Advances in Natural Polymers Composites and Nanocomposites /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Thomas, Sabu. (Editor), Visakh, P. M. (Editor), Mathew, Aji. P. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Advanced Structured Materials, 18
• Subjects: Polymers.; Materials.; Surfaces (Physics).; Materials Science.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Polymer Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20940-6

The book summarizes in a comprehensive manner many of the recent technical research accomplishments in the area of natural polymers. It discusses the various attempts reporting on solving this problem from the point of view of the chemistry and the structure of natural polymers, highlighting the dra...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction of natural polymers and their nanocomposites
• Cellulose based blends, composites and nanocomposites
• Chitin and chitosan based blends, composites and nanocomposites
• Starch based blends, composites and nanocomposites
• Recent studies on soy protein based blends, composites and nanocomposites
• Recent studies on casein based blends, composites and nanocomposites
• Recent studies on Alginates based blends, composites and nanocomposites
• Recent studies on lignin based blends, composites and nanocomposites
• Recent studies on hemicelluloses based blends, composites and nanocomposites.