Nanotechnology is progressing very rapidly. This book focuses on carbon nanotubes and nano clays and explore their importance and roles in composites. Hence, the chapters address processing, rheology, mechanical properties and their interaction with fiber composites.

Written by renowned researchers, this book is a collection of nine chapters which embrace the role of nano particles in composites. The first three chapters focus on the use of carbon nanotubes in composites. Chapter 4 explores the interaction between traditional fiber composites and the use of nano particles in terms of benefits and property enhancement in addition to the processing of such materials. Chapter 5 discusses in detail the rheology of suspensions that contain nanofibers and how one can modify existing models to describe their flow behavior. Chapters 6 through 9 address nano clay composites.

Contents:

• Carbon Nanotube/Nanofibre Polymer Composites (M Shaffer & J Sandler)
• Dispersion, Bonding and Orientation of Carbon Nanotubes in Polymer Matrices (S Advani & Z-H Fan)
• SWNT Buckypaper Nanocomposites: High Nanotube Loading and Tailoring Nanostructures (X-Y R Liang et al.)
• Processing and Mechanical Properties Characterization of Hybrid Thermoset Polymer Composites with Micro-Fiber and Carbon Nano-Fiber Reinforcements (K-T Hsiao)
• Shear Rheology of Nanofiber Suspensions and Nanofiber/Polymer Melt Composites (J-H Xu et al.)
• Recent Advances in Polymer/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites: An Overview from Science to Technology (M Okamoto)
• Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites — A Review of Mechanical and Physical Properties (Z-Z Yu et al.)
• Preparative Methods and Properties of Polypropylene/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites (J-H Lee et al.)
• Clay Nanocomposites of Polyurethanes and Epoxies: Preparation Methods and Properties (S C Jana)