Sustainable Epoxy Thermosets and Nanocomposites ACS SYMPOSIUM Series

Applications of sustainable materials from commodity to advanced products Because of their advanced multifaceted applications and eco-friendly nature, sustainable epoxy thermosetting nanocomposites are considered modern materials. They find applications in a wide range of fields, from active surface coating to biomedical technologies, including structural engineering, catalysis, smart materials, and electronics. This work presents a comprehensive review on epoxy nanocomposites, including nanomaterial types and their preparation, functionalization, properties and applications. Chapters also cover fundamental concepts of epoxy thermosets and in-depth discussions of novel thermosetting materials, their modifications and biocomposites.

Niranjan Karak, FRSC (London), M.Sc., M.Tech., Ph.D. (IIT Kharagpur) is Dean, Research And Development of Tezpur University (TU) and a Professor of Polymer Science and Nanomaterials, Chemical Sciences Department (former HoD) and former Head, Sophisticated and Analytical Instrumentation Center (SAIC) of TU. Prof. Karak also served as a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Visiting Professor of Prof. J. W. Cho's Laboratory, Department of Textile Engineering, Konkuk University, South Korea, as well as a Guest Researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany. He has approximately 24 years and 6 months of academic experience and more than one year of industrial experience in the field. Dr. Karak has published approximately 244 research papers including review articles in reputed national and international journals and presented numerous invited talks in India and abroad based on the findings of his research group. He is also the author of five books and editor/co-editor of three additional books. He has also written fifteen chapters in different edited books. His research papers are cited in various text/reference books and journals (h-index = 49, i10-index=192, citation= 9287, Google scholar as of September 15, 2021). Dr. Karak has two Indian patents and three more filed on his innovative works. He has executed 12 government sponsored research projects and five consultancy projects in different industries. Prof. Karak guided 21 research scholars in earning their Ph.D. degree (six more are pursuing) and seven post-doctoral fellows along with many MSc/MTech projects. His fields of research interest are mainly based on biobased high performance hyperbranched polymers and nanomaterials and their nanocomposites as sustainable advanced multifaceted materials. Prof. Karak has been credited with nine national awards from different academic societies including 'The president of India', Ministry of F