Micro and nano fibrillar composites (MFCs and NFCs) from polymer blends

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Content: Front Cover Micro and Nano Fibrillar Composites (MFCs and NFCs) from Polymer Blends Copyright Contents List of contributors Chapter 1: Basic structural and properties relationship of recyclable microfibrillar composite materials from immiscible ... 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Plastic blends 1.2.1. Thermodynamics of plastic miscibility and immiscibility 1.3. Concept of immiscible plastic blends 1.3.1. Processing of plastics blends 1.3.2. Compatibilization of plastic blends 1.4. Concepts of MFCs 1.4.1. Manufacturing of MFCs 1.4.2. Microstructure development of MFCs 1.4.3. Microstructure analysis of various types of plastics based MFCs1.4.3.1. General morphology of MFCs development with respective step 1.4.3.2. Effect of viscosity on fibrils morphology 1.4.3.3. Effect of nature of drawing on fibrils morphology 1.4.3.4. Effect of compatibilizers on fibrils' morphology 1.4.3.5. Effect of flow on fibrils' morphology 1.4.3.6. Effect of polymer concentration on fibrils' morphology 1.5. Mechanical properties of MFCs 1.6. Dynamic mechanical properties of MFCs 1.7. Effect of draw ratio on mechanical properties 1.8. Industrial application of MFCs 1.9. ConclusionReferences Chapter 2: Fundamental of polymer blends and its thermodynamics 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Polymer blends 2.2.1. Types of polymer blend 2.2.2. Immiscible polymer blends 2.2.3. Phase diagram 2.2.4. Compatibility in polymer blends 2.2.5. Other miscible polymer blends 2.3. Method of compounding 2.3.1. Batch mixers 2.3.2. Nonintermeshing rotor mixers 2.3.3. Continuous mixers 2.4. Thermodynamic and approaches to the miscibility of polymer blends 2.4.1. Molecular size and entropy 2.4.2. The regular solution 2.4.3. The Flory-Huggins model 2.4.4. The Hildebrand approach2.4.5. Extension of the Flory-Huggins model with specific interactions 2.4.6. The dependence of miscibility on blend composition and temperature 2.4.7. The Painter-Coleman association model 2.4.8. Analysis of the miscibility using molecular modeling calculations 2.4.9. Classification of miscible systems 2.4.9.1. Entropically driven miscible systems 2.4.9.2. Enthalpically driven miscible systems 2.5. Polymer blends based on biodegradable polyester 2.5.1. Blends containing poly (lactic acid) or poly (lactide) 2.5.2. PLA blended with poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(ethylene oxide)2.6. Conclusion References Further reading Chapter 3: What are microfibrillar and nanofibrillar composites? Basic concept, characterization, and application 3.1. Introduction 3.1.1. MFCs/NFCs-a basic concept 3.1.1.1. Preparation of MFCs/NFCs 3.1.1.2. Various performances of MFCs/NFCs 3.2. Potential applications of MFC technology 3.3. Other recent developments in MFC technology 3.4. Future outlook for MFCs 3.5. Major challenges References