Title
Biopolymers and their applications in biocomposites
Date Issued
01 January 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
book part
Author(s)
Manjula B.
Babul Reddy A.
Sadiku E.R.
Agboola O.
Bayode B.L.
Sivanjineyulu V.
Molelekwa G.F.
Jayaramudu J.
Raj Kumar K.
Nambiar R.B.
Babu A.
Periyar Selvam S.
Ibrahim I.D.
Eze A.A.
Jamiru T.
Adekomaya O.S.
Aderibigbe I.
Institute for NanoEngineering Research (INER)
Publisher(s)
Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Abstract
In recent years, several biopolymers have received consideration in biomedical, electronics, agriculture, construction, automotive, packaging, cosmetics and pharmaceutical applications due to their biodegradability, biocompatibility and ease of fabrication. Up till now, numerous biopolymer-based functional materials have been developed to enhance the worth of the raw biopolymers obtained from natural resources or microbial organisms. This chapter covers the general information on numerous biopolymers and the different methods of fabrication of biopolymer-based materials, including their merits and demerits. Furthermore, this chapter provides a comprehensive awareness and highlights recent researches on functional biopolymer materials used in different fields of application, such as agricultural, biomedical, building and construction, cosmetics, drug delivery, electronics, and packaging.
Start page
439
End page
472
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia de los polímeros
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85035112695
ISBN
9781536121452
9781536121209
Source
Biocomposites: Properties, Performance and Applications
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus