Biopolymer Nanocomposites

ALAIN DUFRESNE, PhD, is Professor and Head of the Converting-Biomaterials-Packaging Group in the International School of Paper, Print Media and Biomaterials at Grenoble Institute of Technology. His research focuses on nanocomposite materials and the processing of heterogeneous polymer systems.SABU THOMAS, PhD, is Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering and Director of the Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University. His research has resulted in the publication of almost 600 papers in peer-reviewed journals.LALY A. POTHAN, PhD, is Head of the Department of Chemistry at Bishop Moore College, Mavelikkara. Her research examines natural fiber polymer composites and green nanocomposites.

• Foreword viiContributors ix1. Bionanocomposites: State of the Art, Challenges, and Opportunities 1Alain Dufresne, Sabu Thomas, and Laly A. Pothan2. Preparation of Chitin Nanofi bers and Their Composites 11Shinsuke Ifuku, Zameer Shervani, and Hiroyuki Saimoto3. Chemical Modifi cation of Chitosan and Its Biomedical Application 33Deepa Thomas and Sabu Thomas4. Biomimetic Lessons for Processing Chitin-Based Composites 53Otto C. Wilson, Jr. and Tiffany Omokanwaye5. Morphological and Thermal Investigations of Chitin-Based Nanocomposites 83Ming Zeng, Liyuan Lu, and Qingyu Xu6. Mechanical Properties of Chitin-Based Nanocomposites 111Merin Sara Thomas, Laly A. Pothan, and Sabu Thomas7. Preparation and Applications of Chitin Nanofi bers/Nanowhiskers 131Jun-Ichi Kadokawa8. Preparation of Starch Nanoparticles 153Déborah Le Corre and Alain Dufresne9. Chemical Modifi cation of Starch Nanoparticles 181Jin Huang, Qing Huang, Peter R. Chang, and Jiahui Yu10. Starch-Based Bionanocomposite: Processing Techniques 203Rekha Rose Koshy, Laly A. Pothan, and Sabu Thomas11. Morphological and Thermal Investigations of Starch-Based Nanocomposites 227Peter R. Chang, Jin Huang, Qing Huang, and Debbie P. Anderson12. Mechanical Properties of Starch-Based Nanocomposites 261Hélène Angellier-Coussy and Alain Dufresne13. Applications of Starch Nanoparticles and Starch-Based Bionanocomposites 293Siji K. Mary, Laly A. Pothan, and Sabu Thomas14. Preparation of Nanofi brillated Cellulose and Cellulose Whiskers 309David Plackett and Marco Iotti15. Bacterial Cellulose 339Eliane Trovatti16. Chemical Modifi cation of Nanocelluloses 367Youssef Habibi17. Cellulose-Based Nanocomposites: Processing Techniques 391Robert A. Shanks18. Morphological and Thermal Investigations of Cellulosic Bionanocomposites 411Anayancy Osorio-Madrazo and Marie-Pierre Laborie19. Mechanical Properties of Cellulose-Based Bionanocomposites 437B. Deepa, Saumya S. Pillai, Laly A. Pothan, and Sabu Thomas20. Review of Nanocellulosic Products and Their Applications 461Joe Aspler, Jean Bouchard, Wadood Hamad, Richard Berry, Stephanie Beck, François Drolet, and Xuejun Zou21. Spectroscopic Characterization of Renewable Nanoparticles and Their Composites 509Mirta I. Aranguren, Mirna A. Mosiewicki, and Norma E. Marcovich22. Barrier Properties of Renewable Nanomaterials 541Vikas Mittal23. Biocomposites and Nanocomposites Containing Lignin 565Cornelia Vasile and Georgeta Cazacu24. Preparation, Processing and Applications of Protein Nanofi bers 599Megan Garvey, Madhusudan Vasudevamurthy, Shiva P. Rao, Heath Ecroyd, Juliet A. Gerrard, and John A. Carver25. Protein-Based Nanocomposites for Food Packaging 613Hélène Angellier-Coussy, Pascale Chalier, Emmanuelle Gastaldi, Valérie Guillard, Carole Guillaume, Nathalie Gontard, and Stéphane PeyronIndex 655

“Not intended to be an introductory text, this book can help the researcher that intend to understand the current horizons and challenges in an area that is undoubtedly important to help the society to turn sustainability a reality and not only a jargon.”  (Materials Views, 20 January 2014)