Frontmatter (Pages: i-xix) CHAPTER 1 Overview of Polyolefin Composites (Pages: 1-28)
Domasius Nwabunma
CHAPTER 2 Polypropylene Natural Cellulosic Fiber Composites (Pages: 29-43)
Robert A. Shanks
CHAPTER 3 Polyolefin/Natural Fiber Composites (Pages: 44-86)
Laly A. Pothan, Adriaan S. Luyt, Sabu Thomas
CHAPTER 4 Composites of Polyolefins and Some Polyolefin/Polyamide Blends as Matrices and Calcium Carbonate, Wood Flour, Sisal Fiber, Hydroxyapatite, and Montmorillonite as Fillers (Pages: 87-128)
Carmen Albano, Rosestela Perera
CHAPTER 5 Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Rubber/Carbon Black Composites (Pages: 129-149)
Soney C. George, Sabu Thomas
CHAPTER 6 Selected Topics on Polypropylene/Wood Flour Composites: Thermal, Mechanical, and Time-Dependent Response (Pages: 150-177)
Maria M. Reboredo, Mirta I. Aranguren, Norma E. Marcovich
CHAPTER 7 Deformation and Fracture Behavior of Natural Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene (Pages: 178-203)
Celina R. Bernal
CHAPTER 8 Metallocene Catalyzed Functionalized Polyolefins in Composites (Pages: 205-227)
Ulla Hippi, Noora Ristolainen, Barbro Loefgren, Jukka Seppaelae
CHAPTER 9 Polyethylene/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites: Preparation and Properties (Pages: 228-250)
Yuan Hu, Hongdian Lu, Lei Song
CHAPTER 10 Polypropylene/Clay Nanocomposites (Pages: 251-282)
Xuehong Lu, Ke Wang, Yang C. Chua
CHAPTER 11 Polyolefin/Layered Double Hydroxide (LDH) Nanocomposites: Preparation, Structure, and Properties (Pages: 283-310)
Jose I. Velasco
CHAPTER 12 Effect of Nanofillers on Crystallization, Phase Transformation, and Thermomechanical Behavior of Poly(1-Butene) (Pages: 311-345)
Santosh D. Wanjale, Jyoti P. Jog
CHAPTER 13 Toward Polyethylene Nanocomposites with Controlled Properties (Pages: 346-364)
Yvonne A. Akpalu
CHAPTER 14 Polyolefin-Silicate Nanocomposites: Mechanical Properties and Fracture Mechanics (Pages: 365-414)
Sie C. Tjong
CHAPTER 15 Polyolefin/Clay Nanocomposites: Theory and Simulation (Pages: 415-448)
Anna C. Balazs, Jozef Bicerano, Valeriy V. Ginzburg
CHAPTER 16 Monte Carlo Modeling of Polyethylene Nanocomposites Using a High Coordination Lattice (Pages: 449-485)
Peter J. Dionne, Rahmi Ozisik, Catalin R. Picu
CHAPTER 17 Characteristics of Multiwall Carbon Nanotube and Polyethylene Composites Prepared by Gelation/Crystallization from Solutions (Pages: 486-522)
Masaru Matsuo, Yuezhen Bin, Qingyun Chen, Atsuko Yamanaka
CHAPTER 18 Crystallization Behavior of Polyethylene/Carbon Nanotube Composites (Pages: 523-551)
Lingyu Li, Bing Li, Steve L. Kodjie, Christopher Y. Li
CHAPTER 19 Formation of Shish-Kebab Structures in Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE)/Low Molecular Weight Polyethylene (LMWPE) Composites under Shear Flow (Pages: 552-576)
Toshiji Kanaya, Go Matsuba, Koji Nishida
CHAPTER 20 Template Crystallization of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polypropylene Induced by Chain Orientation of Cocrystallized Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene (Pages: 577-595)
Rockliffe St. J. Manley, Thein Kyu
Index (Pages: 597-603)
