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Green polymer composites technology : properties and applications /

Green polymer composites technology : properties and applications / edited by Inamuddin. - xxi, 591 pages ; 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Editor; Contributors; Chapter 1 Bio-Based New Materials for Packaging Applications; Chapter 2 Innovative Green Foams: Opportunities and Challenges in Industrial Potential Applications; Chapter 3 Properties and Applications of Polysaccharide Green Polymer Composites for Antibacterial and Anti-Fogging Coatings in Food; Chapter 4 Binders Such as Adhesives, Gums, Wallpaper Paste, Resins, or Any Subclass in Polymer Division; Chapter 5 Active Bio-Packaging: Recent Developments and Applications. Chapter 6 Utilities Such as Purchase Bags, Goods Packaging and Composting BagsChapter 7 Smart Coatings Including Antibacterial Coatings, Anti-Fogging Coatings and Self-Healing Materials; Chapter 8 Application of Technical Lignin in Wood Adhesive; Chapter 9 Food Packaging Applications of Renewable Polymers Incorporating Nanocomposites; Chapter 10 Poly(Hydroxyalkanoates) Composites and Their Applications; Chapter 11 Biodegradation Properties of Bioplastic-Based Planting Pots; Chapter 12 Biomedical Implants for Bone Tissue Replacement and Regeneration. Chapter 13 Starch Modifications and Their Influence on the Development and Characteristics of Biodegradable Films: A Comparative ReviewChapter 14 Green Recycled Cellulose Aerogels: Properties and Applications; Chapter 15 Chitosan-Based Composite Materials for Anti-microbial Food Packaging; Chapter 16 Recent Achievements in the Synthesis of Biosafe Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Nanocomposite; Chapter 17 High-Performance Polylactide and Its Composites; Chapter 18 Green Polymer Nanocomposites: Preparation, Properties and Biomedical Applications. Chapter 19 Synthetic Derivatization of Inulin and Its ApplicationsChapter 20 Mixing Index of a Starch Composite Extruder for Food Packaging Application; Chapter 21 Advances in Polymers and Tissue Engineering Scaffolds; Chapter 22 Recent Advances in Green Polymers and Their Pharmaceutical Applications; Chapter 23 Drug Delivery by Green Nanoparticles; Chapter 24 Grafted Nano-ZnO, TiO2, and CuO by Biosafe Coupling Agents and Their Applications for the Green Polymer Nanocomposites Fabrication; Chapter 25 Advances in Polymer Composites: Green and Nanotechnology. Chapter 26 An Account of Commercially Important Polysaccharide Derivatives and Their Industrial ApplicationsChapter 27 Advances in Polymeric Implants for Biomedical Applications; Chapter 28 Polycarbonate: Synthesis, Properties and Its Applications; Chapter 29 Polylactic Acid (PLA) Synthesis and Catalytic Mechanism; Chapter 30 Use of Green Composites for Removal of Metal Ions and Dyes; Chapter 31 New Advances in Bio-Based Resins; Chapter 32 Clean and Effective Lignin Upgrading Pathway as Green Polymer Feedstock: Strategies to Break Through the Restrictions of Lignin Heterogeneity

This book is a comprehensive introduction to "green" or environmentally friendly polymer composites developed using renewable polymers of natural origin such as starch, lignin, cellulose acetate, poly-lactic acid (PLA), polyhydroxylalkanoates (PHA), polyhydroxylbutyrate (PHB), etc., and the development of modern technologies for preparing green composites with various applications. The book also discusses major applications of green polymer composites in industries such as medicine, biotechnology, fine chemicals and engineering

9781498715461


Polymeric composites.
Green chemistry.

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