Biodegradable green composites / / edited by Susheel Kalia

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910136419903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , [2016]; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-5231-1475-4; 1-118-91115-6; 1-118-91106-7; 1-118-91091-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (431 p.)
• Disciplina: 620.1/18
• Soggetti: Composite materials; Green products
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: TITLE PAGE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1 BIODEGRADABLE GREEN COMPOSITES; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; 1.3 NANOFILLERS FOR COMPOSITES; 1.4 NANOCOMPOSITES FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES; 1.5 PROCESSING OF GREEN COMPOSITES; 1.6 APPLICATIONS; 1.7 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 2 SURFACE MODIFICATION OF NATURAL FIBERS USINGPLASMA TREATMENT; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 MECHANISMS OF PLASMA TREATMENT AND TYPES OF PLASMA MACHINES; 2.3 EFFECTS AND APPLICATIONS OF PLASMA TREATMENT; 2.4 CONCLUSIONS AND INDUSTRIAL IMPLICATIONS; REFERENCES; 3 REINFORCING POTENTIAL OF ENZYMATICALLY MODIFIED NATURAL FIBERS3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 ENZYMES; 3.3 NATURAL FIBERS AS ENZYME SUBSTRATES; 3.4 TYPES OF ENZYMES USED IN NATURAL FIBER MODIFICATION; 3.5 EFFECT OF ENZYMATIC TREATMENT ON THE STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF NATURAL FIBERS; 3.6 POLYMER COMPOSITES REINFORCED WITH ENZYMATICALLY MODIFIED NATURAL FIBERS; 3.7 ENZYME-ASSISTED BIOGRAFTING METHODS; 3.8 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 4 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SURFACE MODIFICATION OF NATURAL FIBERS FOR THEIR USE IN BIOCOMPOSITES; ; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 BIOCOMPOSITES; 4.3 NATURAL FIBER: STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION4.4 SURFACE MODIFICATION OF NATURAL FIBERS; 4.5 BIOCOMPOSITES: RECENT TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE; 4.6 BIODEGRADABILITY OF BIOCOMPOSITES; 4.7 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 5 NANOCELLULOSE-BASED GREEN NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 NANOCELLULOSE; 5.3 COMPOSITE MATRICES; 5.4 COMPOSITE PROPERTIES; 5.5 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 6 POLY(LACTIC ACID) HYBRID GREEN COMPOSITES; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES OF PLA HYBRID GREEN COMPOSITES; 6.3 PROPERTIES OF PLA HYBRID GREEN COMPOSITES; 6.4 APPLICATIONS OF PLA HYBRID GREEN COMPOSITES6.5 CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; 7 LIGNIN/NANOLIGNIN AND THEIR BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITES; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 LIGNIN; 7.3 NANOLIGNIN AND METHODS OF PREPARATION OF NANOLIGNIN; 7.4 CHARACTERIZATION OF LIGNIN NANOPARTICLES; 7.5 LIGNIN COMPOSITES/NANOLIGNIN-BASED "GREEN" COMPOSITES; 7.6 POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF LIGNIN/NANOLIGNIN; 7.7 PERSPECTIVES AND CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; WEB SITE REFERENCES; 8 STARCH-BASED "GREEN" COMPOSITES; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 STARCH-BASED COMPOSITES; 8.3 APPLICATIONS; 8.4 PERSPECTIVES; 8.5 CONCLUDING REMARKSACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 9 GREEN COMPOSITE MATERIALS BASED ON BIODEGRADABLE POLYESTERS; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 FABRICATION TECHNIQUES FOR GREEN COMPOSITES; 9.3 PROCESSING OF GREEN COMPOSITES THROUGH MICROWAVE HEATING; 9.4 APPLICATION OF GREEN COMPOSITE; 9.5 CONCLUDING REMARK; REFERENCES; 10 APPLICATIONS OF GREEN COMPOSITE MATERIALS; 10.1 INTRODUCTION; 10.2 GREEN COMPOSITE MATERIALS; 10.3 CONSUMER PRODUCTS; 10.4 BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; 10.5 PACKAGING; 10.6 TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY; 10.7 CONSTRUCTION; 10.8 ENERGY INDUSTRY; 10.9 SPORTS AND LEISURE INDUSTRY; 10.10 CONCLUSIONS