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Engineering Models, Materials, and
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Maciej Jaroszewski, PhD
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Praveen K. M.


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ABOUT THE EDITORS
Reza Haghi, PhD
Reza Haghi, PhD, is a research assistant at the Institute of Petroleum
Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Dr. Haghi has published several papers in international peer-reviewed scientific
journals and has published several papers in conference proceedings, technical
reports, and lecture notes. He is expert in the development and application
of spectroscopy techniques for monitoring hydrate and corrosion risks and
developed techniques for early detection of gas hydrate risks. He conducted
integrated experimental modeling in his studies and extended his research
to monitoring system to pH and risk of corrosion. During his PhD work at
Heriot-Watt University, he developed various novel flow assurance techniques
based on spectroscopy, as well as designed and operated test equipment. He
received his MSc in advanced control systems from the University of Salford,
Manchester, England, United Kingdom. E-mail:
Emili Besalú, PhD
Emili Besalú, PhD is a lecturer in physical chemistry at the University of
Girona, Spain. He has contributed more than 120 international papers and
book chapters on theoretical chemistry, mainly devoted to methodologies in
SAR and QSAR fields. He is the referee for various journals. His preliminary
interests were related to molecular quantum similarity, perturbation methods,
and multilinear regression. His interests today are focused on the treatment
and ranking of congeneric molecular database families and especially the
interplay between statistically based and computational procedures. E-mail:

Maciej Jaroszewski, PhD
Maciej Jaroszewski, PhD, is an assistant professor and head of the High
Voltage Laboratory at Wroclaw University of Technology in Wroclaw,

Poland. He received his MS and PhD degrees in high-voltage (HV)
engineering from the same university in 1993 and 1999, respectively. Dr.
Jaroszewski was a contractor/prime contractor of several grants and a


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head of a grant project on “Degradation processes and diagnosis methods
for high-voltage ZnO arresters for distribution systems” and is currently a
contractor of a key project cofinanced by the foundations of the European
Regional Development Foundation within the framework of the Operational
Programme Innovative Economy. His current research interests include HV
techniques, HV equipment diagnostics, HV test techniques, degradation of
ZnO varistors, and dielectric spectroscopy. E-mail: maciej.jaroszewski@
pwr.edu.pl
Sabu Thomas, PhD
Sabu Thomas, PhD, is the Pro-Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi
University and Founding Director of the International and Inter University
Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University,
Kottayam, Kerala, India. He is also a full professor of polymer science and
engineering at the School of Chemical Sciences of the same university. He
is a fellow of many professional bodies. Professor Thomas has (co-)authored
many papers in international peer-reviewed journals in the area of polymer
science and nanotechnology. He has organized several international conferences. Professor Thomas’s research group has specialized in many areas of
polymers, which includes polymer blends, fiber-filled polymer composites,
particulate-filled polymer composites and their morphological characterization, ageing and degradation, pervaporation phenomena, sorption and

diffusion, interpenetrating polymer systems, recyclability and reuse of waste
plastics and rubbers, elastomeric crosslinking, dual porous nanocomposite
scaffolds for tissue engineering, etc. Professor Thomas’s research group
has extensive exchange programs with different industries and research
and academic institutions all over the world and is performing world-class
collaborative research in various fields. Professor Thomas’s Center is
equipped with various sophisticated instruments and has established stateof-the-art experimental facilities, which cater to the needs of researchers
within the country and abroad.
Professor Thomas has published over 750 peer-reviewed research papers,
reviews, and book chapters and has a citation count of 31,574. The H index
of Prof. Thomas is 81, and he has six patents to his credit. He has delivered
over 300 plenary, inaugural, and invited lectures at national/international
meetings over 30 countries. He is a reviewer for many international journals.
He has received MRSI, CRSI, nanotech medals for his outstanding work
in nanotechnology. Recently Prof. Thomas has been conferred an Honoris
Causa (DSc) by the University of South Brittany, France, and University
Lorraine, Nancy, France.


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Praveen K. M.
Praveen K. M. is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at
SAINTGITS College of Engineering, India. He is currently pursuing a PhD
in Engineering Sciences at the University of South Brittany (Université
de Bretagne Sud) – Laboratory IRDL PTR1, Research Center “Christiaan
Huygens,” in Lorient, France, in the area of coir-based polypropylene micro
composites and nanocomposites. He has published an international article in

Applied Surface Science (Elsevier) and has also presented poster and conference papers at national and international conferences. He also has worked
with the Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Mahatma Gandhi
University, India; and the Technical University in Liberec, Czech Republic.
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CHEMISTRY: MONOGRAPH SERIES
This new book series, Innovations in Physical Chemistry: Monograph
Series, offers a comprehensive collection of books on physical principles
and mathematical techniques for majors, non-majors, and chemical engineers. Because there are many exciting new areas of research involving
computational chemistry, nanomaterials, smart materials, high-performance
materials, and applications of the recently discovered graphene, there can
be no doubt that physical chemistry is a vitally important field. Physical
chemistry is considered a daunting branch of chemistry— it is grounded
in physics and mathematics and draws on quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and statistical thermodynamics.
Innovations in Physical Chemistry has been carefully developed to help
readers increase their confidence when using physics and mathematics
to answer fundamental questions about the structure of molecules, how
chemical reactions take place, and why materials behave the way they do.
Modern research is featured throughout also, along with new developments
in the field.
Editors-in-Chief
A. K. Haghi, PhD
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Chemoinformatics and Chemical

Engineering and Polymers Research Journal; Member, Canadian Research
and Development Center of Sciences and Cultures (CRDCSC), Montreal,
Quebec, Canada
Email:
Lionello Pogliani, PhD
University of Valencia-Burjassot, Spain
Email:
Ana Cristina Faria Ribeiro, PhD
Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Email:


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BOOKS IN THE SERIES
• High-Performance Materials and Engineered Chemistry
• Applied Physical Chemistry with Multidisciplinary Approaches
• Methodologies and Applications for Analytical and Physical
Chemistry
• Physical Chemistry for Engineering and Applied Sciences:
Theoretical and Methodological Implication
• Theoretical Models and Experimental Approaches in Physical
Chemistry: Research Methodology and Practical Methods
• Engineering Technology and Industrial Chemistry with Applications
• Modern Physical Chemistry: Engineering Models, Materials, and
Methods with Applications

• Engineering Technologies for Renewable and Recyclable Materials:
Physical-Chemical Properties and Functional Aspects
• Physical Chemistry for Chemists and Chemical Engineers:
Multidisciplinary Research Perspectives
• Chemical Technology and Informatics in Chemistry with
Applications


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List of Contributors......................................................................................... xv



List of Abbreviations...................................................................................... xix

Preface......................................................................................................... xxiii

PART I: Chemoinformatics and Computational Chemistry..................1
1.

Brownian Motion, Random Trajectory, Diffusion, Fractals,
Theory of Chaos, and Dialectics.....................................................................3




Francisco Torrens and Gloria Castellano

2.

Revealing Informatics Approach and Its Impact on Physical
Chemistry Innovation: Response Surface Methodology
(RSM)—Cheminformatics............................................................................13



Heru Susanto, Teuku Beuna Bardant, Leu Fang-Yie, Chin Kang Chen,
and Andrianopsyah Mas Jaya Putra

3.

Macromolecules Visualization: An Emerging Tool of
Informatics Innovation..................................................................................33



Heru Susanto, Leu Fang-Yie, Teuku Beuna Bardant, Chin Kang Chen,
and Andrianopsyah Mas Jaya Putra

PART II: Advanced Dielectric Materials...............................................57
4.

Chemical Modification of Dielectric Elastomers.........................................59




Chris Ellingford, Chaoying Wan, Lukasz Figiel, and Tony McNally

5.

Transparent Dielectric Materials.................................................................95



Luminita Ioana Buruiana, Andreea Irina Barzic, and Camelia Hulubei

6.High-Tc Superconducting Bi Cuprates: Chasing the
Elusive Monophase......................................................................................125


T. Kannan and P. Predeep

7.

Piezoelectric Materials for Nanogenerators..............................................151



Yunlong Zi


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PART III: New Insights on Nanotechniques.......................................175

8.

Application of Nanotechnology in Chemical Engineering and Carbon
Nanotubes: A Critical Overview and a Vision for the Future..................177



Sukanchan Palit

9.

Progress in Polymer Nanocomposites for Electromagnetic
Shielding Application...................................................................................197



Raghvendra Kumar Mishra, Sravanthi Loganathan, Jissy Jacob, Prosanjit Saha,
and Sabu Thomas

10. Breakthroughs in Nanofibrous Membranes for Industrial
Wastewater Treatment.................................................................................249


Premlata Ambre, Joginder Singh Paneysar, Evans Coutinho, Sukhwinder Kaur Bhullar

11. Genotoxic Effects of Silver Nanoparticles on Marine Invertebrate........289


S. Vijayakumar, S. Thanigaivel, Amitava Mukherjee, Natarajan Chandrasekaran,
and John Thomas


12. Green Synthetic Routes for Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles.................. 311


Divya Mandial, Rajpreet Kaur, Lavnaya Tandon, and Poonam Khullar

PART IV: Polymer Composites.............................................................341
13. Preparation, Characterization, and Application of Sustainable
Polymers Composites...................................................................................343


Raghvendra Kumar Mishra, Prerna, Dinesh Goyal, and Sabu Thomas

14. Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Electrically Active
Methacrylate-Based Polymer–ZnO Nanocomposites for Dielectrics......359


Ilangovan Pugazhenthi, Sakvai Mohammed Safiullah, and Kottur Anver Basha

PART V: Advanced Case Studies..........................................................381
15. Studies on Pathogenicity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and
Its Control Measures...................................................................................383


S. Thanigaivel, Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Amitava Mukherjee, and John Thomas

16. Review of Anti-Infective Activity of Boric Acid:
A Promising Therapeutic Approach...........................................................395



Sukhwinder K. Bhullar, Mehtap Ozekmekci, and Mehmet Copur

17. Control of Magnetism by Voltage in Multiferroics:
Theory and Prospects..................................................................................409


Ann Rose Abraham, Sabu Thomas, and Nandakumar Kalarikkal


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18. Low-Cost Materials for the Removal of Contaminants
from Wastewater..........................................................................................433


Theresa O. Egbuchunam, Grace Obi, Felix E. Okieimen, and Senem Yetgin

Index..............................................................................................................455


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Ann Rose Abraham


School of Pure and Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India

Premlata Ambre

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai 400098, India

Teuku Beuna Bardant

Department of Computer Science and Information Management, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan

Andreea Irina Barzic

“Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41A Grigore Ghica Voda Alley, 700487 Iasi,
Romania

Kottur Anver Basha

P.G. and Research Department of Chemistry, C. Abdul Hakeem College, Melvisharam, Vellore,
Tamil Nadu 632509, India, Tel.: +914172266187, Fax: +914172269487
E-mail:

Sukhwinder Kaur Bhullar

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bursa Technical University, Osmangazi Campus,
Gaziakdemir Mah., Mudanya Cad. No. 4/10, 16190 Osmangazi, Bursa, Turkey

Luminita Ioana Buruiana

“Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41A Grigore Ghica Voda Alley, 700487 Iasi,
Romania


Gloria Castellano

Departamento de Ciencias Experimentales y Matemáticas, Facultad de Veterinaria y Ciencias
Experimentales, Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Màrtir, Guillem de Castro-94,
E-46001 València, Spain

Natarajan Chandrasekaran

Centre for Nanobiotechnology, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Chin Kang Chen

Computational Science, Research Center for Chemistry, The Indonesian Institute of Sciences,
Serpong, Indonesia

Mehmet Copur

Chemical Engineering Department, Bursa Technical University, 16310 Bursa, Turkey

Evans Coutinho

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai 400098, India

Theresa O. Egbuchunam

Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria
E-mail:

Chris Ellingford


International Institute for Nanocomposites Manufacturing (IINM), WMG, University of Warwick,
CV4 7AL, United Kingdom


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Leu Fang-Yie

Department of Computer Science and Information Management, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan

Lukasz Figiel

International Institute for Nanocomposites Manufacturing (IINM), WMG, University of Warwick,
CV4 7AL, United Kingdom

Dinesh Goyal

Department of Biotechnology, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab 147004, India

Camelia Hulubei

“Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41A Grigore Ghica Voda Alley, 700487 Iasi,
Romania

Jissy Jacob


School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India

Nandakumar Kalarikkal

School of Pure and Applied Physics, International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala 686560, India
E-mail:

T. Kannan

LAMP, Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala, India

Rajpreet Kaur

Department of Chemistry, B.B.K. D.A.V. College for Women, Amritsar, Punjab 143005, India

Poonam Khullar

Department of Chemistry, B.B.K. D.A.V. College for Women, Amritsar, Punjab 143005, India

Sravanthi Loganathan

School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India

Divya Mandial

Department of Chemistry, B.B.K. D.A.V. College for Women, Amritsar, Punjab 143005, India

Tony McNally


International Institute for Nanocomposites Manufacturing (IINM), WMG, University of Warwick,
CV4 7AL, United Kingdom

Raghvendra Kumar Mishra

International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi
University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. E-mail:

Amitava Mukherjee

Centre for Nanobiotechnology, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Grace Obi

Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria
E-mail:

Felix E. Okieimen

Centre for Biomaterials Research, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
E-mail:

Mehtap Ozekmekci

Chemical Engineering Department, Bursa Technical University, 16310 Bursa, Turkey


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Sukanchan Palit

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Post-Office Bidholi
via Premnagar, Dehradun 248007, India E-mail: ,

Joginder Singh Paneysar

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai 400098, India

Prerna

Department of Biotechnology, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab 147004, India

Ilangovan Pugazhenthi

P.G. and Research Department of Chemistry, C. Abdul Hakeem College, Melvisharam, Vellore,
Tamil Nadu 632509, India

Andrianopsyah Mas Jaya Putra

Department of Computer Science and Information Management, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan

P. Predeep

LAMP, Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala, India

Sakvai Mohammed Safiullah


P.G. and Research Department of Chemistry, C. Abdul Hakeem College, Melvisharam, Vellore,
Tamil Nadu 632509, India

Prosanjit Saha

Dr. M. N. Dastur School of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Engineering Science
and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah 711103, India

Heru Susanto

Department of Computer Science and Information Management, Tunghai University, Taichung,
Taiwan; Computational Science, Research Center for Chemistry, The Indonesian Institute of Sciences,
Serpong, Indonesia E-mail: ,

Lavnaya Tandon

Department of Chemistry, B.B.K. D.A.V. College for Women, Amritsar, Punjab 143005, India

S. Thanigaivel

Centre for Nanobiotechnology, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

John Thomas

Centre for Nanobiotechnology, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, Tel.: +914162202876,
Fax: +91 416 2243092 E-mail: ,

Sabu Thomas

International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi

University, Kottayam, Kerala, India; School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University,
Kottayam, Kerala, India

Francisco Torrens

Institut Universitari de Ciència Molecular, Universitat de València, P. O. Box 22085,
E-46071 València, Spain

S. Vijayakumar

Centre for Nanobiotechnology, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

Chaoying Wan

International Institute for Nanocomposites Manufacturing (IINM), WMG, University of Warwick,
CV4 7AL, United Kingdom E-mail:


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Senem Yetgin

List of Contributors

Department of Food Engineering, Kastamonu University, Turkey E-mail:

Dr. Yunlong Zi


Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA E-mail:


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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

ABC
amphiphilic block copolymer
AMIA
American Medical Informatics Association
ATRP
atom transfer radical polymerization
Brownian motion
BM
BNC
bacterial nanocellulose
biochemical oxygen demand
BOD
BSA
bovine serum albumin
CB
carbon black
central composite rotatable design
CCRD
CD
circular dichroism
carbon nanomaterials
CNMs
CNT

carbon nanotubes
COD
chemical oxygen demand
chronic suppurative otitis media
CSOM
CuPc
copper phthalocyanine
chemical vapor deposition
CVD
DE
dielectric elastomers
DEA
dielectric elastomer actuator
depot medroxyprogesterone acetate
DMPA
deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
differential scanning calorimetry
DSC
electroactive polymers
EAPs
European Bioinformatics Institute
EBI
EDAethylenediamine
polyethylene diamine tetraacetic acid
EDTA
empty fruit bunch
EFB
electrospun nanofibrous membranes
ENMs

electrophoretic deposition
EPD
EPDM
ethylene-propylene-diene monomer
fetal alcohol syndrome
FAS
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
FEferroelectricity
FESEM
field-emission scanning electron microscopy
FMferromagnetism


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List of Abbreviations

FTIR
Fourier-transform infrared
GC-MS
gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
graphite nanoplatelets
GNPs
GO
graphene oxide
GST
glutathione S-transferase

HAO
hafnium–aluminum oxide
Human Genome Project
HGP
HLB
hydrophile–lipophile balance
high-resolution transmission electron microscopy
HRTEM
ICT
information and communication technology
IET
industrial effluent treatment
Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction Standards
JCPDS
LCE
liquid crystalline elastomers
lower critical solution temperature
LCST
LED
light-emitting diode
LEP
liquid extrusion porosimetry
liquid entry pressure of water
LEPw
LING
lateral integrated nanogenerator
light microscopy
LM
MA
maleic anhydride

MALDI
matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization
MEmagnetoelectric
MEF
micellar-enhanced filtration
MFmicrofiltration
MIMmetal–insulator–metal
molecular weight cutoff
MWCO
National Center for Biotechnology Information
NCBI
necrotizing enterocolitis
NEC
NFnanofiltration
NIRnear-infrared
nuclear magnetic resonance
NMR
nanowire field-effect transistors
NWFETs
PApolyaniline
PAE
poly(arylene ether)
poly(aryl ether ketones
PAEK
polymerase chain reaction
PCR
PDB
Protein Data Bank
polydispersity index
PDI

PDMSpolydimethylsiloxane
piezoelectric nanogenerator
PENG


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PET
polyethylene terephthalate
PIpolyimides
polylactic acid
PLA
PMMA
poly(methyl methacrylate)
PPG
poly(propylene glycol)
PSpolystyrene
PTFEpoly(tetrafluoroethylene)
PUpolyurethane
polyvinyl alcohol
PVA
PVDF
polyvinylidene fluoride
PVMSpolyvinylmethylsiloxane
PVPpolyvinylpyrolidone
RFLPs
restriction fragment length polymorphisms
reduced graphene oxide

RGO
RO
reverse osmosis
RSM
response surface methodology
SBSstyrene–butadiene–styrene
SEBSstyrene–ethylene–butadiene–styrene
scanning electron microscopy
SEM
SERS
surface-enhanced Raman scattering
SIM
selected ion monitoring
single nucleotide polymorphism
SNP
SOD
superoxide dismutase
suspended solids
SS
SSF
simultaneous saccharification fermentation
short tandem repeats
STRs
single-walled carbon nanotube
SWCNT
total antioxidant capacity
TAC
TC
theory of chaos
tetrachloroauric acid

TCAA
thiosulfate-citrate-bile salts-sucrose
TCBS
transmission electron microscopy
TEM
thin-layer nanofiber composite membranes
TNFC
UFultrafiltration
vertical integrated nanogenerator
VING
WZwurtzite
XPS
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
X-ray diffraction
XRD
ZB
zinc blende
zero field cooling
ZFC


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PREFACE

Physical chemistry provides insight into the fundamental reason due to
which chemical systems and materials behave the way they do and provides

a coherent framework for chemical knowledge, from the molecular to the
macroscopic level.
In this new reference book, fundamentals are introduced in a simple
manner yet indepth manner, and general principles are induced from key
experimental results.
The book features contributions from experts in this field of research and
presents a step-by-step guide to the topic with a mix of theory and practice
in physical chemistry that is suitable for advanced graduate levels.
Some of the main highlights of this volume are:
• It will serve as a new reference book and as an introduction to many
of the more advanced topics of interest to modern researchers.
• It provides up-to-date coverage of the latest research and examines
the theoretical and practical aspects of modern physical chemistry.
• It covers key concepts like chemoinformatics and computational
chemistry, new nanotechniques, polymer composites, and engineered
materials.
• It presents the cutting edge of research in physical chemistry.
• It is an excellent supplement for advanced research students in
physical chemistry.
• It highlights some important areas of current interest in polymer
products and chemical processes.
• It also focuses on topics with more advanced methods.


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