Surface Modification of Biopolymers

This book addresses surface modification techniques, which are critical for tailoring and broadening the applications of naturally occurring biopolymers. Biopolymers represent a sustainable solution to the need for new materials in the auto, waste removal, biomedical device, building material, defense, and paper industries.

Features:

• First comprehensive summary of biopolymer modification methods to enhance compatibility, flexibility, enhanced physicochemical properties, thermal stability, impact response, and rigidity, among others
• Address of a green, eco-friendly materials that is increasing in use, underscoring the roles of material scientists in the future of new "green" bioolymer material use
• Coverage applications in automotive development, hazardous waste removal, biomedical engineering, pulp and paper industries, development of new building materials, and defense-related technologies
• Facilitation of technology transfer

Vijay Kumar Thakur, PhD, is Staff Scientist in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University. His former appointments include being a research scientist in Temasek Laboratories at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a visiting research fellow in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at LHU-Taiwan. In his academic career, he has published more than 78 SCI journal research articles in the field of polymers/materials science and holds one United States patent. He has also published 10 books and 25 five book chapters on the advanced state-of-the-art of polymers/materials science with numerous publishers. In addition to being on the editorial board of journals, he also serves as the Guest Editor of “Journal of Nanomaterials”, “International Journal of Polymer Science”, “Journal of Chemistry" and “American Journal of Applied Chemistry”.

Amar Singh Singha, PhD, is Professor of Polymer Chemistry of the Chemistry Department at the National Institute of Technology – Hamirpur (H.P.) India. He received his M.Sc., M. Phil. and Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Himachal Pradesh University Shimla (India), in 1983. Dr. Singha serves on the Editorial Board of International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization (Taylor & Francis), BioResources and ISST Journal of Applied Chemistry. He is the author of more than 200 international research publications, 6 books and has a number of book chapters to his credits.