This book integrates fundamental knowledge about computational modeling, rheology, and characterization of polymeric materials with a thorough and critical overview of advanced and emerging manufacturing techniques in polymer processing, including significant past and recent advances. All concepts are illustrated with case studies, so as to enable the reader to correlate theory with practical applications. It is intended for students, researchers, and R&D professionals engaged in developing advanced polymeric materials and products.
Conventional polymer processing has been revolutionized by technologies such as computational modeling, machine learning, and advanced machine design. On the other hand, newer advanced manufacturing techniques such as 3D printing, 4D printing, electrospinning, and nanocellular foaming have emerged to enable manufacture of products that would impossible to produce by conventional methods. This book covers both of these aspects, as well as application-specific polymer processing techniques employed in the field of tissue engineering. Furthermore, it addresses fundamental issues related to advanced and emerging processing techniques of sustainable polymeric materials and their nanocomposites, which could shape future research and industrial application of these materials for sustainable future development.
Content:
Role of Rheology in Advanced Polymer Processing
Precision Injection Molding
Additive Manufacturing
Electrospinning
Nanofiber Fabrication Technology
Ultrasound-Assisted Processing
Plasma Treatment Technology
Nanocellular Processing
AI-Enabled Polymer Processing Technology
Fabrication of Microfluidic Devices
Spray Coating
Freeze Drying, Spray Drying, and Spray Freeze Drying
Preface
About the Authors
Table of Content
Chapter 1: Fundamentals of polymer processing
Chapter 2: The role of rheology in polymer processing
Chapter 3: Recent advances in equipment design and computational modelling in polymer processing
Chapter 4: 3D printing of polymeric materials
Chapter 5: 4D printing of polymeric materials
Chapter 6: Emerging technologies for polymer nanofibre fabrication (centrifugal jet spinning, plasma-induced synthesis, solution blow spinning)
Chapter 7: Electrospinning of polymer nanofibres
Chapter 8: Ultrasonic molding technology
Chapter 9: Plasma technologies in polymer processing
Chapter 10: Bead Foaming
Chapter 11: Polymer processing in tissue engineering
Chapter 12: Microcellular injection molding
Chapter 13: Nanocellular foaming
Chapter 14: Polymer processing through machine learning
Chapter 15: Conclusions and future outlook
Professor Suprakas Sinha Ray is a Chief Research Scientist and Manager of the Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials, DSI-CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa. His research focuses on the applications of advanced nanostructured & polymeric materials.
Dr. Ritima Banerjee is a researcher at the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa. She is also associated with the Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Professor Jayita Bandyopadhyay is a principal researcher and responsible for the polymer nanocomposites research and development team at the Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials, DSI-CIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Dr. Jonathan Tersur Orasugh is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Department Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg and also associated as a senior researcher at Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials, DSI-CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria.
