Overview
- Discusses advances in the application of bio-polymer research
- Summarizes the advantages and shortcomings of commercialization of different bio-based polymers
- Addresses issues of sustainability in the context of current demands
Part of the book series: Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials (MHFNN)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (19 chapters)
-
Sustainable Polymers for Biomedical Applications
-
Sustainable Polymers for Food Packaging Applications
-
Sustainable Polymers for Other Emerging Application
Keywords
- Synthesis Strategors
- Life Cycle Assesment
- Sustainable Polymers
- Petrochemical Based Polymers
- Sustainable Packaging
- Biodegradable Polymer Composites
- Polyhydroxyalkanoates
- Thermo-Responsive Polymers
- Biocompatible Polymers
- Bioresorbable Polymers
- Polymer Grafted Nanobiomaterials
- Polymers in Food Packagin
- Biomedical Applications of Polymers
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Raghvendra Gupta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati. He has previously worked as a researcher in BITS Pilani (India), Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR (Singapore) and University of Sydney (Australia). His research interests are based around understanding transport processes in chemical and biomedical applications, and he is current research is on multiphase flows, microfluidics and interfacial phenomena. He has authored 18 research publications in reputed journals.
Tabli Ghosh is a research scholar in the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati. Her work focuses on developing and evaluating the health impacts of edible medicinal nano-coatings for food products.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Sustainable Polymers
Book Subtitle: Processing and Applications
Editors: Vimal Katiyar, Raghvendra Gupta, Tabli Ghosh
Series Title: Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9804-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9803-3Published: 14 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9806-4Published: 14 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-32-9804-0Published: 05 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2524-5384
Series E-ISSN: 2524-5392
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXI, 483
Number of Illustrations: 83 b/w illustrations, 127 illustrations in colour
Topics: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Polymer Sciences, Materials Engineering, Green Chemistry