Includes bibliographical references and index.

State of the Art : Nanomechanics / Amrita Saritha, Sant Kumar Malhotra, Sabu Thomas, Kuruvilla Joseph, Koichi Goda, Meyyarappallil Sadasivan Sreekala -- Synthesis, Surface Modification, and Characterization of Nanoparticles / Liaosha Wang, Jianhua Li, Ruoyu Hong, Hongzhong Li -- Theory and Simulation in Nanocomposites / Qinghua Zeng, Aibing Yu -- Characterization of Nanocomposites by Scattering Methods / Valerio Causin -- Mechanical-Viscoelastic Characterization in Nanocomposites / Vera Realinho, Marcelo Antunes, David Arencón, José I Velasco -- Characterization of Nanocomposites by Optical Analysis / Lucilene Betega de Paiva, Ana Rita Morales -- Characterization of Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Nanocomposites / Iren E Kuznetsova, Boris D Zaitsev, Alexander M Shikhabudinov -- Barrier Properties of Nanocomposites / Amrita Saritha, Kuruvilla Joseph -- Polymer Nanocomposites Characterized by Thermal Analysis Techniques / Carola Esposito Corcione, Antonio Greco, Mariaenrica Frigione, Alfonso Maffezzoli -- Carbon Nanotube-Filled Polymer Composites / Dimitrios Tasis, Kostas Papagelis -- Applications of Polymer-Based Nanocomposites / Thien Phap Nguyen -- Health Hazards and Recycling and Life Cycle Assessment of Nanomaterials and Their Composites / Lucas Reijnders.

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