About the Book
Table of Contents:
SESSION 1: MARKETS AND TRENDSPaper 1 The high performance fillers market and the position of precipitated calcium carbonate and silica
Prof Roger Rothon, Ecofillers and MMU, UKPaper 2 Trends in tyre design and the impact on reinforcing fillers
David Schwarz, Smithers Scientific Services, Inc, USASESSION 2: FILLER INTERATIONS AND COUPLING AGENTSPaper 3 Controlling filler polymer interactions
Dr Chris DeArmitt, BASF AG, GermanyPaper 4 Ethanol free mercapto silane coupling agents for high-performance, scorch-free rubber compounding
Edward Sadler, Momentive Performance Materials, UKSESSION 3: SURFACE MODIFICATION OF FILLERSPaper 5 Application specific surface treatments for calcium carbonate type fillers in high performance systems
John Schofield & Pat Sunderland, Noveon Division of Lubrizol, UKPaper 6 Dispersion analysis and the influence of filler surface coating agents on dispersion
G C Lees, C M Liauw, S Lynch and S L Mills, School of Biology, Chemistry & Health Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, UKSESSION 4: NANOFILLERSPaper 7 The influence of selective physisorption on the rheology of PP/silica nano-composites
Dr Sachin Jain, Global Polymer Research, BASF AG, GermanyPaper 8 Low friction polyamide masterbatches via polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes
Joseph D Lichtenhan, Bruce Fu & Paul Wheeler, Hybrid Plastics Inc, USA and Rahul Misra & Sarah E Morgan, Department of Polymer Science, University of Southern Mississippi, USAPaper 9 Polypropylene based carbon nanotubes composites: structure and properties
Prof Giovanni Camino, Centro di Cultura per l'Ingegneria delle Materie Plastiche, ItalyPaper 10 Enhancing the performance of textile fibres with nano-fillers
Prof P.R. Hornsby, D C McConnell & A Lew, Queen's University Belfast, Northern IrelandPaper 11 The effects of nanoclays in rubber nanocomposites
Franco Cataldo, Trelleborg Wheel Systems SpA, ItalySESSION 5: SILICATESPaper 12 Structure and properties of layered silicate pp nanocomposites: expectations and reality
Zita Dominkovics, Janos Moczo & Bela Pukanszky, Department of Plastics and Rubber Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HungaryPaper 13 Interactions in layered silicates: investigation of an alternative modification route and flow micro-calorimetry/FTIR studies
C M Liauw, R Kato, R N Rothon, N S Allen, G C Lees & A N Wilkinson, Manchester Metropolitan University, UKPaper 14 Innovative high strength glass microspheres for extruded and injection molded plastics
Karl Hendrikson, 3M Deutschland GmbH, GermanySESSION 6: APPLICATIONSPaper 15 Filled polypropylene in major appliances
Werner Posch, Borealis AG, AustriaPaper 16 Polymeric effect fillers for water and moisture management
David Normington, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, UKPaper 17 Killer Fillers: fillers with antimicrobial effects
Kevin Breese, Electrolux Home Products Italy SpA, ItalyPaper 18 Use of siliceous minerals as process modifiers in polymer production
Julian Danvers, World Minerals, FranceSESSION 7: CONDUCTIVE FILLERSPaper 19 Electrically conductive polymer blends filled with low melting metal alloys
Prof Dr-Ing, Dr-Ing Eh Walter Michaeli & Dipl-Ing Tobias Pfefferkorn, IKV Institut fur Kunststoffverarbeitung, GermanyPaper 20 Mechanical and thermal properties of epoxy polymethyl methacrylate blends synthesized in supercritical carbon dioxide
M G H Zaidi, V P Singh, P L Sah, S Alam & R Singh, G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology Pantnagar, IndiaSESSION 8: NATURAL FIBREPaper 21 A preliminary study on the properties of agave cantala natural fibre -polypropylene composites
M Maniruzzaman, S M Hafiz Uddin & M A Gufur, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh
