Experimental Methods on Polymers, Nanomaterials & their Nanocomposites (Polymer Science and Technology)

This book starts with a very brief description on polymers, nanomaterials and polymer nanocomposites including their characterisation, analysis, testing and processing. This book is aimed towards both experienced students as well as to the beginner student who wishes to peruse research work in the field. Therefore, this is the first book of its kind on the subject. Furthermore, the students in the fields of chemical science and engineering, materials science and engineering, chemical technology, environmental science and engineering, biochemical engineering, biotechnology, etc. can use it as a valuable and useful book on experimental work in the field. The book covers basic concepts and experiments on the preparation, characterisation, properties, processing and applications of polymers, nanomaterials and their nanocomposites. Chapter One deals with the fundamentals of concept, classifications, materials, methods, characterisation, processing, testing and applications of such materials. The second chapter tries to cover the preparative methods on raw materials for polymers and nanomaterials. From Chapter Three to Chapter Seven, preparative methods for different types of polymers including addition, condensation, rearrangement, resin and specialty polymers are described. The experiments on nanomaterials and polymer nanocomposites are presented in details in Chapter Eight. Chapters Nine and Ten demonstrate mainly the experiments on characterisation and analysis, and processing and testing of polymeric materials including nanocomposites. The last chapter deals with the experiments on different applications of polymers, nanomaterials and their nanocomposites. At the end of each chapter, a few simple but provoking questions are given as exercise in this book for self-understanding to the learners. References are cited at the end of each chapter to help the learner on the topic. About the Author Niranjan Karak, M.Tech., Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur) is a Professor of Polymer Science and Nanomaterials of Chemical Sciences Department and Head, Sophisticated and Analytical Instrument Center (SAIC) of Tezpur University (A Central University). Prof. Karak was also a Post-doctoral Fellow of Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Visiting Professor of Prof. J. W. Cho's Laboratory, Department of Textile Engineering, Konkuk University, South Korea, as well as Guest Researcher of Lebnitz Institute of Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany. He had more than eighteen years in academic and one year industrial experience in the field. Dr. Karak has published about 174 research papers including review articles in reputed national and international Journals, and presented several research papers as well as invited talks based on his research group's findings in India and abroad. He is also the main author of a reference book entitled, Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers Synthesis to Applications' and sole author of a text book entitled, Fundamentals of Polymers-Raw Materials to Finish Products' and an axillary text book on Vegetable Oil Based Polymers: Preparation, Properties, Processing and Applications'. Dr. Karak has executed nine Government sponsored research projects from UGC, CSIR, DST, DRDO, DRL, NRB, DBT, etc. and two consultancy projects of a multinational industry. Prof. Karak guided numerous students for their MSc/MTech projects, fifteen research scho