Fillers and Reinforcements for Advanced Nanocomposites

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.

• Preface and Introduction by the editorsPart I Nanocelluloses1. Properties and characterization of electrically conductive nanocellulose-based composite films2. 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) composites3. Advanced nanocomposites based on natural reinforcementsPart II Nanotubes4. Electrospun PLA: PCL/HNT nanocomposite fibres: synthesis and characterisation5. Production of hybrid inorganic/ carbon nanotube fillers via chemical vapor deposition for advanced polymer nanocompositesPart III Nanoplatelets6. Development of bio-based polymer/clay nanocomposites: A critical revie7. Synthesis of graphene based polymeric nanocomposites 8. Manufacturing and characterisation of multifunctional polymer – reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites9. The processing of hierarchical nanocomposites10. Flame retardance and thermal stability of polymer/graphene nanosheet oxides compositesPart IV Nanoparticles11. Compressive strength and durability of high volume fly ash (HVFA) concrete reinforced with calcium carbonate (CaCO3) nanoparticles12. Amorphous carbon nanocomposites 13. Silica/polyimide nanocomposite films14. Challenges and recent developments on nano-particle reinforced metal matrix compositesPart V Filler applications15. Multifunctional nanocomposites reinforced with carbon nanopapers16. Fillers in advanced nanocomposites for energy harvesting17. Nanosilica-reinforced epoxy composites for marine applications18. Monitoring the effect of micro-/ nano-fillers on curing-induced shrinkage in epoxy resins19. Influence of nano-/micro-fillers on impact response of GFRP composites20. Tribological properties of polymer-based composites with nanoscaled fillers?21. Organic/inorganic nanocomposite hydrogels