1st Edition

Mechanics and Physics of Porous Materials Novel Processing Technologies and Emerging Applications

    350 Pages 128 B/W Illustrations
    by Apple Academic Press

    350 Pages 128 B/W Illustrations
    by Apple Academic Press

    350 Pages 128 B/W Illustrations
    by Apple Academic Press

    Porous media exist in different modern materials. It presents great surface areas with small pore size distribution. These types of materials with controllable and adjustable pore diameters are given considerable attention due to their suitable properties and applications in several fields. Porous materials have many applications in our daily life. We use different types of porous materials to clean our drinking water, for instance.

    This new research-oriented volume focuses on exploring the wide range of porous materials. In this new volume, original contributions from international authors along with case studies on the synthesis, design, characterization, and applications of different types of porous materials and solids are presented in detail. The book covers different types of porous materials in the broad sense by considering experimental and theoretical aspects of materials science related to porous materials and solids. The book aims to help approach characterizing a particular types of materials for more in-depth analysis.

    This book is divided into three parts to determine the best techniques for solving particular porous materials problems, and in each part, the fabrication and characterization of porous materials are explored with applications, describing new methodologies to gain the required information along with limitations of various methods.

    To make this new title a practical reference book for research students and for engineers and scientists of different disciplines working with porous materials and solids, the editors have selected a very comprehensive range of case studies as well, designed to cover the basic concepts of porosity. These case studies also describe different types of pores and surfaces for readers.

    PART I: POROUS MATERIALS FOR WATER TECHNOLOGY

    1. Porous Chitosan Adsorbents for Wastewater Treatment

    Siew Xian Chin, Chin Hua Chia, , Nurul Hazwani Aminuddin Rosli, and Chatchawal Wongchoosuk

    2. Wastewater Treatment by Porous Composites

    Cintil Jose, Biju Peter, and Sabu Thomas

    3. Porous Nanocomposite Polymers for Water Treatment and Remediation

    Bindu M. and Pradeepan Periyat

    4. Porous Polymer-Inorganic Nanocomposites Based on Natural Alumosilicate Minerals of Ukraine for Wastewater Treatment from Toxic Metal Ions

    I. Savchenko, E. Yanovska, L. Vretik, D. Sternik, and O. Kychkyruk

    PART II: Porous Functional Materials

    5. Synthesis and Investigation of Cross-Linked Hydrogels based on Chitosan and Polyacrylamide

    O. Nadtoka, P. Virych, and N. Kutsevol

    6. Study of Dehydration Behavior of Silica Xerogel and Aerogel by Diffuse Reflectance Fourier Transform Spectroscopy

    Senem Yetgin and Devrim Balkose

    7. The Effect of Small Additives of Carbon Nanotubes with the Original and Oxidized Surface on the Mechanical Properties and Durability of the Polyepoxy Composite as Porous Media

    D. Starokadomsky, V. Diamant, and M. Reshetnyk

    8. Investigation of Coating based on Melamine Formaldehyde Lacquer Modified by Cu-C Porous Mesocomposite and Ammonium Polyphosphate

    I. N. Shabanova, T. M. Makhneva, V. I. Kodolov, R. A. Makhnev, N. S. Terebova, and S. G. Bystrov

    9. Natural Fibre Reinforced Composites: Engineering Properties with Applications in Porous Media

    Sonia Khanna and Narender Singh

    10. Chalcogenide Glass Incorporated Photonic Crystal Fibers: A Game-Changer in Integrated Infrared Photonics

    Soumya Suresh, Ajeesh Kumar Somakumar, Anupama Viswanathan, and Sheenu Thomas

    11. Nanofibers and Nanotechnology in Porous Textiles

    Maria Mathew and Rony Rajan Paul

    12. Metal/Metal Oxide Decorated Carbon based Nanofillers for Energy Storage Applications

    Pooja Mohapatra, Lipsa Shubhadarshinee, and Aruna Kumar Barick

    PART III: POROUS MATERIALS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

    13. Porous Compoites and Nanofibers with Enhanced Biomedical Applicability

    Adrija Ghosh, Aruna Kumar Barick, and Dipankar Chattopadhyay

    14. Porous Nanocomposites for Anticancer Therapy: Comparative Study in Water and Hank’s Solution by UV-VIS Spectroscopy

    Yuliia Kuziv, Pavlo Virych, Vadim Pavlenko, and Nataliya Kutsevol

    15. Magnetic Nanoparticles in Healthcare

    Merin Joby, Minu Jose, Sunsu Kurian, and Anju K Nair

    Biography

    Chin Hua Chia, PhD, is a full Professor at the Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia), Malaysia. A recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the National University of Malaysia and the Malaysian Solid State Science and Technology (MASS) in 2012 and 2014, respectively. He also received the Distinguished Lectureship Award by the Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) in 2017. He is a member of several professional organizations and has published several book chapters and more than 200 articles in professional journals as well as has presented at many professional meetings. His core research focuses on metallic nanomaterials synthesis, with a particular emphasis on the structure control to tailor the properties of the materials in determining their performances for environmental remediation applications, such as wastewater treatment, supercapacitor, and hydrogen production

    Tamara Tatrishvili, PhD, is the Main Specialist in the Office of Academic Process Management (Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences) at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, as well as Director of the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry and Polymeric Materials at TSU, Tbilisi, Georgia; DAAD alumni; and a member of Georgian chemical society. Her research interests included polymer chemistry, polymeric materials, and chemistry of silicon-organic compounds. She is the executive editor of Journal of the Georgian Chemical Society. Dr. Tatrishvili is the author of more than 190 scientific publications, 12 books, and monographs.

    Ann Rose Abraham, PhD, is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Thevara, Kochi, Kerala, India. She has expertise in the field of condensed matter physics, nanomagnetism, multiferroics and polymeric nanocomposites, etc. She has research experience at various reputed national institutes, including Bose Institute, Kolkata, India; SAHA Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India; UGC-DAE CSR Centre, Kolkata, India; and she has collaborated with various international laboratories. She is a recipient of a Young Researcher Award in physics and Best Paper Awards–2020, 2021. She served as Assistant Professor and Examiner at the Department of Basic Sciences, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, under APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala, India. Dr. Abraham is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences. She has a good number of publications to her credit in many peer-reviewed high impact journals of international repute. She has authored many book chapters and edited more than 10 books with Taylor and Francis, Elsevier, etc.

    A. K. Haghi, PhD, has published over 250 academic research-oriented books as well as over 1000 research papers published in various journals and conference proceedings. He has received several grants, consulted for several major corporations, and is a frequent speaker to national and international audiences. He is Founder and former Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering, published by IGI Global (USA) as well as Polymers Research Journal, published by Nova Science Publishers (USA). Professor Haghi has acted as an editorial board member of many international journals. He has served as a member of the Canadian Research and Development Center of Sciences and Cultures (CRDCSC) and the Research Chemistry Centre, Coimbra, Portugal. Dr. Haghi holds a BSc in urban and environmental engineering from the University of North Carolina (USA), an MSc in mechanical engineering from North Carolina A&T State University (USA) and an MSc in applied mechanics, acoustics, and materials from the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (France), and a PhD in engineering sciences from Université de Franche-Comté (France).