Polyolefin Blends and Composites, 2 Volume Set

Polyolefins is the collective name for polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) which are amongst the most widely used plastics today, accounting for more than half of total plastics consumption in the developed world. Available for the first time as a two-volume set, Polyolefin Blends and Polyolefin Composites comprehensively summarize and collect many of the technical research accomplishments conducted on blends and composites of polyolefin. The first books to focus exclusively on this subject, they serve as a "one stop" reference resource for the important research advances and accomplishments in recent years, with major emphasis given to the new area of polyolefin nano-blends and polyolefin nano-composites. Frontmatter (Pages: i-xix)

CHAPTER 1 Overview of Polyolefin Composites (Pages: 1-28)
Domasius Nwabunma

CHAPTER 2 Polypropylene Natural Cellulosic Fiber Composites (Pages: 29-43)
Robert A. Shanks

CHAPTER 3 Polyolefin/Natural Fiber Composites (Pages: 44-86)
Laly A. Pothan, Adriaan S. Luyt, Sabu Thomas

CHAPTER 4 Composites of Polyolefins and Some Polyolefin/Polyamide Blends as Matrices and Calcium Carbonate, Wood Flour, Sisal Fiber, Hydroxyapatite, and Montmorillonite as Fillers (Pages: 87-128)
Carmen Albano, Rosestela Perera

CHAPTER 5 Ethylene–Propylene–Diene Rubber/Carbon Black Composites (Pages: 129-149)
Soney C. George, Sabu Thomas

CHAPTER 6 Selected Topics on Polypropylene/Wood Flour Composites: Thermal, Mechanical, and Time-Dependent Response (Pages: 150-177)
María M. Reboredo, Mirta I. Aranguren, Norma E. Marcovich

CHAPTER 7 Deformation and Fracture Behavior of Natural Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene (Pages: 178-203)
Celina R. Bernal

CHAPTER 8 Metallocene Catalyzed Functionalized Polyolefins in Composites (Pages: 205-227)
Ulla Hippi, Noora Ristolainen, Barbro Löfgren, Jukka Seppälä

CHAPTER 9 Polyethylene/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites: Preparation and Properties (Pages: 228-250)
Yuan Hu, Hongdian Lu, Lei Song

CHAPTER 10 Polypropylene/Clay Nanocomposites (Pages: 251-282)
Xuehong Lu, Ke Wang, Yang C. Chua

CHAPTER 11 Polyolefin/Layered Double Hydroxide (LDH) Nanocomposites: Preparation, Structure, and Properties (Pages: 283-310)
José I. Velasco

CHAPTER 12 Effect of Nanofillers on Crystallization, Phase Transformation, and Thermomechanical Behavior of Poly(1-Butene) (Pages: 311-345)
Santosh D. Wanjale, Jyoti P. Jog

CHAPTER 13 Toward Polyethylene Nanocomposites with Controlled Properties (Pages: 346-364)
Yvonne A. Akpalu

CHAPTER 14 Polyolefin–Silicate Nanocomposites: Mechanical Properties and Fracture Mechanics (Pages: 365-414)
Sie C. Tjong

CHAPTER 15 Polyolefin/Clay Nanocomposites: Theory and Simulation (Pages: 415-448)
Anna C. Balazs, Jozef Bicerano, Valeriy V. Ginzburg

CHAPTER 16 Monte Carlo Modeling of Polyethylene Nanocomposites Using a High Coordination Lattice (Pages: 449-485)
Peter J. Dionne, Rahmi Ozisik, Catalin R. Picu

CHAPTER 17 Characteristics of Multiwall Carbon Nanotube and Polyethylene Composites Prepared by Gelation/Crystallization from Solutions (Pages: 486-522)
Masaru Matsuo, Yuezhen Bin, Qingyun Chen, Atsuko Yamanaka

CHAPTER 18 Crystallization Behavior of Polyethylene/Carbon Nanotube Composites (Pages: 523-551)
Lingyu Li, Bing Li, Steve L. Kodjie, Christopher Y. Li

CHAPTER 19 Formation of Shish-Kebab Structures in Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE)/Low Molecular Weight Polyethylene (LMWPE) Composites under Shear Flow (Pages: 552-576)
Toshiji Kanaya, Go Matsuba, Koji Nishida

CHAPTER 20 Template Crystallization of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polypropylene Induced by Chain Orientation of Cocrystallized Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene (Pages: 577-595)
Rockliffe St. J. Manley, Thein Kyu

Index (Pages: 597-603)

Domasius Nwabunma and Thein Kyu are the authors of Polyolefin Blends and Composites, 2-Volume Set, published by Wiley.