Solid-State Shear Pulverization: Chilled Extrusion Technique for Value-Added Plastics Processing and Polymer-Based Materials Development discusses solid-state shear pulverization (SSSP) and solid-state/melt extrusion (SSME), both unconventional polymer processing methods that are based on twin screw extrusion. The technology was originally employed to produce reduced particle size of polymeric materials, but recently has been successfully applied to mechanochemically modify plastics, fabricate polymer blends and nanocomposites on a commercially-scalable level.
Table of Contents
SECTION I: The Elements of the Solid-State Pulverization Technology: A Practical Guide1. Introduction: Why should one use solid-state processing?
2. The Past, Present, and the Future: What is SSSP and SSME capable of?
3. Competing Solid-State Processes: What makes SSSP real SSSP?
4. Instrumentation: What are the Key Components and Roles?
5. Methodology: How Does it Work? What Materials Work?
6. Processing Parameters: What Knobs are There to Turn? What are Read Out?
SECTION II: The Current Art of the Solid-State Pulverization Technology: A Comprehensive Review
7. Powder Production
8. Plastic Modifications
9. Blend Compatiblization
10. Macrocomposites
11. Nanocomposites (e.g. Polymers with Graphite, Carbon Nanotubes, Clay)
