In this first volume in the Polymer Nano, Micro- & Macrocomposites
book series, authors from leading academic institutions and companies
share their first-hand knowledge of nanotube-enhanced polymer
composites.
They cover all important methods for the functionalization
of nanotube fillers, including polymer wrapping, non-covalent
modification with nanoparticles, silica layers or entrapped micelles,
chemically induced growth of multilayers, techniques based on covalent
bonding, such as polymer or quantum dot attachment, and direct
polymerization approaches. As a result, the text details the surface
modifications of nanotubes and shows how to control them to achieve the
desired results.
