Biofoams

Salvatore Iannace graduated in chemical engineering (1988) and received his Ph.D (1994) from the University of Naples "Federico II," Napoli, Italy. He is the director of the Institute for Macromolecular Studies of the National Research Council of Italy. His principal research interests lie in the fields of biodegradable and sustainable multicomponent and multi-scale foams with designed structural and functional properties. He has published numerous articles and conference papers, 18 book chapters, and four patents. Iannace is also a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Cellular Plastics. Chul B. Park received his Ph.D from MIT in 1993. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Microcellular Plastics at the University of Toronto, and is the founder of the Microcellular Plastics Manufacturing Laboratory and the Centre for Industrial Application of Microcellular Plastics. Dr. Park is a fellow of three academies: the Royal Society of Canada, Canadian Academy of Engineering, and Korean Academy of Science and Technology. He is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Institute of Canada, and the Society of Plastics Engineers.

• Bio-Based and Bio-Inspired Cellular Materials. Organic-Inorganic Bio-Hybrid Materials by SolGel Processing. Equation-of-State Approach in Polymer Solution and Polymer Foaming Thermodynamics. Relevant Properties for the Formation of Porous and Cellular Structures. Heterogeneous Cell Nucleation Mechanisms in Polylactide Foaming. Solid-State Microcellular PLA Foams. Starch Foams. Bio-Based Aerogels by Supercritical CO2. Clay-Based Bionanocomposite Foams. Bio-Based Polyurethane Foams. Foaming Technologies for Thermoplastics. Fabrication of Bio-Based Cellular and Porous Materials for Tissue Engineering Scaffolds. Composite and Hybrid Porous Structures for Regenerative Medicine. Bionanocomposite Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering and Gene Therapy. Aerated Food Structure and Properties. Formation and Stability of Food Foams and Aerated Emulsions.

"…a sound and useful text for novices to the area of foam physics, as well as those wishing to understand particular challenges and characteristics of bio-based cellular materials."—Dr. Jan Engmann, Nestlé Research"…the book considers practically significant, interrelated topics of biobased foams and cellular materials. A similar collection of reviews is not known to me."—Yury Shchipunov, Institute of Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences"The structure of the entire book as well as the content of the single chapters is very meaningful. The book is focusing on a hot subject and this book is a high quality work."—Ingrid Volker Altstädt, University of Bayreuth