Polymer-Based Nanoscale Materials for Surface Coatings

Polymer-Based Nanoscale Materials for Surface Coatings presents the latest advances and emerging technologies in polymer-based nanomaterials for coatings, focusing on novel materials, characterization techniques, and cutting-edge applications. Sections present the fundamentals of surface preparation and nanocoatings, linking materials and properties, explaining the correlation between morphology, surface phenomena, and surface protection mechanism, and covering theory, modeling and simulation. Other presented topics cover characterization methods, with an emphasis on the latest developments in techniques and approaches. Aging and lifecycle assessment of coated surfaces and coatings are also discussed.

Final sections explore advanced applications across a range of fields, including intelligent coatings for biomedical implants, self-healing coatings, syper-hydrophobicity, electroluminescence, sustainable edible coatings, marine antifouling, corrosion resistance, and photocatalytic coatings.

1 Introduction to coatings and surface preparation
2 Nanomaterials and nanocomposites for surface protection
3 Thermoplastic polymer-based nanocoatings
4 Thermoset polymer-based nanocoatings
5 Elastomeric nanocoatings
6 Theory, modeling, and simulation in nanoscale polymer coatings
7 Rheology of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
8 Spectroscopy characterizations of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
9 XPS and SIMS studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
10 Nanoscale surface coatings based on plant phenolics
11 Contact angle studies of nanoscale polymer based coatings
12 NDT studies of nanoscale polymeric coatings
13 Mechanical properties of nanoscale polymer coatings
14 Thermal properties of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
15 Diffusion and transport through nanoscale polymer-based coatings
16 Light scattering, X-ray scattering, and microscopy studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
17 Neutron scattering studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
18 Electrochemical characterizations of the anticorrosive nanoscale polymer-based coatings
19 Aging studies of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
20 Nanoscale polymer coatings for biomedical implants
21 Self-healing of nanoscale polymer-based coatings
22 Superhydrophobic nanoscale materials for surface coatings
23 Nanoscale polymer-based coatings for applications in marine antifouling
24 Corrosion resistant nanoscale polymer-based coatings
25 Photocatalytic nanoscale polymer-based coatings
26 Life cycle assessment of nanoscale polymer-based coatings

Professor Sabu Thomas is the Director of Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is also currently the Chairman of the Trivandrum Engineering Science and Technology Research Park (TrESPARK), Trivandrum, Kerala, India. He was the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. Prof. Thomas is a highly committed teacher and a remarkably active researcher well-known nationally and internationally for his outstanding contributions in polymer science and nanotechnology. He has published over 1400 research articles in international refereed journals. and has also edited and written 210 books. His H-index is 140 and total citations are more than 94,000. He has supervised 125 PhD theses. He has received many international and national awards and recognitions. Under the leadership of Prof. Thomas, Mahatma Gandhi University has been transformed into a top University in India.

Ms. Jesiya Susan George is research scholar at School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University. She completed her masters in biopolymer science from Cochin University of Science and technology. She received prestigious DST INSPIRE fellowship, Gov. of India. Her research interest involves anticorrosive coatings, epoxy resin, hybrid nanostructures and polymer blends. She published several articles in high-impact journals. She has two edited books to her credit.