**Meet the editor**

Dr. S. Sivasankaran is a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qassim University. He completed his PhD degree in Production Engineering (Manufacturing Technology—Nanocomposite Materials) at the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India. He passed his Bachelor Degree of Mechanical Engineering,

First Class with Distinction, at the University of Madras, India. He did his MTech in Manufacturing Technology, First Class with Distinction, at the Department of Production Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India. After his doctoral degree, he worked as an associate professor in the KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology (KPRIET), Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. He established an advanced materials research laboratory and entrepreneurship development cell in KPRIET. He has received further research and seminar grants from the government of India. Furthermore, he served as an associate professor in Hawassa University, East Africa, from October 2014 to February 2016 where he developed BSc-Industrial Engineering, MSc-Industrial Engineering and Management, and MSc-Manufacturing Technology curricula. He has published more than 50 research articles in refereed international journals of which 20 articles were published by Elsevier, and in national journals and conferences. He is acting as a reviewer for more than 10 refereed international journals (Elsevier). He has organized more than 10 national- and international-level workshops. He has experience in synthesis, characterization, and mechanical behavior of nanocomposites through high-energy ball milling (powder metallurgy process), manufacturing of aluminum-based metal matrix composites through the stir-casting technique, processing of materials via severe plastic deformation techniques, friction stir processing, materials characterization using optical microscopy, XRD, SEM, TEM, microhardness measurement, wear behavior, machining behavior of composite materials, modeling using artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, adaptive neurofuzzy inference systems, and optimization using Taguchi design of experiments. Finally, his research interests are nanocomposites, mechanical alloying, powder metallurgy, stir-casting, advanced welding, 3D printing, metal matrix composites, polymer matrix composites, mechanical behavior, machining behavior, advanced characterization techniques, optimization, and modeling.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Accessory 1**

Ana Paula Piedade

**Gas Sensing 81** Nguyen Nang Dinh

**Nanofiller 103**

Ihab A. Abdel-Latif

Chapter 1 **Nanocomposite for Space Charge Suppression in HVDC Cable**

Chapter 2 **Carbon Nanocomposites: Preparation and Its Application in**

Boxue Du, Jin Li and Zhuoran Yang

Chapter 3 **Polymer/Noble Metal Nanocomposites 45**

**Catalytic Organic Transformations 17** Mayakrishnan Gopiraman and Ick Soo Kim

Ahmed Gamal Abed El-Azim Khalil El-Shamy

**with Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Cells 65**

Chapter 6 **Polymer Nanocomposites with Different Types of**

Chapter 7 **Perovskite Strontium Doped Rare Earth Manganites**

Chapter 8 **Thermoreversible Polymeric Nanocomposites 145**

Ranjita K. Bose, Francesco Picchioni and Henky Muljana

Chapter 4 **Hybrid Nanocomposites Produced by Sputtering: Interaction**

Chapter 5 **Conducting Polymers Incorporated with Related Graphene Compound Films for Use for Humidity and NH3**

Amanda Dantas de Oliveira and Cesar Augusto Gonçalves Beatrice

**Nanocomposites and Their Photocatalytic Performances 129**
