Natural polymers, biopolymers, biomaterials, and their composites, blends, and IPNs /
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| Imprint: | Toronto : Apple Academic Press, c2013. |
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| Description: | xxii, 422 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Advances in materials science ; v. 2 Advances in materials science (Apple Academic Press) ; v. 2. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8937747 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Contributors
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
- 1. Chitosan and Chitosan Derivatives as Chelating Agents
- 2. Chitosan Composites for Biomedical Applications: An Overview
- 3. Chitosan-based Materials in Waste Water Treatment-Recent Developments
- 4. Maize-Natural Fiber as Reinforcement with Polymers for Structural Applications
- 5. Poly-ß-hydroxybutyrate (PHB): A Biodegradable Polymer of Microbial Origin
- 6. Barrier Properties of Biodegradable Bacterial Polyester Films
- 7. Silk Fibers and their Unidirectional Polymer Composites
- 8. Bionanocomposites for Multidimensional Brain Cell Signalling
- 9. Salix Viminalis as a Source of Nanomaterials and Bioactive Natural Substances
- 10. Properties of Differently Compatibilized Bamboo Fiber Reinforced PE Composites
- 11. Jute/Polyester Composites
- 12. Control of the Hyaluronidase Activity Towards Hyaluronan by Formation of Electrostatic Complexes: Fundamental and Applications Relevance
- 13. Spider Silk-production and Biomedical Applications
- 14. New Nanocomposite Materials Based on cellulose Fibers and Other Biopolymers
- 15. Cross-linking Chemistry of Type I and Type III Collagen with Anionic Polysaccharides
- 16. Cellulose Fiber Reinforced Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) Composites
- 17. Isolation of Cellulose Nanowhiskers from Kenaf Fiber
- 18. Bio-hybrid Nanocomposite Roll-to-roll Coatings for Fiber-based Materials and Plastics
- 19. Advances in Collagen-based Tissue Engineering
- 20. Pectic Polysaccharides of Fruits: Characterization, Fractional Changes and Industrial Application
- 21. Synthesis and Characterization of Alkyd Resin Microcapsules
- 22. Environmental Recovery by Magnetic Nanocomposites Based on Castor Oil
- 23. Magnetic Biofoams Based on Polyurethane Applied in Oil Spill Cleanup Processes
- 24. Self-assembly of Lipid A-phosphates: Supramolecular Liquid Crystals
- 25. Bone Mechanical Stimulation with Piezoelectric Materials
- 26. Role of Water in Dielectric Properties of Starch Membranes
- 27. Tribo Performance of T-bfrp Composite Subjected to Dry/Wet Contact Conditions
- 28. Properties and Nano-observations of Natural Rubber with Nanomatrix Structure
- References
- Index
