Fillers and Reinforcements for Advanced Nanocomposites

Fillers and Reinforcements for Advanced Nanocomposites reviews cutting-edge, state-of-the-art research on the effective use of nanoscaled fillers and reinforcements to enhance the performance of advanced nanocomposites, both in industrial and manufacturing applications. It covers a broad range of topics such as nanocelluloses, nanotubes, nanoplatelets, and nanoparticles, as well as their extensive applications. The chapters provide detailed information on how fillers and reinforcements are used in the fabrication, synthesis and characterization of advanced nanocomposites to achieve extraordinary performance of new materials and significant enhancements in their mechanical, thermal, structural and multi-functional properties. It also highlights new technologies for the fabrication of advanced nanocomposites using innovative electrospinning techniques.

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Yu Dong is an Associate Professor within the School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at Curtin University, Perth, Australia. His main research interests are polymer nanocomposites, electrospun nanofibers/nanocomposites, green composites, nanomaterial processing and characterisation, micromechanical modelling, finite element analysis, statistical design of experiments and engineering education. He has published over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and 30 fully referred conference papers, written 10 book chapters and edited 3 technical books. He serves as an associate editor of two international journals, with the specialty recognition of nanomaterials and nanocomposites. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology & Research, United Arab Emirates Professor Alan Kin-tak Lau received his Bachelor and Master's degrees in Engineering and Aerospace Engineering from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University, Australia) in 1996 and 1997, respectively. Within that period, he also worked for General Aviation Maintenance Pty Ltd., Australia, as a trainee engineer, and for the Corporative Research Centre for Advanced Composite Structures (CRC-ACS) Australia, as a Research Assistant designing a repair scheme for composite preforms. Afterwards, he received his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in 2001. Thereafter, he was appointed as Assistant Professor in 2002, promoted to Associate Professor and Professor in 2005 and 2010. In 2015, he was appointed as Alex Wong/Gigi Wong Professor in Product Design Engineering and Associate Dean (Industrial Relation) in the Faculty of Engineering, PolyU. Currently, he is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Performance and Development) of Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.

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Preface and Introduction by the editors ** Part I Nanocelluloses
**1. Properties and characterization of electrically conductive nanocellulose-based composite films

2. Comparing the effects of microcrystalline cellulose and cellulose nanowhiskers extracted from oil palm empty fruit bunch on mechanical and thermal properties of poly lactic acid (PLA) composites
3. Advanced nanocomposites based on natural reinforcements ** Part II Nanotubes
   **4. Electrospun PLA: PCL/HNT nanocomposite fibres: synthesis and characterisation
4. Production of hybrid inorganic/ carbon nanotube fillers via chemical vapor deposition for advanced polymer nanocomposites ** Part III Nanoplatelets
   6. Development of bio-based polymer/clay nanocomposites: A critical revie
5. Synthesis of graphene based polymeric nanocomposites
6. Manufacturing and characterisation of multifunctional polymer - reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites
7. The processing of hierarchical nanocomposites
8. Flame retardance and thermal stability of polymer/graphene nanosheet oxides composites ** Part IV Nanoparticles
   **11. Compressive strength and durability of high volume fly ash (HVFA) concrete reinforced with calcium carbonate (CaCO3) nanoparticles
9. Amorphous carbon nanocomposites
10. Silica/polyimide nanocomposite films
11. Challenges and recent developments on nano-particle reinforced metal matrix composites ** Part V Filler applications
    15. Multifunctional nanocomposites reinforced with carbon nanopapers
12. Fillers in advanced nanocomposites for energy harvesting
13. Nanosilica-reinforced epoxy composites for marine applications
14. Monitoring the effect of micro-/ nano-fillers on curing-induced shrinkage in epoxy resins
15. Influence of nano-/micro-fillers on impact response of GFRP composites
16. Tribological properties of polymer-based composites with nanoscaled fillers?
17. Organic/inorganic nanocomposite hydrogels