Progress in Rubber Nanocomposites

Sabu Thomas is currently an Emeritus Professor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University and a Senior Professor of Christ University, Bangalore, India, as well as a visiting Professor at the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, and an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India. Hanna J. Maria is a Senior Researcher at the School of Energy Materials and the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Her research focusses on natural rubber composites and their blends, thermoplastic composites, lignin, nanocellulose, bionanocomposites, nanocellulose, rubber-based composites and nanocomposites.

• 1. General introduction to rubber compounding2. Micro- and nano-fillers used in the rubber industry3. Mechanism of reinforcement using nanofillers in rubber nanocomposites4. Interphase characterization in rubber nanocomposites5. Rubber nanocomposites with nanoclay as the filler6. Rubber nanocomposites with graphene as the nanofiller7. Rubber nanocomposites with polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) as the nanofiller8. Rubber nanocomposites with new core-shell metal oxides as nanofillers9. Rubber nanocomposites with metal oxides as nanofillers10. Rubber blend nanocomposites11. Hybrid filler systems in rubber nanocomposites12. Manufacturing and Structure of Rubber Nanocomposites13. Rubber nanocomposites with nanocellulose14. Thermal conductivity and dielectric properties of silicone rubber nanocomposites15. Computational simulation in elastomer nanocomposites