ABSTRACT
The world faces significant challenges as the population and consumption continue to grow while nonrenewable fossil fuels and other raw materials are depleted at ever-increasing rates. This informative volume provides a technical approach to address these issues using green design and analysis. It takes an interdisciplinary look at concepts that can be applied across engineering disciplines in the development of products, processes, and systems to minimize environmental impacts across all life cycle phases.
Topics include polymers for pollutant removal, wood-based biopolymers, bio-based polymers for drug formulations, biomaterial-based medical implants, biodegradabilty of biopolymer materials, bio-based polymers for food packaging applications, biodegradable polymers for tissue engineering applications, and more.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|166 pages
Biopolymers-Based Advanced Materials
chapter Chapter 1|50 pages
Wood-Based Biopolymers as Active Elements in New Green Silicone Composites
chapter Chapter 5|24 pages
Biomaterial-Based Implants: A Medical Device to Reconstruct the Biological Structure
part II|167 pages
Biodegradable Polymers and Sustainable Composites
chapter Chapter 8|33 pages
Surface Modification and Analysis of Biodegradable Biopolymer Materials for Various Applications
chapter Chapter 9|16 pages
Galactomannan: A Biodegradable Polymer Used for Bio-Based Edible Coating and Film Materials
chapter Chapter 10|28 pages
Poly(lactic acid)-Based Materials: Food Packaging Application and Biodegradability Evaluation
chapter Chapter 11|29 pages
Biodegradable and Biocompatible Nanocomposite Hydrogels as Emerging Biomaterials
part III|211 pages
Environmental Opportunities and Risks