Biopolymers and Their Industrial Applications: From Plant, Animal, and Marine Sources, to Functional Products

ISBN-13: 9780128192405 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 400 str.

Sabu Thomas; Sreeraj Gopi; Augustine Amalraj

Spis treści

1. Overview of biopolymers: Resources, demands, sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) modeling and simulation
2. Biopolymers and their classifications
3. Isolation and physicochemical characterization of biopolymers
4. Methodologies for selecting biopolymers and their characteristic features for various industrial applications
5. Biopolymer blends and composites: Processing technologies and their properties for industrial applications
6. Biopolymers in food and nutraceutical industries
7. Biopolymers and their role in medicinal and pharmaceutical applications
8. Biopolymers in textile industries
9. Biopolymers: Applications in cosmeceutical industries
10. Biodegradable polymers as packaging materials
11. Biopolymers in the automotive and adhesive industries
12. Biopolymers: Opportunities and challenges for 3D-printing
13. Biopolymer composites in super capacitor and energy storage devices
14. Biopolymers in environmental applications: Industrial waste water treatment
15. Advantages of biopolymers over synthetic polymers: Social, economic and environmental aspects