Additive Manufacturing of Functional Polymers and Nanocomposites: Recent Progress, Applications, Challenges and Future Opportunities (Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 044326516X ISBN 13: 9780443265167

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

Additive Manufacturing of Functional Polymers and Nanocomposites: Recent Progress,
Applications, Challenges and Future Opportunities provides up-to-date knowledge in this
important research field. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the whole development
phase, from material synthesis to component design and manufacturing and applications. The
contents are divided into five key parts. Section 1 introduces additive manufacturing of functional
polymers and nanocomposites and discusses the numerous developments and perspectives that have been perceived over recent years. Section 2 looks at the various types of functional polymers and nanocomposite materials, including their characterization, and the various synthesis techniques that can be employed to fabricate customized objects using AM technologies. Section 3 focuses on the use of functional polymers and nanocomposites in a broad range of applications including health care, electronics, automotive, robotics, aerospace, and other industrial sectors. Section 4 focuses on theoretical modeling and machine learning approaches. Section 5 discusses key challenges, the environmental and health impact, commercialization aspects and opportunities for the future.

• Focuses on additive manufacturing of functional polymers and nanocomposites
  • Covers fundamental aspects of additive manufacturing and materials processing techniques used to obtain optimized product design
  • Covers a broad range of progressive additive manufacturing techniques
  • Provides detailed information on additively manufactured smart structures and customized parts for different applications
  • Presents recent studies in a fast-evolving scientific research field

About this title

About the Authors

Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, PhD, is an adjunct professor and director of laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of around 200 books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas. He has published with several reputable publishers including Elsevier.

Dr. Kalim Deshmukh is a senior researcher at the New Technologies Research Centre, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic. He has over 20 years of research experience in nanomaterials and polymeric materials, with particular expertise in polymer blends, nanocomposites, and nanohybrids. His work emphasizes nanoscale dispersion, interfacial chemistry, and structure–property relationships that influence material performance in applications such as energy storage, gas sensing, biosensing, electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, and high-k dielectrics. He has authored more than 200 publications, including original research articles and review papers, in leading international journals and with major publishers, such as the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), American Chemical Society (ACS), Elsevier, Wiley-VCH, Springer, and Taylor & Francis. In addition to his research contributions, he has edited or co-edited several books published by ACS, RSC, Elsevier, Springer, Wiley-VCH, and Wiley Scrivener.

Edition details

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 044326516X
• ISBN 13: 9780443265167
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 766
• Editor: Mustansar Hussain PhD Chaudhery, Deshmukh PhD Kalim