This is an overview of theoretical approaches to semiflexible polymers and their networks.
Such semiflexible polymers have large bending rigidities that can compete with the entropic …

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), produced by the acid hydrolysis of wood, cotton or other
cellulose-rich sources, constitute a renewable nanosized raw material with a broad range of …

Over the past two decades percolation theory has been used to explain and model a wide
variety of phenomena that are of industrial and scientific importance. Examples include …

With substantial progresses in reinforcement mechanism of nanoparticle filled polymers
(NPFPs) beyond the hydrodynamic limit, now is the time to reconsider this topic …

Disorder and long-range interactions are two of the key components that make material
failure an interesting playfield for the application of statistical mechanics. The cornerstone in …

Disordered fibre networks are the basis of many man-made and natural materials, including
structural components of living cells and tissue. The mechanical stability of such networks …

This book on the Nondestructive Characterization and Imaging of Wood by Professor
Voichita Bucur is truly the most outstanding reference on the subject ever written. Since the …

We study the elasticity of a two-dimensional random network of rigid rods (“Mikado model”).
The essential features incorporated into the model are the anisotropic elasticity of the rods …

Exfoliated graphite (EG) is a well known material usually produced from various intercalation
compounds submitted to a thermal shock. Thus, large amounts of EG are industrially …

Two types of graphene nanoplatelets (xGn and N02) were added to ppoly (lactic acid)(PLA)
through solvent mixing to prepare PLA nanocomposites with the aim of producing …