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Preface ....................................................... vii
Editors ........................................................ ix
Contributors ................................................. xiii
Section I  Nanostructured Polymer Composites
1  Carbon Nanotube Polymer Composites ........................... 3
   Alan Kin-Tak Lau
2  Processing, Properties, and Flow Behavior of Carbon
   Nanofiber-Based Polymeric Nanocomposites .................... 23
   Khalid Lafdi
3  Rheology in Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites: Mesoscale
   Structure Development and Soft Glassy Dynamics .............. 57
   Masami Okamoto
4  Polymer/Graphite Nanocomposites ............................. 79
   Guohua Chen and Weifeng Zhao
5  Polymer Nanocomposite Flammability and Flame Retardancy .... 107
   Alexander B. Morgan
Section II Nano-Bio Composites
6  Animal-Based Fiber-Reinforced Biocomposites ................ 139
   Hoi-Yan Cheung
7  Biopolymeric Nanofibers for Tissue Engineering ............. 157
   Yogita Krishnamachari
8  Potential Use of Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) for 
   Biocomposite Development ................................... 193
   Perrine Bordes, Eric Pottet, and Luc Averous
9  The Reductionist Approach to the Molecular and
   Supramolecular Structures of Elastin ....................... 227
   Antonio Mario Tamburro
10 Elastin and Elastin-Based Polymers ......................... 249
   Daniela Quaglino, Deanna Guerra, and Ivonne Pasquali 
   Ronchetti
11 PLA-Based Bio- and Nanocomposites .......................... 275
   Johannes Ganster and Hans-Peter Fink
12 Nanomaterials Formulation and Toxicity Impact .............. 291
   Khalid Lafdi
Index ......................................................... 361
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