Biopolymers and Their Industrial Applications

From Plant, Animal, and Marine Sources, to Functional Products

Sabu Thomas, Sreeraj Gopi, Augustine Amalraj, Sabu Thomas, Sreeraj Gopi, Augustine Amalraj

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9780128192597
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Materials Science
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Biopolymers and Their Industrial Applications: From Plant, Animal, and Marine Sources to Functional Products is a detailed guide to the use of biopolymers for advanced applications across a range of key industries. In terms of processing and cost, bio-based polymers are becoming increasingly viable for an ever-broadening range of novel industrial applications. The book begins with an overview of biopolymers, explaining resources, demands, sustainability, life cycle assessment (LCA) modeling and simulation, and classifications. Further in-depth chapters explore the latest techniques and methodologies for isolation and physicochemical characterization, materials selection, and processing for blends and composites.

Chapters 6 to 14 each focus on the preparation and applications of biopolymers in a specific industrial area, including food science and nutraceuticals, medicine and pharmaceuticals, textiles, cosmeceutical, packaging, adhesives and automotive, 3D printing, super capacitor and energy storage devices, and environmental applications. The final chapter compares and analyzes biopolymers alongside synthetic polymers, also offering valuable insight into social, economic, and environmental aspects. This is an essential resource for those seeking to understand, research, or utilize biopolymers in industrial applications. This includes researchers, scientists, and advanced students working in biopolymers, polymer science, polymer chemistry, biomaterials, materials science, nanotechnology, composites, and biotechnology. This is a highly valuable book for scientists, R&D professionals, designers, and engineers across multiple industries and disciplines, who are looking to utilize biopolymers for components and products.

• Introduces a broad range of industrial application areas, including food, medicine, textiles, cosmetics, packaging, automotive, 3D printing, energy, and more
• Offers an industry-oriented approach, addressing challenges and explaining the preparation and application of biopolymers for functional products and parts
• Considers important factors such as resources, classification, sustainability, and life cycle assessment (LCA) modeling and simulation
• Compares and analyzes biopolymers alongside synthetic polymers, also offering valuable insight into social, economic, and environmental aspects

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• Chapter 1. Overview of biopolymers: resources, demands, sustainability, and life cycle assessment modeling and simulation
• Chapter 2. Biopolymers and their classifications
• Chapter 3. Isolation and physicochemical characterization of biopolymers
• Chapter 4. Methodologies for selecting biopolymers and their characteristic features for industrial applications
• Chapter 5. Biopolymer blends and composites: processing technologies and their properties for industrial applications
• Chapter 6. Biopolymers in the food and nutraceutical industries
• Chapter 7. Biopolymers and their role in medicinal and pharmaceutical applications
• Chapter 8. Biopolymers in textile industries
• Chapter 9. Biopolymer applications in cosmeceutical industries
• Chapter 10. Biodegradable polymers as packaging materials
• Chapter 11. Biopolymers in the automotive and adhesive industries
• Chapter 12. Biopolymers: opportunities and challenges for 3D printing
• Chapter 13. Biopolymer composites in supercapacitor and energy storage devices
• Chapter 14. Biopolymers in environmental applications: industrial wastewater treatment
• Chapter 15. Advantages of biopolymers over synthetic polymers: social, economic, and environmental aspects
• Index