Eco-friendly Polymer Nanocomposites: Chemistry and Applications

✍ Scribed by Vijay Kumar Thakur, Manju Kumari Thakur (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer India
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 578
• Series: Advanced Structured Materials 74
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Eco-Friendly Polymer-Layered Silicate Nanocomposite–Preparation, Chemistry, Properties, and Applications....Pages 1-42
Hydrogels Nanocomposites Based on Crystals, Whiskers and Fibrils Derived from Biopolymers....Pages 43-71
Fabrication, Property, and Application of Lignin-Based Nanocomposites....Pages 73-99
Nanocellulose and Its Application for Shape-Memory Materials....Pages 101-135
Nanotechnologies for Production of High Performance Cellulosic Paper....Pages 137-172
A Review on Bionanocomposites Based on Chitosan and Its Derivatives for Biomedical Applications....Pages 173-208
Graphene-Based Polymer Nanocomposites: Chemistry and Applications....Pages 209-237
Natural Nano-based Polymers for Packaging Applications....Pages 239-277
Bionanocomposites for Magnetic Removal of Water Pollutants....Pages 279-310
Magnetite Nanocomposites Thin Coatings Prepared by MAPLE to Prevent Microbial Colonization of Medical Surfaces....Pages 311-339
Eco-Friendly Chitosan-Based Nanocomposites: Chemistry and Applications....Pages 341-386
Environmental Applications of Polypyrrole—and Polyaniline–Bacterial Extracellular Polysaccharide Nanocomposites....Pages 387-397
Synthesis, Chemistry, and Medical Application of Bacterial Cellulose Nanocomposites....Pages 399-437
Chitin-Based Nanocomposites: Biomedical Applications....Pages 439-457
Eco-Friendly Cellulose–Polymer Nanocomposites: Synthesis, Properties and Applications....Pages 459-496
Recent Development of Chitosan Nanocomposites with Multiple Potential Uses....Pages 497-531
Gold Nanoparticle-Reinforced Eco-friendly Polymer Nanocomposites and Their Applications....Pages 533-562
Structure and Properties of Rubbers With Silica Nanoparticles as Petroleum-Free Fillers....Pages 563-574
Back Matter....Pages 575-576

✦ Subjects

Polymer Sciences; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods; Materials Engineering; Renewable and Green Energy; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology