Polyurethane Polymers: Composites and Nanocomposites

Professor Sabu Thomas is currently an Emeritus Professor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He was the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University. He is a Senior Professor of Christ University, Bangalore, India. He is also a visiting Professor at the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, and an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India. He is the Chairman of the TrEST Research Park, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. The H index of Professor Thomas is 163 and he has more than 133,000 citationsProf. Datta is a well famous scientist in the field of polymer science and technology. He is an expert in the field of polyurethane recycling, polymer blending and composites. He has a good number of research publications in reputed journals. He is the editor of a book and written two book chapters.He is having ten patents to his credit. He is undertaking more than twenty projects. He secured his graduation and post graduation from Gdansk University, Poland and is currently working as an Asst. Professor in the same university. He supervised two PhD students and more than thirty post graduate students. Prof. Jozef T. Haponiuk is Professor and Head of Department, at the Department of Polymer Technology, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Prof. Haponiuk is an experienced researcher in the fields of polymer composites, polymer blends, and associated materials. He has received a number of prizes and awards for his work. Arunima is currently doing her doctoral research in polymer science in the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University. She has concentrated on polymer blends with recycled polyurethanes. She has Co authored a book chapter and is actively engaged in research in the group of Prof. Sabu Thomas.

• 1. PU Polymers, Their Composites, and Nanocomposites: State of the Art and New ChallengesJózef T. Haponiuk and Krzysztof Formela2. Micro- and Nanomechanics of PU Polymer-Based Composites and NanocompositesAruna K. Barick3. Engineering of Interface in Nanocomposites Based on PU PolymersYuanQiao Rao4. Nanocomposites of PU Polymers Filled With Spherical FillersS. Mojtaba Mirabedini and Khosrow Khodabakhshi5. Polyurethane Nanocomposites of Layered SilicatesDinesh K. Patel, Arun K. Mahanta and Pralay Maiti6. Nanocomposites of Polyurethane Filled with CNTsNiladri Sarkar, Gyanaranjan Sahoo and Sarat K. Swain7. Composites and Nanocomposites of PU Polymers Filled With POSS FillersHossein Yahyaei and Mohsen Mohseni8. Composites and Nanocomposites of PU Polymers Filled with Natural Fibers and Their NanofibersKhosrow Khodabakhshi and S. Mojtaba Mirabedini9. Polyurethane Nanocomposite Foams: Correlation Between Nanofillers, Porous Morphology, and Structural and Functional PropertiesLetizia Verdolotti, Maria R. Di Caprio, Marino Lavorgna and Giovanna G. Buonocore10. Nanocomposites of PU Polymers with Nano Chitin and Nano StarchNorma-Aurea Rangel-Vazquez11. Self-Healing Properties of PU and PU NanocompositesQiuhong Zhang, Li Wang and Xudong Jia12. Conducting Polyurethane CompositesRaghvendra K. Mishra, Jiji Abraham, Kuruvilla Joseph, Karingamanna Jayanarayanan, Nandakumar Kalarikkal and Sabu Thomas13. Nonlinear Viscoelastic Properties of Polyurethane NanocompositesMichał Strankowski14. Vegetable Oil-Derived Polyurethane Composites with Graphite as Electrode Materials for ElectroanalysisPriscila Cervini and Éder T.G. Cavalheiro15. Modeling and Simulation in PU-Based Composites and NanocompositesNorma-Aurea Rangel-Vazquez16. Polyurethane Composites and Nanocomposites for Biomedical ApplicationsJinlian Hu and Lin Tan17. Flame Retardancy of Composites and Nanocomposites Based on PU PolymersMetehan Atagür, Sibel Demirog˘ lu and M. Özgür Seydibeyog˘ lu18. Polyurethane-Based BiocompositesMohd Radzi Ali, Mohd Sapuan Salit, Mohammad Jawaid, Muhd Ridzuan Mansur and Mohd Fairuz Abd Manap19. Aging Behavior of Composite- and Nanocomposite-Based PolyurethaneAlpesh U. Vala, Ajay V. Rane, Krishnan Kanny, Vayyaprontavida K. Abitha and Sabu Thomas20. Applications of Polyurethane Based Composites and NanocompositesAjay V. Rane, Krishnan Kanny, Vayyaprontavida K. Abitha, Sainath Jadhav, Saket Mulge and Sabu Thomas