Biodegradable Polymers, Blends and Composites
- 1st Edition - November 7, 2021
- Latest edition
- Editors: Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa, Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai, M. Ramesh, Suchart Siengchin
- Language: English
Biodegradable Polymers, Blends and Composites provides a comprehensive review on recent developments in this very important research field. The book's chapters cover the various t… Read more
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Description
Description
Biodegradable Polymers, Blends and Composites provides a comprehensive review on recent developments in this very important research field. The book's chapters cover the various types of biodegradable polymers currently available and their composites, with discussions on preparation, properties and applications. Sections cover natural rubber-based polymer blends, soy-protein, cellulose, chitin, starch-based, PLA, PHBV, PCL, PVA, PBAT-based blends, Poly (ethylene succinate), PHB and Poly (propylene carbonates). The book will be a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers, technologists and engineers working on recent developments in the area of biodegradable polymers, their blends and composites.
Key features
Key features
- Discusses the various types of biodegradable polymers, blends and composites
- Covers natural rubber, cellulose, chitin, starch, PLA, PCL and PBAT
- Features modern processing technologies, properties, applications and biodegradability
Readership
Readership
Academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers working in polymers, composites and materials science. Chemical engineering and postgraduate students
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Introduction to biodegradable polymers
2. Natural rubber-based polymer blends, composites and nanocomposites
3. Soy protein-based polymer blends, and composites
4. Extraction and characterization of cellulose
5. Cellulose based blends and composites
6. Chitin and chitosan-based blends and composites
7. Starch based blends and composites
8. PLA based blends and composites
9. PHBV based blends and composites
10. PCL based blends and composites
11. PVA based blends and composites
12. PBAT based blends and composites
13. Poly(ethylene succinate), polybutylene succinate and Poly[(butylene succinate)-co-adipate] (PBSA) based blends and composites
14. Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) based blends and composites
15. Poly(Propylene Carbonates) based blends and composites
16. Miscellaneous biodegradable polymers
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: November 8, 2021
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
SR
Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa
JP
Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai
MR
M. Ramesh
SS
Suchart Siengchin
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Suchart Siengchin is a former President of King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok and currently serves as the Director of TechnoPark at the same university. He earned his Dipl.-Ing. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Giessen/Friedberg, Germany in 1999, followed by an M.Sc. in Polymer Technology from the University of Applied Sciences Aalen in 2002, and another M.Sc. in Material Science from Erlangen-Nürnberg University in 2004. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) from the Institute for Composite Materials at the University of Kaiserslautern in 2008, including postdoctoral research at Kaiserslautern University and Purdue University's School of Materials Engineering. In 2016, he received his habilitation from Chemnitz University in Saxony, Germany. In 2024, he was honored as an Honorary Fellow by RWTH Aachen University. He has also served as a Lecturer in Production and Material Engineering at the Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering, KMUTNB, and has been a full Professor and President of KMUTNB. He received the Outstanding Researcher Award in 2010, 2012, and 2013 at KMUTNB. His research focuses on Polymer Processing and Composite Materials. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Applied Science and Engineering Progress, a Q1 indexed journal on Scopus, and has authored over 600 peer-reviewed journal articles, 15 editorial contributions, more than 100 book chapters, one authored book, and over 50 edited books. He has presented at more than 70 international and national conferences related to Materials Science and Engineering. Recognized as one of the world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University for 2021- 2022, he received the National Excellence Researcher Award (Engineering and Research Industry) from Thailand's National Research Council in 2021, and has been listed as a Highly Cited Researcher in 2025 by Clarivate.