Functionalized Cellulose Materials: Sustainable Manufacturing and Applications (Engineering Materials)

This book explores the innovative landscape of functionalized cellulose materials, emphasizing sustainable manufacturing practices and their wide-ranging applications. Advanced functional materials have seen extensive utilization across various sectors, including food processing, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, electronics, textiles, environmental management, healthcare, and energy, all of which align with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These materials can be synthesized from both organic (primarily plant-based) and inorganic sources, utilizing sustainable biomass such as wheat, rice straw, wood fibers, and other renewable resources, with or without the incorporation of polymers and nanomaterials.

Featuring contributions from leading international researchers, this book provides a comprehensive overview of current challenges and advances in materials science and advanced manufacturing across diverse industries, including cellulose films, aerospace, automotive, marine, and biomedical fields. It covers state-of-the-art topics such as additive manufacturing, 3D printing, bio-manufacturing, and intelligent manufacturing systems. The book highlights key innovations and practical applications of cellulose-based functionalized materials, such as hydrogels, drug delivery platforms, and biomaterials. This field continues to expand through interdisciplinary collaboration, fostering advancements in green chemistry, sustainable manufacturing practices, and materials engineering while addressing pressing challenges in sustainability and circular economy frameworks.

Dr. Kavindra Kumar Kesari is Senior Researcher in the Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University. He obtained a Doctoral degree in Biotechnology, and he received Research fellowships during his Doctoral studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has published over 150 papers in reputed scientific journals, 30 book chapters, and 7 books and has presented over 50 papers at national and international scientific meetings. He is listed in the Top 2% world’s leading scientists published by Stanford University and Elsevier.  He has been acting as Commissioner at the ICBE EMF, USA, since 2021. Also acting as Visiting Fellow for INTI International University, Malaysia, and Adjunct Professor for Chandigarh University, Mohali, India. He received four times Young Scientist Award for his outstanding contribution to research.

Prof. Prakash serving as Pro-Vice Chancellor, University Center for Research and Development, Chandigarh University, India. He served as Dean of Research & Development/School of Mechanical Engineering at Lovely Professional University, India. He did his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Panjab University, Chandigarh. He has published over 400 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is a highly cited researcher with 10910 citations. He is listed in the Top 2% world’s leading scientists published by Stanford University and Elsevier. Dr. Prakash edited/authored 25 books, serving as a Series editor of 2 books, as Guest Editor and serving as Editorial Board Member of Journals. He has published 18 patents. Dr. Prakash raised funds for Mega Grants (90.0 million Rubles) in collaboration with Southern Federal University, Russian Federation.

Dr. Mohammad Khalid is Professor and Head of the Sunway Centre for Electrochemical Energy and Sustainable Technology at Sunway University, Malaysia. He completed his degree in Chemical Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India, M.Sc. in Chemical and Environmental Engineering from the University Putra Malaysia, and a Ph.D. in Engineering from International Islamic University Malaysia. Before joining Sunway University, he worked as Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. He is on Editorial Board of Scientific Reports (Springer) and ECS Sensor Plus. He is also Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), U.K.

Dr. Arvind Negi earned his Ph.D. in 2019 from the School of Chemistry at the National University of Ireland Galway. He worked at KelAda Pharmachem in Dublin, Ireland, and spent a year on the EU Horizon-2020 project at the Departamento de Química Orgánica (Universidad de Córdoba, Spain). Following this, he became Assistant Professor of Chemistry at DIT University, India, where he taught biopolymer chemistry, analytical chemistry, and chemistry of natural products. In 2021, he moved to the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems at Aalto University, Finland, to research developing sustainable chemical processes to functionalize cellulose materials and to devise approaches towards greener chemistry.