Nanopapers: From Nanochemistry and Nanomanufacturing to Advanced Applications (Micro & Nano Technologies)

Nanopapers: From Nanochemistry and Nanomanufacturing to Advanced Applications gives a comprehensive overview of the emerging technology of nanopapers. Exploring the latest developments on nanopapers in nanomaterials chemistry and nanomanufacturing technologies, this book outlines the unique properties of nanopapers and their advanced applications.

Nanopapers are thin sheets or films made of nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, nanoclays, cellulose nanofibrils, and graphene nanoplatelets. Noticeably, nanopapers allow highly concentrated nanoparticles to be tightly packed in a thin film to reach unique properties such as very high electrical and thermal conductivities, very low diffusivity, and strong corrosion resistance that are shared by conventional polymer nanocomposites.

This book presents a concise introduction to nanopapers, covering concepts, terminology and applications. It outlines both current applications and future possibilities, and will be of great use to nanochemistry and nanomanufacturing researchers and engineers who want to learn more about how nanopapers can be applied.

• Outlines the main uses of nanopapers, showing readers how this emerging technology should best be applied
• Shows how the unique properties of nanopapers make them adaptable for use in a wide range of applications
• Explores methods for the nanomanufacture of nanopapers

Dr. Wenyi Huang is a principal investigator at DuPont, based in Midland, MI, USA. He is a technical leader for several key technology areas, including reactive extrusion and specialty compounding, breathable membranes, single-screw design and extrusion, computational fluid dynamics, die design and microcapillary technology, nanotechnology, and new chemistry and new process development, leading a wide range of projects from concept shaping to commercial product launching. Dr. Huang has a broad technical expertise across polymer processing and materials. He previously edited ‘Nanopapers: From Nanochemistry and Nanomanufacturing to Advanced Applications’, published with Elsevier in October 2017.