Smart Polymer Nanocomposites

Nisar Ali is an Associate Professor in the Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, College of Applied and Health Sciences, A’Sharqiyah University, Oman. His research interest includes polymer/biopolymer hybrids and assembly materials, magnetic composite nanostructures, surface functionalization, wettability, and wastewater remediation. Muhammad Bilal is working as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland. Previously, he served as an assistant/associate Professor at Poznan University of Technology, Poland, and the School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, China. He earned his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, specializing in bioengineering and applied biotechnology. His main research activities are oriented to Environmental biotechnology, nanotechnology, enzyme engineering, immobilization, chemical modifications, and industrial applications of microbial enzymes, liquid, and solid waste management. He has authored over 700 peer-reviewed articles, 150 book chapters, 25 edited books. Dr. Bilal is the associate editor of Frontiers in Chemical Engineering and Frontiers in Environmental Science (Frontiers), and an editorial board member for several journals. He was listed as a highly cited researcher (Clarivate) in 2021 and holds several "highly cited papers" in WOS. Adnan Khan earned his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry University of Campinas, Sao Paulo-Brazil (UNICAMP) in 2011. His main areas of interest includes adsorption, catalysis, biopolymers, and molecularly imprinted polymers. He is currently wroks as an Associate Professor at the Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Peshawar. Dr. Adnan has more than 75 publications to his name in international peer-reviewed journals, including co-editor of books, author book chapters, review papers, and conference papers that are either published or in progress. Tuan Anh Nguyen is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. He received a BS in physics from Hanoi University in 1992, a BS in economics from Hanoi National Economics University in 1997, and a PhD in chemistry from the Paris Diderot University, France, in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University, South Korea, in 2004, and the University of Wollongong, Australia, in 2005. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Scientist at Montana State University, United States in 2006-09. In 2012 he was appointed as the Head of the Microanalysis Department at the Institute for Tropical Technology. His research areas of interest include smart sensors, smart networks, smart hospitals, smart cities, complexiverse, and digital twins. He has edited more than 74 books for Elsevier, 12 books for CRC Press, 1 book for Springer, 1 book for RSC, and 2 books for IGI Global. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience. Ram Gupta is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Pittsburg State University, Kansas, United States. His research focus is in green energy production and storage using nanomaterials, optoelectronics and photovoltaics devices, organic-inorganic heterojunctions for sensors, nanomagnetism, conducting polymers and composites as well as bio-based polymers, bio-compatible nanofibers for tissue regeneration, scaffold and antibacterial applications, and bio-degradable metallic implants.

• Part I. Basic Principles1. Introduction to Polymeric Nanomaterials.2. Morphology of Polymer Nanoparticles 3. Natural Polymers. An Introduction4. Inorganic Polymeric Nanoparticles5. Characterization of Polymeric NanoparticlesPart II. Synthetic Method of Polymeric Nanoparticles6. Emulsion and Mini-emulsion Polymerization 7. Co-polymerization8. Step Growth Polymerization9. Control/living Polymerization10. Precipitation Polymerization11. Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization12. Radical Addition Fragmentation Transfer Polymerization13. Complex Coordination Polymerization14. Emulsifier-free Polymerization15. Polymer Initiator and Surface Active Part III. Tailoring of Various Polymeric Nanocomposites16. Polymer Nanocomposites. An Overview17. Silica-based Polymer Nanocomposites18. Clay-based Polymer Nancomposites19. Iron Oxide/Polymer Magnetic Composite Nanoparticles20. Graphene based polymer nanocomposites21. pH-responsive Functionalized Polymeric Nanoparticles22. Thermo-responsive Functionalized Polymeric Nanocomposites23. Polyhedral Oligosilsesquioxane-based Polymer NanocompositesPart IV. Applications of Polymer and Polymer-composite Nanoparticles24. High-temperature Applications of Polymer Nanocomposites25. Polymer Nanocomposites in Bone Tissue Regeneration26. Polymer Nanocomposites for Biomedical Application27. Polymer Nanocomposites for Wastewater Treatment28. Polymer Nanocomposites for Dielectric and Energy Storage Applications29. Optically Active Polymer Nanocomposites for Supercapaitor Applications. 30. Polymer Nanocomposites for Food-packaging Applications31. Polymer Nanocomposites for Sensing Applications32. Polymer Nanocomposites for Drug Delivery Applications