Table of Contents:
  • Polymer nanocomposites: introduction / Richard A. Vaia, Ramanan Krishnamoorti
  • Commercialization of polymer nanocomposites / Jon Collister
  • PMMA nanocomposites synthesized by emulsion polymerization / Sumanda Bandyopadhyaya, ALex J. Hsieh, Emmanuel P. Giannelis
  • Boron nitride fillers for organic polymer composites / R.T. Paine [and others]
  • Surface-initiated anionic polymerization: tethered polymer brushes on silicate flat surfaces / Qungye Zhou [and others]
  • Predicting the phase behavior of polymer-clay nanocomposites: the role of end-functionalized chains / Valeriy V. Ginzburg, Anna C. Balazs
  • Carbon black structure and associations in filled rubbers / Rex P. Hjelm
  • Investigative study of polymer adsorption to smectite clay: polyelectrolytes and sodium montmorillonite / Robert Y. Lochhead, Cheri McConnell Boykin
  • Mesoscopic structure of polymer-inorganic nanocomposites / Richard A. Vaia, Derek Lincoln
  • Solution and solid-state NMR spectroscopy of nylon 6-montmorillonite clay nanocomposites / Rick D. Davis, William L. Jarrett, Lon J. Mathias
  • Studies of organically modified clays by scattering techniques / Derek L. Ho, Robert M. Briber, Charles J. Glinka
  • Thin film organically modified layered silicate-polymer hybrid materials / R. Limary, P.F. Green
  • Influence of layered-silicates on the rheological properties of diblock copolymer nanocomposites / Cynthia A. Mitchell, Ramanan Krishnamoorti
  • Dispersion and nucleating effects of clay fillers in nanocomposite polymer films / Vincent Ferreiro [and others]
  • Molecular simulations of ultra-confined polymers: polystyrene intercalated in layered-silicates / E. Manias, V. Kuppa
  • Coarse-grained simulation study of polymer melt intercalation in layered nanostructures / R.K. Bharadwaj, R.A. Vaia, B.L. Farmer.