Mineral-Filled Polymer Composites

One of two volumes comprising the Mineral-Filled Polymer Composites Handbook, this volume provides an overview of the latest research, applications, and future directions of advanced mineral fiber-reinforced polymer composites. It focuses specifically on material selection, processing, and applications.

Hanafi Ismail is the Director of Innovation Centre and Consultation, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Fellow Academy of Science Malaysia (FASc) and ex-Dean School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering. Prof. Hanafi is a Fellow at Science Academy of Malaysia and Top Malaysian Scientist 2012 and 2014. S.M. Sapuan is Professor of Composite Materials at Universiti Putra Malaysia. He earned his B.Eng degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Newcastle, Australia in 1990, MSc from Loughborough University, UK in 1994 and Ph.D from De Montfort University, UK in 1998. In 2019, he was awarded Top Research Scientist Malaysia (TRSM 2019) and Professor of Eminence Award from AMU, India. R. A. Ilyas was the recipient of Gold Medal Malaysian Vaccines & Pharmaceuticals (MVP) Doctor of Philosophy 2019, and Top Student Award (Institute of Tropical Forest and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia).

1. Application of Mineral Fillers in Polymer Composites for Industrial Applications. 2. Mineral-Filled Composite: A Review on Characteristics, Applications, and Potential Materials Selection Process. 3. Epoxy Resins for Interphase Strengthening of Textile-Reinforced Composites for Structural Applications. 4. Recent Advances in Nanofillers for Multidisciplinary Applications of Polymer Nanocomposites. 5. Utilization of Natural Zeolite as Filler in Improving the Mechanical Properties of Unsaturated Polyester Composite. 6. Effect of Glut Palmitate Coupling Agent on Vulcanized Silica-Filled Natural Rubber. 7. Effect of Gamma Radiation on the Properties of Sepiolite-Filled Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer Composites. 8. Properties of Sepiolite-Reinforced Irradiated Linear Low-Density Polyethylene Nanocomposites. 9. Effects of Compatibilizers and Silane Coupling Agent on the Mechanical and Morphological Properties on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube/Feldspar Polypropylene Hybrid Composites. 10. Ultrasonicated Dolomite as Potential Reinforcing Mineral Filler in Polymer and Copolymer-Based Composites. 11. Modified Carboxymethyl Cellulose/ Halloysite Nanotube (CMC/HNT) Using Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS)