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Because we are living in an era of Green Science and Technology, developments in the field of bio- and nano- polymer composite materials for advanced structural and medical applications is a rapidly emerging area and the subject of scientific attention. In light of the continuously deteriorating environmental conditions, researchers all over the world have focused an enormous amount of scientific research towards bio-based materials because of their cost effectiveness, eco-friendliness and renewability. This handbook deals with cellulose fibers and nano-fibers and covers the latest advances in bio- and nano- polymer composite materials. This rapidly expanding field is generating many exciting new materials with novel properties and promises to yield advanced applications in diverse fields.
This book reviews vital issues and topics and will be of interest to academicians, research scholars, polymer engineers and researchers in industries working in the subject area. It will also be a valuable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students at institutes of plastic engineering and other technical institutes.
List of contents
Part I Cellulose Fibers and Nanofibers
1. Natural Fibers: Structure, Properties and Applications
S. Thomas, S.A. Paul, L.A. Pothan and Deepa B
2. Chemical Functionalization of Cellulose Derived from Non-conventional Sources
V.K. Varshney and Sanjay Naithani
3. Production of Flax Fibers for Biocomposites
Jonn Foulk, Danny Akin, Roy Dodd and Chad Ulven
4. Cellulosic Bast Fibers, Their Structure and Properties Suitable for Composite Applications
Malgorzata Zimniewska, Maria Wladyka - Przybylak and Jerzy Mankowski
5. Potential Use of Micro- and Nanofibrillated Cellulose Composites Exemplified by Paper
Ramjee Subramanian, Eero Hiltunen and Patrick A.C.
Gane
Part II Cellulosic Fiber Reinforced Polymer Compo-sites and Nanocomposites
6. Greener Surface Treatments of Natural Fiber Rein-forcements for use in the Production of Composite Mate-rials
Koon-Yang Lee, Anne Delille and Alexander Bismarck
7. Nanocellulose BasedComposites
Kelley Spence, Youssef Habibi and Alain Dufresne
8. Dimensional Analysis and Surface Morphology as Selective Criteria of Lignocellulosic Fibers as Reinforcement in Polymeric Matrices
Kestur G Satyanarayana, Sergio N Monteiro, Felipe
Perisse D Lopes, Frederico M Margem, Helvio P G
Santafe Jr. and Lucas L da Costa
9. Interfacial Shear Strength in Lignocellulosic Fibers In-corporated Polymeric Composites
Sergio Neves Monteiro, Kestur G. Satyanarayana,
Frederico Muylaert Margem, Ailton da Silva Ferreira,
Denise Cristina Oliveira Nascimeto, Helvio Pessanha
Guimarães Santafé Jr and Felipe Perissé Duarte Lopes
10. The Structure, Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Thermoplastic Composites with Fiber and Energetic Plants
Slawomir Borysiak, Dominik Paukszta, Paulina
Batkowska and Jerzy Mankowski
11. Isora Fiber- A Natural Reinforcement for the Develop-ment of High Performance Engineering Materials
Lovely Mathew, M.K. Joshy and Rani Joseph
12. Pineapple Leaf Fibers (PALF) and PALF-Reinforced Po-lymer Composites
MohdSapuan Salit, Mohamed Abdul Rahman, Januar
Parlaungan Siregar and Mohamad Ridzwan Ishak
13. Utilization of Rice Husks and the Products of its Degra-dation as Fillers of Polymer Composites
S. D. Genieva, S. Ch. Turmanova and L. T. Vlaev
14. Polyolefin Based Natural Fiber Composites
Santosh D Wanjale and Jyoti P Jog
15. All Cellulosic-based Composites
J. P. Borges, M. H. Godinho, J. L. Figueirinhas, M. N. de
Pinho and M.N. Belgacem
Part III Biodegradable Plastics & Composites from Re-newable Resources
16. Environment Benevolent Biodegradable Polymers: Syn-thesis, Biodegradability and Applications
B.S. Kaith, Hemant Mittal, Rajeev Jindal, Mithu Maiti and Susheel Kalia
17. Biocomposites based on Biodegradable Thermoplastic Polyester and Ligno-cellulose Fibers
Luc Avérous
18. Man-made Cellulose Short Fiber Reinforced Oil and Bio-based Thermoplastics
Johannes Ganster and Hans-Peter Fink
19. Degradation of Cellulose Based Polymer Composites
J.K. Pandey, D.R. Saini and S.H.Ahn
20. Biopolymeric Nanocomposites as Environment benign Materials
Pratheep Kumar Annamalai and Raj Pal Singh
Part IV Applications of Cellulose Fiber Reinforced Po-lymer Composites
21. Cellulose Nanocomposites for High Performance Appli-cations
Bibin Mathew Cherian, Alcides Lopes Leao, Sivoney
Ferreira de Souza, Sabu Thomas, Laly A Pothan and M
Kottaisamy
22. Sisal Fiber Based Polymer Composites and their Applica-tions
Mohini Saxena, Asokan Pappu, Ruhi Haque and Anusha
Sharma
23. Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites and Na-nocomposites for Automotive Applications
James Njuguna, Paul Wambua, Krzysztof Pielichowski and Kambiz Kayvantash
24. Natural Fiber Based Composite Building Materials
B. Singh, M. Gupta, Hina Tarannum and Anamika
Randhawa
Summary
Because we are living in an era of Green Science and Technology, developments in the field of bio- and nano- polymer composite materials for advanced structural and medical applications is a rapidly emerging area and the subject of scientific attention. In light of the continuously deteriorating environmental conditions, researchers all over the world have focused an enormous amount of scientific research towards bio-based materials because of their cost effectiveness, eco-friendliness and renewability. This handbook deals with cellulose fibers and nano-fibers and covers the latest advances in bio- and nano- polymer composite materials. This rapidly expanding field is generating many exciting new materials with novel properties and promises to yield advanced applications in diverse fields.
This book reviews vital issues and topics and will be of interest to academicians, research scholars, polymer engineers and researchers in industries working in the subject area. It will also be a valuable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students at institutes of plastic engineering and other technical institutes.
