Eco-friendly Polymer Nanocomposites

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Eco-Friendly Polymer-Layered Silicate Nanocomposite–Preparation, Chemistry, Properties, and Applications

   • Raghavan Prasanth, Peter Samora Owuor, Ravi Shankar, Jarin Joyner, Suppanat Kosolwattana, Sujin P. Jose et al.

   Pages 1-42

3. Hydrogels Nanocomposites Based on Crystals, Whiskers and Fibrils Derived from Biopolymers

   • André R. Fajardo, Antonio G. B. Pereira, Edvani C. Muniz

   Pages 43-71

4. Fabrication, Property, and Application of Lignin-Based Nanocomposites

   • Xiaoying Wang, Guocheng Han, Zuguang Shen, Runcang Sun

   Pages 73-99

5. Nanocellulose and Its Application for Shape-Memory Materials

   • Shiyu Fu, Chen Tian

   Pages 101-135

6. Nanotechnologies for Production of High Performance Cellulosic Paper

   • Altaf H. Basta, Houssni El-Saied

   Pages 137-172

7. A Review on Bionanocomposites Based on Chitosan and Its Derivatives for Biomedical Applications

   • Ibrahim M. El-Sherbiny, Nancy M. El-Baz

   Pages 173-208

8. Graphene-Based Polymer Nanocomposites: Chemistry and Applications

   • Mehdi Mogharabi, Mohammad Ali Faramarzi

   Pages 209-237

9. Natural Nano-based Polymers for Packaging Applications

   • Behjat Tajeddin

   Pages 239-277

10. Bionanocomposites for Magnetic Removal of Water Pollutants

    • F. L. Sousa, A. L. Daniel-da-Silva, N. J. O. Silva, T. Trindade

    Pages 279-310

11. Magnetite Nanocomposites Thin Coatings Prepared by MAPLE to Prevent Microbial Colonization of Medical Surfaces

    • Alina Maria Holban, Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu, Crina Maria Saviuc

    Pages 311-339

12. Eco-Friendly Chitosan-Based Nanocomposites: Chemistry and Applications

    • Catalina Natalia Cheaburu-Yilmaz, Onur Yilmaz, Cornelia Vasile

    Pages 341-386

13. Environmental Applications of Polypyrrole—and Polyaniline–Bacterial Extracellular Polysaccharide Nanocomposites

    • V. Janaki, S. Kamala-Kannan

    Pages 387-397

14. Synthesis, Chemistry, and Medical Application of Bacterial Cellulose Nanocomposites

    • Mazhar Ul-Islam, Shaukat Khan, Waleed Ahmad Khattak, Muhammad Wajid Ullah, Joong Kon Park

    Pages 399-437

15. Chitin-Based Nanocomposites: Biomedical Applications

    • Carlos Filipe Cidre João, Jorge Carvalho Silva, João Paulo Borges

    Pages 439-457

16. Eco-Friendly Cellulose–Polymer Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Properties and Applications

    • S. Karuppusamy, P. Vengatesh, M. Anbu Kulandainathan

    Pages 459-496

17. Recent Development of Chitosan Nanocomposites with Multiple Potential Uses

    • Francisco Claudio de Freitas Barros, Vicente de Oliveira Sousa Neto, Tecia Vieira Carvalho, Rodrigo Silveira Vieira, Glória Maria Marinho Silva, Ronaldo Ferreira do Nascimento

    Pages 497-531

18. Gold Nanoparticle-Reinforced Eco-friendly Polymer Nanocomposites and Their Applications

    • Sunanda Sain, Dipa Ray

    Pages 533-562

19. Structure and Properties of Rubbers With Silica Nanoparticles as Petroleum-Free Fillers

    • Masayuki Yamaguchi, Vu Anh Doan, Shogo Nobukawa

    Pages 563-574

20. Back Matter

    Pages 575-576

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This book contains precisely referenced chapters, emphasizing environment-friendly polymer nanocomposites with basic fundamentals, practicality and alternatives to traditional nanocomposites through detailed reviews of different environmental friendly materials procured from different resources, their synthesis and applications using alternative green approaches. The book aims at explaining basics of eco-friendly polymer nanocomposites from different natural resources and their chemistry along with practical applications which present a future direction in the biomedical, pharmaceutical and automotive industry. The book attempts to present emerging economic and environmentally friendly polymer nanocomposites that are free from side effects studied in the traditional nanocomposites. This book is the outcome of contributions by many experts in the field from different disciplines, with various backgrounds and expertises. This book will appeal to researchers as well as students from different disciplines. The content includes industrial applications and will fill the gap between the research works in laboratory to practical applications in related industries.

• Eco-friendly Nanomaterials
• Green Techniques
• Polymer Nanocomposites
• Renewable Resources
• Sustainable Materials

• Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, USA

  Vijay Kumar Thakur

• Chemistry, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India

  Manju Kumari Thakur

Dr. Vijay Kumar Thakur has been working as Research Faculty (Staff Scientist) in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University, U.S.A, since September 2013. His former appointments include being a Research Scientist in Temasek Laboratories at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at LHU-Taiwan. His research interests include the synthesis and processing of biobased polymers, nanomaterials, polymer micro/nanocomposites, nanoelectronic materials, novel high dielectric constant materials, electrochromic materials for energy storage, green synthesis of nanomaterials, and surface functionalization of polymers/nanomaterials. He did his Post doctorate in Materials Science at Iowa State University and his Ph.D. in Polymer Science (2009) at the National Institute of Technology. In his academic career, he has published more than 80 SCI journal research articles in the field of polymers/materials science and holds one United States patent. He has also published 12 books and thirty book chapters on the advanced state-of-the-art of polymers/materials science with numerous publishers. He is an editorial board member of several international journals and also is member of scientific bodies around the world. In addition to being on the editorial board of journals, he also serves as the guest editor for the Journal of Nanomaterials, International Journal of Polymer Science, Journal of Chemistry, and American Journal of Applied Chemistry.

Dr. Manju Kumar Thakur has been working as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the Division of Chemistry, Govt. Degree College Sarkaghat Himachal Pradesh University – Shimla, INDIA since June 2010. She received her B.Sc. in Chemistry, Botany and Zoology; M.Sc., M. Phil; in Organic Chemistry and Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry from the Chemistry Department at Himachal Pradesh University – Shimla, INDIA.She has rich experience in the field of organic chemistry, bio- polymers, composites/ nanocomposites, hydrogels, applications of hydrogels in the removal of toxic heavy metal ions, drug delivery etc. She has published more than 30 research papers in several international journals, co-authored three books and has also published 25 book chapters in the field of polymeric materials.

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