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Sustainable Additives in Polymer Technology provides a comprehensive guide to bio-based additives for polymers, balancing both fundamental and advanced information. The book aims to offer practical guidance for researchers and industry professionals on selecting, ranking, formulating, and applying these additives in polymer manufacturing. Each additive's role in the industry and its mechanisms of action are thoroughly covered, offering readers a complete understanding of their applications. The book is divided into several parts: an overview of bio-based additives, industrial and research developments, classification of materials, advantages and challenges, as well as the mechanisms of performance.
It also delves into the economic aspects and commercial grades of each additive family, concluding with future research directions and developments.
List of contents
Part I: Basics and Principles1. Fundamentals of sustainable additives
Part II: Classification of sustainable additives2. Sustainable plasticizers and lubricants
3. Sustainable pigments and colorants
4. Sustainable antioxidants, anti-UV, anti-aging, and thermal stabilizers for advanced composites
5. Sustainable anti-statics and anti-fogging additives
6. Sustainable flame-retardant additives
7. Sustainable additives as nucleation agents
8. Sustainable surfactants
Part III: Applications of Sustainable Additives: Advanced Features9. Emergent additives from bio-wastes
10. Sustainable additives for additive manufacturing
11. Sustainable additives in electrospinning
12. Sustainable additives for biomedical applications
13. Sustainable additives for coating applications & nbsp
Part IV: Commercialization and Health Features of Sustainable Additives14. Commercially available Sustainable additives
About the author
Prof. Henri Vahabi received his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Montpellier, France, in 2011. He is currently a Full Professor at the University of Lorraine, France. His research is focused on thermal degradation, flame retardancy of thermosets and thermoplastics, and the development of innovative flame-retardant systems. Prof. Vahabi has authored over 170 articles in ISI-indexed journals and has edited four books. Furthermore, he serves as a committee member of the "Fire Group" within the Chemical Society of France and holds the position of Associate Editor for the Polymers from Renewable Resources journal.
Dr. Mohammad Reza Saeb received his PhD in 2008 from Amirkabir University of Technology (Iran) and is currently a Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Medical University of Gdańsk (Poland). His research focuses on advanced materials and manufacturing processes, including polymer blends, composites, and nanocomposites, with particular emphasis on biomaterials and flame-retardant polymers, as well as the recycling and upcycling of polymer and biowastes. He has authored or co-authored more than 500 articles in high-impact journals and is currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of Polymers from Renewable Resources, published by SAGE.
