Cellulose Fibers: Bio- and Nano-Polymer Composites

The current era of green science and technology has made the field of bio- and nano-polymer composite materials for advanced structural and medical applications a rapidly emerging area of research. This volume covers all the essential issues and topics.

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.

Summarizes state-of-the-art of cellulose fibers Gives applications in green technology Renowned international authorship Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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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 Makowski

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 <p