Handbook of Sustainable Polymers: Structure and Chemistry

ISBN-13: 9789814613552 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 600 str.

Vijay Kumar Thakur;Manju Kumari Thakur;¬Abar

Opis

This book seeks to address the fundamental understanding of the structure and chemistry of sustainable polymers. It covers the fundamentals of sustainable polymers and presents guidelines in a logical and clear manner for students and researchers. The text explores the structure and chemistry of various sustainable polymers, such as cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, chitosan, starch, guar gum, pectin, and protein, for possible development of green sustainable materials. Each chapter is authored by highly accomplished experts in the field of sustainable polymers and discusses in detail the chemistry and structure of sustainable polymers procured from different natural resources.

Spis treści

Sustainable Polymers: A Perspective to the Future. Properties of Natural Cellulose Fibers and Methods of Their Modifications for the Purpose of Paper Quality Improvement. New Uses for an "Old" Polysaccharide: Pectin Based Composite Materials. Lignin from Biomass Waste to Oil & Gas Drilling Industry. Consolidation of Natural Polymer Powder by Severe Shear Deformation. Crystal Structure of Wild and Domestic Silk Fibres Using Linked-Atom-Least Squares Method. Cellulose: Structure and Properties Relationships. Guar Gum and Its Derivatives: Versatile Materials for Controlled Drug Delivery. Depolymerization Properties of Bio-Based Polymers. Biofiber Reinforced Biopolymer Composites. Novel Smart Chitosan Grafted Alginate Microcapsules PH Sensitive Hydrogel for Oral Protein Delivery: Release and Bio-Evaluation Studies. Kinetics and Mechanistics Orientation to the Nature of Electron-Transfer Process in Oxidation of Biodegradable Water-Soluable Polymers by Chromic Acid in Aqueous Perchlorate Solutions. A Linear Free-Energy Correlation. Biopolymers Directly Developed from Biomasses from Agrowaste Sources. Preparation of Self-Assembled Chitin Nanofibers and Nanocomposites Using Ionic Liquid. Chitosan-Starch Eco-Composites: Sustainable Biopolymer Matrix Reinforced with Green Fibers. Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Protein-Based Hydrogels. Biodegradable Polymer Loaded Nanoparticles: An Overview on Synthesis and Its Biomedical Applications. Nano-Particles in Biochemical Engineering: Synthesis and Chemistry. Bagasse Sustainable Polymers for Cellulose Hydrogel Sheets Showing Tissue Regeneration. Smart Polymers in Targeted Drug Delivery. Novel Nanocellulose Based Biocomposites. Supercritical Antisolvent Process as Green Alternative in Polymer Optimization.