Polymeric and nanostructured materials: synthesis, properties, and advanced applications

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Copyright......Page 5
ABOUT THE EDITORS......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 10
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 14
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 18
INTRODUCTION......Page 20
PART I: RESEARCH ON NANOCOMPOSITES......Page 22
CHAPTER 1. THERMAL LENS TECHNIQUE: AN INVESTIGATION ON RHODAMINE 6G  INCORPORATED IN ZINC OXIDE LOW-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES APARNA THANKAPPAN AND V. P. N. NAMPOORI......Page 24
CHAPTER 2. THERMAL PROPERTIES OF POLYPROPYLENE HYBRID COMPOSITES D. PURNIMA AND SAGARIKA TALLA......Page 36
CHAPTER 3. INVERSE RELAXATION IN POLYMERIC MATERIALS: SPECIAL REFERENCE  TO TEXTILES P. K. MANDHYAN, N. SHANMUGAM, P. G. PATIL, R. P. NACHANE, AND S. K. DEY......Page 44
CHAPTER 4. SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOCRYSTALLINE ZNO THIN  FILM PREPARED BY ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION T. V. LIDIYA AND K. RAJEEV KUMAR......Page 58
CHAPTER 5. VIBRATIONAL PROPERTIES OF A GLASS FABRIC/CASHEW  NUT SHELL LIQUID RESIN COMPOSITE SAI NAGA SRI HARSHA CH., K. PADMANABHAN, AND R. MURUGAN......Page 70
CHAPTER 6. A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EFFECT OF DYE STRUCTURE ON  POLYELECTROLYTE-INDUCED METACHROMASY R. NANDINI AND B. VISHALAKSHI......Page 76
CHAPTER 7. NANOSTRUCTURED EPOXY/BLOCK COPOLYMER BLENDS: CHARACTERIZATION OF  MICRO- AND NANOSTRUCTURE BY ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY, SCANNING  ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY RAGHVENDRAKUMAR MISHRA, REMYA V. R., JAYESH CHERUSSERI, NANDAKUMAR KALARIKKAL,  AND SABU THOMAS......Page 92
CHAPTER 8. XANTHENE DYE-DOPED PVA-BASED THIN-FILM OPTICAL FILTER  CHARACTERISTICS AND ITS GREEN LASER BEAM BLOCKING R. RENJINI, GEORGE MITTY, V. P. N. NAMPOORI, AND S. MATHEW......Page 148
9. FABRICATION AND FRACTURE TOUGHNESS PROPERTIES OF CASHEW  NUT SHELL LIQUID RESIN-BASED GLASS FABRIC COMPOSITES SAI NAGA SRI HARSHA CH. AND K. PADMANABHAN......Page 156
CHAPTER 10. PHYTOSYNTHESIS OF CU AND FE NANOPARTICLES USING AQUEOUS  PLANT EXTRACTS SUBRAMANIAN L., OBEY KOSHY, AND SABU THOMAS......Page 162
CHAPTER 11. EFFECT OF CONCENTRATION AND TEMPERATURE ON ZNO  NANOPARTICLES PREPARED BY REFLUX METHOD VAIBHAV KOUTU, NAJIDHA S., LOKESH SHASTRI, AND M. M. MALIK......Page 174
CHAPTER 12. GRAPHENE-BASED NANOCOMPOSITE FOR REMEDIATION OF  INORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN WATER VIMLESH CHANDRA......Page 180
PART II: RESEARCH ON POLYMER TECHNOLOGY......Page 232
CHAPTER 13. CELLULOSE: THE POTENTIAL BIOPOLYMER ANEESA PADINJAKKARA AND SABU THOMAS......Page 234
CHAPTER 14. BIOPROCESSING: A SUSTAINABLE TOOL IN THE PRETREATMENT OF  LYCRA/COTTON WEFT-KNITTED FABRICS SHANTHI RADHAKRISHNAN......Page 240
CHAPTER 15. HALLOYSITE BIONANOCOMPOSITES P. SANTHANA GOPALA KRISHNAN, P. MANJU, AND S. K. NAYAK......Page 252
CHAPTER 16. FLAME SPRAYING OF POLYMERS: DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF THE  EQUIPMENT AND COATING APPLICATIONS YURY KOROBOV AND MARAT BELOTSERKOVSKIY......Page 272
PART III: RESEARCH ON ELECTROCHEMISTRY......Page 290
CHAPTER 17. GRAPHENE-BASED HYBRIDS FOR ENERGY STORAGE AND  ENERGY CONVERSION APPLICATIONS ANJU K. NAIR, SABU THOMAS, KALA M. S., AND NANDAKUMAR KALARIKKAL......Page 292
CHAPTER 18. PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES FOR ENERGY-SCAVENGING  APPLICATIONS ANSHIDA MAYEEN AND NANDAKUMAR KALARIKKAL......Page 310
CHAPTER 19. OPTIMIZATION OF BETANIN DYE FOR SOLAR CELL APPLICATIONS APARNA THANKAPPAN, V. P. N. NAMPOORI, AND SABU THOMAS......Page 330
20. POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE-BASED ELECTROCHEMICAL  CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS P. SURESH, K. RAMYA, AND K. S. DHATHATHREYAN......Page 344
CHAPTER 21. GRAPHENE-BASED NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED  ELECTROCHEMICAL WATER/WASTEWATER TREATMENT EMMANUEL MOUSSET AND MINGHUA ZHOU......Page 358
INDEX......Page 396