Natural Fibers, Biopolymers and Their Biocomposites focuses on biobased materials, natural fibers, biopolymers, and biocomposites and integrates the principles of sustainability, industrial ecology, eco-efficiency, and green chemistry and engineering into the development of the next generation of materials, products, and processes.

Features:

• Offers a historical context to the development of both petroleum-based and biobased/biodegradable composites
• Integrates market data over time that factor in manufacturing, disposal, and consumption
• Reveals the latest developments in automotive, packaging, and building applications, wood-composites applications, and issues of adhesion
• Suggests cost-effective, economically competitive biocomposites formulations and designs that attain sustainability and performance needs

Contents

• Plant Fibers as Reinforcement for Green Composites
• Processing of Bast Fiber Plants for Industrial Application
• Recent Developments in Retting and Measurement of Fiber Quality in Natural Fibers: Pro and Cons
• Alternative Low-Cost Biomass for the Biocomposites Industry
• Fiber-Matrix Adhesion in Natural Fiber Composites
• Natural Fiber Composites in Automotive Applications
• Natural Fiber Composites for Building Applications
• Thermoset Biocomposites
• Thermoplastic Wood Fiber Composites
• Bamboo-Based Ecocomposites and Their Potential Applications
• Oil Palm Fiber-Thermoplastic Composites
• Natural Fiber-Rubber Composites and Their Applications
• Straw-Based Biomass and Biocomposites
• Sorona®Polymer: Present Status and Future Perspectives
• Polylactic Acid Technology
• Polylactide-Based Biocomposites
• Bacterial Polyester-Based Biocomposites: A Review
• Cellulose Fiber-Reinforced Cellulose Esters: Biocomposites for the Future
• Starch Polymers: Chemistry, Engineering, and Novel Products
• Lignin-Based Polymer Blends and Biocomposite Materials
• Soy Protein-Based Plastics, Blends, and Composites
• Synthesis, Properties, and Potential Applications of Novel Thermosetting Biopolymers from Soybean and Other Natural Oils
• Houses Using Soy Oil and Natural Fibers Biocomposites
• Biobased Polyurethanes and Their Composites: Present Status and Future Perspective
• Cellulose-Based Nanocomposites
• How Sustainable Are Biopolymers and Biobased Products? The Hope, the Doubts, and the Reality

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