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    <namePart>Lau, Alan K. T.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Hussain, Farzana</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Lafdi, Khalid</namePart>
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    <publisher>CRC Press</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2010</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2010</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xiv, 390 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Carbon nanotube polymer composites / Alan Kin-Tak Lau -- Processing, properties, and flow behavior of carbon nanofiber-based polymeric nanocomposites / Khalid Lafdi -- Rheology in polymer/clay nanocomposites : mesoscale structure development and soft glassy dynamics / Masami Okamoto -- Polymer/graphite nanocomposites / Guohua Chen and Weifeng Zhao -- Polymer nanocomposite flammability and flame retardancy / Alexander B. Morgan -- Animal-based fiber-reinforced biocomposites / Hoi-Yan Cheung -- Biopolymeric nanofibers for tissue engineering / Yogita Krishnamachari -- Potential use of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) for biocomposite development / Perrine Bordes, Eric Pottet, and Luc Avérous -- The reductionist approach to the molecular and supramolecular structures of elastin / Antonio Mario Tamburro -- Elastin and elastin-based polymers / Daniela Quaglino, Deanna Guerra, and Ivonne Pasquali Ronchetti -- PLA-based bio-and nanocomposites / Johannes Ganster and Hans-Peter Fink -- Nanomaterials formulation and toxicity impact / Khalid Lafdi</tableOfContents>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">edited by Alan Kin-tak Lau, Farzana Hussain, Khalid Lafdi</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Nanotechnology</topic>
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    <topic>Biotechnology</topic>
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    <topic>Composite materials</topic>
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  <identifier type="isbn">9781420080278 (hard back : alk. paper)</identifier>
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