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Smart Composite Coatings and Membranes
Transport, Structural, Environmental and Energy Applications
This book provides a comprehensive examination of recent developments in smart composite materials and their use in various technological applications, including energy generation and storage, water management, and stone conservation
Maria Fatima Montemor (Edited by)
9781782422839, Elsevier Science
Hardback, published 9 November 2015
490 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 3 cm, 0.64 kg
Smart Composite Coatings and Membranes: Transport, Structural, Environmental and Energy Applications provides the latest information on the increase in demand for new smart materials for a wide array of different technological applications. The book comprehensively reviews the latest developments in smart composite materials used as membranes, barriers, and coatings, with a special focus on corrosion protection, transportation, structure, and the wide range of applications. Part one examines the properties, processing, and manufacture of smart composite materials, along with techniques for modeling the behavior of these materials, while other sections review the use of smart composite coatings in aerospace, marine, and metal structural applications, examine the protective properties and applications of smart composite coatings, and introduce specific low environmental impact and energy efficient applications, such as energy generation and storage, water management, and stone conservation.
Preface Part 1 Processing and characterization of smart composites 1 Properties of smart adaptive composite materials 2 Smart and composite inorganic coatings obtained by sputtering: a promising solution for numerous application fields 3 Modeling the behavior of smart composite materials Part 2 Smart Composite Coatings for Aerospace, Marine and Structural Applications 4 Smart composite coatings for corrosion protection of aluminium alloys in aerospace applications 5 Smart anti-biofouling composite coatings for naval applications 6 Smart corrosion protection by multi-action self-healing polymeric coatings 7 Hybrid nanocontainer-based smart self-healing composite coatings for the protection of metallic assets Part 3 Smart composite coatings for the protection of materials and other applications 8 Smart multiphase polymer coatings for the protection of materials 9 Smart anti-microbial composite coatings for textiles and plastics 10 Smart hydrophobic and soil repellent protective composite coatings for textiles and leather 11 New smart environmentally-friendly composite coatings for wood protection Part 4 Smart composite materials for environmental and energy applications 12 Smart composite reverse-osmosis membranes for energy generation and water desalination processes 13 Smart multifunctional hybrid coatings with adjustable permeability for migration barriers
Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Industrial chemistry [TDC]
