Rubber Technology

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 citationsAbitha V.K. is a Senior Research Fellow at the School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Her areas of research include rubber, polymer blends, fibre filled polymer composites, particulate filled polymer composites and their morphological and structural characterization. Dr. Abitha has written several book chapters, and has co-edited three books with Elsevier. Keloth Paduvilan Jibin is an assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry, Mahatma Gandhi College, Iritty Kannur, Kerala, India. He completed his Master of Science degree in Analytical Chemistry in 2016, and was ranked first in the MSc Analytical Chemistry at Mahatma Gandhi University. Jibin has presented several papers at national and international conferences. As part of his work on nanomaterials, he has been involved in projects on optical studies of samarium complexes, synthesized using curcumin, isolated from turmeric extract as ligand, and on the synthesis of Mg and Co co-doped ZnO-based diluted magnetic semi-conductors, for optoelectronic applications. Currently he is working in the area of hybrid polymer nanocomposites for engineering applications. He has published 10 journal articles, more than 10 book chapters and edited two books.Hanna J. Maria is a Senior Researcher at the School of Energy Materials and the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Her research focusses on natural rubber composites and their blends, thermoplastic composites, lignin, nanocellulose, bionanocomposites, nanocellulose, rubber-based composites and nanocomposites.

• Section 1: Fundamentals of Rubber and Rubber Technology1. An Introduction to Rubber and Rubber Technology, Structure-Property Relationships, and Terminologies2. Rubber Testing and Mechanics3. Dry Rubber Compounding and Processing4. Vulcanization Techniques5. AFM Nanomechanics for RubbersSection 2: Synthetic, Natural, and Specialty Rubbers6. Natural Rubber7. Concept of Self-Healing in Rubbers8. Concept of functionalization in rubbers9. Shape memory effect in elastomersSection 3: Rubber Composites, Nanocomposites, and Blends10. Rubber-based Composites and Nanocomposites11. Rubber-based Rubber Blends, Composites and nanocomposites12. Rubber-based Short Fiber Reinforced CompositesSection 4: Engineering, Modelling, Quality Control, and Applications of Rubber13. Modeling and Simulation with Rubbers14. A Practical, Universal Method for Predicting the Fatigue Life of Elastomeric Components - Bubble Inflation and The Concept of Dynamic Stored Energy15. A Practical, Universal Method for Predicting the Fatigue Life of Elastomeric Components - Dynamic Stored Energy and Complex Modulus Concepts Applied to Swollen Elastomers and Smart ElastomersSection 5: Applications of Rubbers16. Rubbers in Tyre Engineering17. Rubbers in Defence Applications18. Rubbers in Biomedical Applications19. Electrospinning of rubbers20. 3-D printing of rubbers21. Entrepreneurship Development in Rubber ProductsSection 6: Rubber Recycling, Life Cycle Analysis, and Future Outlook22. Recycling of Rubbers23. Utilization of Reclaimed Rubber24. Rubbers derived biomass and circular economy25. Future Outlook of Rubber Materials and Technology