Polymeric foams or cellular or expanded polymers have characteristics that makes their usage possible for several industrial and household purposes. This book is focused on the recent advancements in the synthesis of polymer foams, various foaming methods, foaming technology, mechanical and physical properties, and the wide variety of its applications. Divided into 11 chapters, it explains empirical models connecting the geometrical structure of foams with their properties including structure-property relations.
This book:
- Describes functional foams, their manufacturing methods, properties, and applications
- Covers various blowing agents, greener methods for foaming, and their emerging applicability
- Illustrates comparative information regarding polymeric foams and their recent developments with polymer nanocomposite foams
- Includes applications in mechanical, civil, biomedical, food packaging, electronics, health care industry, and acoustics fields
- Reviews elastomeric foams and their nanocomposite derivatives
This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in materials science, mechanical engineering, and polymer science.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1. Polymeric foams - An Introduction
Resmi B. P. and Soney C. George
Chapter 2. Micromechanical modelling of foams
Anu Sasi, Jobin Jose, Pradeep Bhaskar, Ratheesh P.M. and Jinu Jacob George
Chapter 3. Latex-based polymeric foams - Preparation, properties and applications
Leny Mathew
Chapter 4. Blended polymeric foams
Tharun A. Rauf and Athira C. J.
Chapter 5. Polymer nanocomposite foams as metal ion removers
Arvil Dasgupta, Souhardya Bera, Arnab Roy, Rishov Kumar Das and Subhasis Roy
Chapter 6. Polymeric nanocomposite foams in biomedical engineering
Vipul Agarwal
Chapter 7. Polymer nanocomposite foams and acoustics
Benjamin Tawiah, Charles Frimpong, and Bismark Sarkodie
Chapter 8. An overview about the growing usage of elastomeric foams and nanocomposite derivatives in the foam market
Ranimol Stephen
Chapter 9. Polymeric foams and their nanocomposite derivatives for shock absorption
Behrad Koohbor and George Youssef
Chapter 10. An overview on nanoparticles, nanocomposites and emerging applications of polymeric nanocomposite foams
Aswathy R.
Chapter 11. Innovations in polymeric foams and new application opportunities including energy and energy devices
Nizam P. A. and Sabu Thomas
