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Prof. Dr. Ayesha Kausar is affiliated with National Centre for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan. Her current research interests include design, fabrication, characterization, and exploration of structure-property relationships and potential prospects of nanocomposites, polymeric composites/nanocomposites, nanoparticles/polymeric nanoparticles, quantum dots, nanocarbons (graphene, carbon nanotube, nanodiamond, fullerene, etc.), inorganics/hybrid materials, nanofibers, nano-foam architectures, etc. Dr. Kausar's contributions to nano/materials science and technology fields include > 680 scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals. Till now, she has contributed 10 Elsevier authored monographs as (i) Multifunctional Carbon Nano-Onions Based Nanocomposites: Fundamentals, Design and Applications”, 2026; (ii) Graphene Quantum Dots and Their Derived Nanocomposites: Fundamentals and Applications”, 2025; (iii) Three-Dimensional Graphene Nanocomposites: Design, Characteristics, and Technical Potential”, 2025; (iv) Polymer/Nanodiamond Nanocomposites: Fundamentals, Properties and Applications” 2024; (v) Shape Memory Polymer-Derived Nanocomposites: Materials, Properties, and Applications, 2024; (vi) Polymer/Fullerene Nanocomposites: Design and Applications” 2023; (vii) Polymeric Nanocomposites with Carbonaceous Nanofillers for Aerospace Applications” 2022; (viii) Graphene to Polymer/Graphene Nanocomposites: Emerging Research and Opportunities” 2021; (x) Conducting Polymer-Based Nanocomposites: Fundamentals and Applications” 2021; (ix) Electrical Conductivity in Polymer-Based Composites: Experiments, Modelling, and Applications” 2018. Moreover, she contributed book chapters to > 150 international Books and Encyclopaedias. Her name has been listed in the world's Top 2% of scientists in the field of materials science & technology/nanotechnology in surveys conducted by Stanford University to recognize, in recent years.

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Polymer/Nanodiamond Nanocomposites: Fundamentals, Properties and Applications provides an up-to-date review of these materials. The structure, design, processing, and properties, as well as technological advancements, are all thoroughly discussed. Several practical and potential application areas are also identified such as tribological aerospace/automobile materials (thermally conducting, lubricant, and radiation shielding), coatings/anti-corrosion nanomaterials, shape memory nanocomposites, energy devices (Li ion batteries and solar cells), and biomedical nanomaterials (drug delivery, tissue engineering, biosensor, imaging).

Current difficulties and potential opportunities are also discussed in detail. The book covers all aspects of these new novel materials' design, structure, manufacture, and applications, offering an up-to-date, comprehensive knowledge resource for materials scientists, researchers, and engineers.

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1: Nanodiamond: Structure, synthesis, properties, and applications
2: Polymer/nanodiamond nanocomposites: Fundamentals, fabrication, and characteristics
3: Development of nanodiamond nanobifiller derived polymeric nanocomposites
4: Performance of thermosetting polymers containing nanodiamond nanofiller
5: Advances in thermoplastic polymer/nanodiamond nanomaterials
6: Nanodiamond reinforced conducting polymer-based nanomaterials
7: Tribological performance of polymer/nanodiamond nanocomposites: Aerospace, automobile and engineered structures
8: Potential of polymer/nanodiamond nanocomposites for radiation shielding and corrosion protection
9: Shape memory polymer/nanodiamond nanocomposites: Design and functioning
10: Polymer/nanodiamond nanocomposites in energy devices: Fuel cells, Li ion batteries and solar cells
11: Biomedical applications of multifunctional polymer/nanodiamond nanocomposites
12: Polymer/nanodiamond nanocomposites towards industries and future impacts