Renewable Polymers and Polymer-Metal Oxide Composites
Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

Key reference on the theory and latest advances in applications of polymer-oxide composites

Sajjad Haider (Edited by), Adnan Haider (Edited by)

9780323851558

Paperback / softback, published 22 March 2022

514 pages, 270 illustrations (70 in full color)
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.82 kg

Renewable Polymers and Polymer-Metal Oxide Composites: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications serves as a reference on the key concepts of the advances of polymer-oxide composites. The book reviews knowledge on polymer-composite theory, properties, structure, synthesis, and their characterization and applications. There is an emphasis on coupling metal oxides with polymers from renewable sources. Also, the latest advances in the relationship between the microstructure of the composites and the resulting improvement of the material’s properties and performance are covered. The applications addressed include desalination, tissue engineering, energy storage, hybrid energy systems, food, and agriculture.

Part 1: Basic principles of composite materials
1. Composite Materials: General Concepts, Recent Advances and Applications
2. Theory of polymer composites: Structure, properties and the structure-property relationship
3. Traditional and recently advanced synthetic routes of metal oxide materials
4. Design and synthesis of metal oxide-polymer composites

Part 2: Features of polymer-metal oxide composites applications
5. Medical applications of polymer and functionalized nanoparticle composite systems
6. Polymer-metal oxide composites: An eco-friendly material for water treatment
7. Polymer/metal oxide composites electrodes in energy devices
8. Progress and challenges for optically active polymer-metal oxide composites
9. Metal oxide-polymer composites properties near the percolation threshold
10. Polymer-metal oxide composites for sensing applications

Part 3: Polymers from renewable resources and their applications
11. Materials from renewable resources: new properties and functions
12. Sustainable polymers from renewable resources: A future macromolecular material
13. Polysaccharides-metal oxide composites: A green functional material
14. Food packaging materials from renewable polymers and their metal-oxide composites
15. Advances in renewable polymer-metal oxide systems for tissue engineering
16. Lignin-metal oxide composites for photo catalysis and photovoltaics

Subject Areas: Electronic devices & materials [TJFD], Electronics & communications engineering [TJ], Materials science [TGM], Plastics & polymers technology [TDCP]