1st Edition

Inorganic-Whisker-Reinforced Polymer Composites Synthesis, Properties and Applications

By Qiuju Sun, Wu Li Copyright 2015
342 Pages
by CRC Press

342 Pages
by CRC Press

342 Pages
by CRC Press

Inorganic-Whisker-Reinforced Polymer Composites: Synthesis, Properties and Applications gives a comprehensive presentation of inorganic microcrystalline fibers, or whiskers, a polymer composite filler. It covers whisker synthesis, surface modification, applications for reinforcing polymer-matrix composites, and analysis of resulting filled polymer composites. It focuses on calcium carbonate... Read more

Introduction. General Principles of Filling Modification of Polymer Materials. New Materials—Inorganic Whiskers. Application of Filling Inorganic Whiskers into Polymers. Surface Modification and Characterization of Calcium Carbonate Whiskers. Research on Polypropylene Filled with Calcium Carbonate Whiskers.

Biography

Qiuju Sun, PhD, is a professor in the College of Chemistry and Life Science at Shenyang Normal University and the director of Shenyang Key Laboratory of the advanced materials preparation and application at Shenyang Normal University. She earned her PhD at Northeastern University, China. She has been working at Shenyang Normal University since 1991. Her main research fields are liquid crystal polymers and polymer-matrix composites. She has more than 30 journal-published papers and patents.



Wu Li, PhD, is a research fellow and PhD supervisor of Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He earned his PhD from Lanzhou University. His research centers on inorganic whisker materials and comprehensive utilization of salt lake brines.