

1. Radiation technology in high-performance fiber and functional textiles 2. Radiation crosslinking and some typical applications 3. Radiation crosslinking for polymer foaming material 4. Radiation degradation and application 5. Radiation emulsion polymerization 6. Radiation effects of ionic liquids 7. Radiation Technology in advanced new materials 8. Summarization and prospect