Bio-based composites for high-performance materials : from strategy to industrial application / / edited by Wirasak Smitthipong, Rungsima Chollakup, Michel Nardin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910800188503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton : , : Taylor & Francis, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-429-15616-2; 1-4822-1449-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Classificazione: TEC021000SCI013000
• Disciplina: 620.118
• Soggetti: Composite materials; Polymeric composites; Fibrous composites; Biomass chemicals
• 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 at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1: Bio-Based Composites: An Introduction; Chapter 2: Bio-Based Strategy: Food and Non-Food Markets; Chapter 3: Strategy of Bio-Based Resources: Material versus Energy; Chapter 4: Bio-Inspired Materials; Chapter 5: Natural Fiber Surface Treatments and Coupling Agents in Bio-Based Composites; Chapter 6: Reinforcement of Polymers by Flax Fibers: Role of Interfaces; Chapter 7: Effects of Reinforcing Fillers and Coupling Agents on Performances of Wood-Polymer Composites; Chapter 8: Natural Fiber Polyolefin Composites: Processing, Melt Rheology, and PropertiesChapter 9: Polysaccharide Bio-Based Composites: Nanofiber Fabrication and Application; Chapter 10: Recent Advances in Cellulose Nanocomposites; Chapter 11: Improvement of Damage Resilience of Composites; Chapter 12: Lifetime Durability of Bio-Based Composites; Chapter 13: Mechanical Properties of Natural Fiber-Reinforced Composites; Chapter 14: Characterization and Strength Modeling of Laminated Bio-Based Composites; Chapter 15: Micromechanical Modeling of Bio-Based Composites; Chapter 16: Life Cycle Assessments of Bio-Based Composites: A ReviewChapter 17: Bio-Based Composites: Future Trends and Environmental Aspects; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: This timely text integrates disciplines such as materials science, polymer chemistry, plant science, chemical engineering, and nanotechnology to provide comprehensive coverage of the state of the art in bio-based composite materials, as well as their biological feedstocks, basic design principles, properties, industrial applications, environmental friendliness, and life cycles. It presents a strategic and policy-oriented view of bio-based composites, addressing the competing needs for plants as food versus plants as manufacturing feedstocks, while considering the costs of retrofitting existing chemical production plants for bio-based composite manufacture. --