Table of Contents
1. Elastomer-based polymeric matrices: blends and alloys 2. Elastomeric materials from natural resources: extraction and synthesis 3. Generality of elastomer-based composites and nanocomposite materials: functional properties, characterization parameters, and opportunities for their broader engineering application 4. Elastomer-based composite materials: specific characterization techniques, requirements, and ecological concerns 5. Rheology and mechanical properties of elastomeric material-based composites and nanocomposites 6. Fillers for elastomer-based composite materials: synthesis, characterization, filler-matrix interfaces, and interactions 7. Nanofillers for elastomer-based composite materials: synthesis, characterization, filler-matrix interfaces, and interactions 8. Reinforced elastomers: interface modification and compatibilization in elastomer -based composites and nanocomposites 9. Elastomer composites and nanocomposite materials based on natural fibres: from preparation to applications 10. Elastomer composites and nanocomposite materials based on natural particles: from preparation to applications 11. Elastomer composites and nanocomposite materials based on clay fillers and nanofillers: from preparation to applications 12. Elastomer composites and nanocomposite materials based on graphene and its derivatives: from preparation to applications 13. Elastomer composites and nanocomposite materials based on hybrid of natural fillers: from preparation to applications 14.�Elastomer recycling: separation and valorisation 15. Advances and functional elastomer Elastomer composites and nanocomposite materials: case studies and applications
Authors
Hamid Essabir Head, Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, National School of Applied Sciences, Agadir, Morocco. Hamid ESSABIR is a qualified higher education professor who has been Head of the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at the National School of Applied Sciences, AGADIR, MOROCCO, since 2018.He is also an associated researcher at the Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR), Institute of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (NANOTECH), Rabat, Morocco.
He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences and Techniques in 2015. His research areas include hybrid reinforced/filled polymer composites, and advance materials: graphene/nanoclay, lignocellulosic reinforced/filled polymer composites, modification and treatment of lignocellulosic fibers, nanocomposites and nanocellulose fibers, as well as polymer blends. So far, he has published more than 50 international journal papers and 10 Book chapters with 6 patents to his credit. He is also a reviewer for several high impact ISI journals of Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley. Rachid Bouhfid Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR).
Dr. Rachid Bouhfid has been working as Director of Research at the Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR), Rabat, Morocco, since 2009. Before joining MAScIR, he was working as an assistant professor of chemistry at Artois University in France. Dr. Bouhfid received his doctoral degree from the University Mohammed V Rabat, in Morocco. He has more than fifteen years' experience in teaching and research on organic chemistry, materials science, and in nanotechnology and polymer chemistry. His main areas of research include hybrid nanomaterials, reinforced polymer nanocomposites, and advanced materials such as graphene, nanoclay, cellulose nanocrystals, fire retardants and nanocomposites. During his career he has designed various kinds of nanostructured materials for wastewater treatment, packaging, sensing, and biomedical applications. He has published more than 165 research papers in SCI indexed journals and has authored/edited 56 books, 54 book chapters, and 43 patents.
Abou el Kacem Qaiss Director of Polymer Processing Laboratory, Institute of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (Nanotech), Rabat, Morocco. Prof. Abou el kacem Qaiss is currently working as Director of the Composites Nanocomposites Centre at the Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR), Institute of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (Nanotech) in Rabat (Morocco).His research areas include: hybrid reinforced/filled polymer composites, advance materials: graphene/nanoclay, lignocellulosic reinforced/filled polymer composites, modification and treatment of lignocellulosic fibres, nanocomposites and nanocellulose fibres, as well as polymer blends. So far, he has published three books, 30 chapters and more than 75 international journal papers with 25 patents to his credit.
