Natural Fiber Composites for a Sustainable Environment

Jibin T. Philip is currently serving as a National Post-doctoral Fellow (N-PDF) funded by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, Karnataka, India. He is also an Assistant Professor (on lien) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering (Automobile) at Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kottayam, Kerala, India.Jerin Jose currently works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania, Italy. The area of research is in the "recyclability of polymer materials used in additive manufacturing." He has also completed another postdoctoral fellowship from the University of Salento, Italy.Soney C. George is working as Dean, Research, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappaly, and Director, Center for Nanoscience Technology. George had completed M.Sc. in Polymer Chemistry with first rank from Mahatma Gandhi University in the year 1992. He took Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry from Mahatma Gandhi University in 1999.

• 1.Introduction to Natural Fiber Composites (NFCs) 2. Materials and Reinforcements for Sustainable Manufacturing of NFCs 3. Fabrication of NFCs: Techniques and Procedures4. Surface Analysis and Characterization of Chemically Modified Natural Fibers and Composites5. Mechanical and Metallurgical Testing of Natural Fibre Composites 6. Tribo-Adaptability and Tribo-Response of Natural Fiber Composites 7. Thermal Analysis and Properties of Natural Fiber Composites for a Sustainable Environment 8. Machining and Machinability of Natural Fiber Composites: Conventional Route 9. Machining and Machinability of Nanofiber Composites: Advanced and Hybrid Techniques 10. Joining of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites 11. Reuse, Remanufacturing, and Recycling of Natural Fibre Composites 12. Preparation, Characterization, and Properties of Hybrid Natural Fiber Composites (HNFCs)13. Surface-Modified Natural Fiber Composites 14. Naturally Derived Materials as Reinforcements to MMCs: Particulates 15. Automotive Industrial Applications of Natural Fibre Composites (NFCs)16. Environmental Degradation due to Synthetic Fibres 17. Recent Trends and Future Scope of Natural Fiber Composites