Description
Surface Modification and Coating of Fibers, Polymers, and Composites: Techniques, Properties, and Applications outlines techniques, concepts, characterization, and applications of surface modification for fibers, polymers, and coated fiber-reinforced composites allowing for precision engineering of the mechanical and thermal properties, electrical conductivity, and chemical resistance of these materials. A broad range of fiber types are covered and the book highlights how surface modification enhances the durability and sustainability of them. The book starts with chapters that discuss surface modification techniques for a range of different fibers and composites, including animal-based, mineral, leaf-based, root-based, and more. The next section of the book covers surface coating techniques as well as morphology, characterization, and computational modeling of surface-coated materials, and the book concludes with a section that outlines the properties and applications of coated fiber composites.- Outlines techniques, concepts, characterization, and applications of surface modification of fibers, polymers, and coated fiber-reinforced composites- Techniques provided allow for precision tailoring of the mechanical and thermal properties, electrical conductivity, and chemical resistance of natural and synthetic fibers- Highlights the sustainability features of surface modification of these materials- Covers a variety of fiber types including synthetic, biofibers, MXene, and graphene-based
Table of Contents
Section I: Surface Modification of Fibers and Their Composites1. Introduction of natural fiber and its surface modification2. Recent Developments in Natural and Synthetic Fibers, Polymers, and their Composites3. Surface Wettability and Interfacial Behavior of Surface Modified Fibers and Composites4. Surface modification of animal-based fibers and their composites5. Surface modification of mineral fibers and their composites6. Surface modification of bast-based fibers and their composites7. Surface modification of leaf-based fibers and their composites8. Surface Modifications of Root-based fibers and their Composites9. Surface modification of fruit and seed-based fibers and their composites10. Surface modification of natural fillers and their composites11. Surface modification of synthetic fillers and their composites12. Challenges and Future prospects of fiber surface modificationsSection II: Surface Coating of Fibers, Polymers, and their Composites13. Coating materials and their processing for fibers and polymers14. Coating techniques for coating fibers and polymers and their stability15. Natural Fibers Coating Processes for Reinforcement of Polymer Composites16. Morphology and Characterization of Surface-Treated Fibers17. Coating of fibers and polymers with synthetic materials18. Coating of fibers and polymers with bio-based materials19. Evaluation of Mechanical Properties and water absorption characteristics in chemically treated banana and Abaca Fiber - Reinforced CompositesSection III: Properties and Applications of Coated Fiber Composites20. Thermal and electrical properties of coated fiber - reinforced polymer composites21. Challenges and Future Prospects of Coated Fiber - reinforced polymer composites22. Coated fiber - reinforced polymer composites for energy storage applications23. Coated fiber - reinforced polymer composites for construction applications24. Life Cycle Assessment of Surface modified fiber - reinforced composites
