Bast Fibers and Their Composites

Dr. G. Rajeshkumar obtained his B.E. degree from Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology in 2010 and his M.E. at Kongu Engineering College in 2012 with a Gold Medal. He received his Ph.D. from Anna University, Chennai, in 2017. He is at PSG iTECH since 2017 and is presently Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research areas are natural fibers and their composites, tribology, and  vibrations. He has published about 70 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and conference proceedings, 15 chapters, and a textbook. He is featured in the list of top 2% scientists in the world published by Stanford University—USA, based on the single year citation impact 2020. Dr. G. L. Devnani obtained his B.Tech. degree from Harcourt Butler Technical University (HBTU), in 2000 and M.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur in 2002. He completed his Ph.D. in 2019 from IIT Roorkee. He is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at HBTU. He has 17 years of teaching and research experience. His research area includes natural fiber-based polymer and nanocomposites. He has published/presented more than 30 research papers in reputed journals and conferences. Dr. Shishir Sinha is Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee. He is also Adjunct Faculty in Centre for Disaster Mitigation and Management, IIT Roorkee. Before joining CIPET as Director General, he was Director of Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Sultanpur. He has 22 years of academic and industrial research experience and 85 reputable publications. He is also published 10 books and several chapters. He has executed 22 high-impact projects and consultancies worth 152.79 million Indian Rupees. Apart from this, he has also filed 5 patents. Membrane separation, water treatment, polymer synthesis and modification, ion exchangers, and polymer composites are his research interests. Dr. M. R. Sanjay is Senior Research Scientist at Natural Composites Research Group Lab, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB), Thailand. He received his B.E. from Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) in 2010, M.Tech. from VTU Extension Centre, Hassan, in 2013, Ph.D. from VTU in 2017, and Postdoctorate from KMUTNB, in 2019. He has published about 150 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, 3 editorial corners, 30+ chapters, one book, and 25 books as Editor. Natural fiber composites, polymer composites, and advanced material technologies are his current research focus. He is recognized by Stanford University as world’s top 2% of the most-cited scientists in single year citation impact 2019 and also for the year 2020. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Suchart Siengchin is President of KMUTNB, Thailand. He received his Dipl.-Ing. from University of Applied Sciences Giessen/Friedberg, Germany, in 1999, M.Sc. in Polymer Technology from University of Applied Sciences Aalen, Germany, in 2002, M.Sc. in Material Science at the Erlangen-Nürnberg University, Germany, in 2004, Ph.D. in Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) from Institute for Composite Materials, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, in 2008, and Postdoctoral Research from Kaiserslautern University and Purdue University, USA. In 2016, he received habilitation at the Chemnitz University in Sachen, Germany. His research interests are in polymer processing and composite material and published than 150 reputed journal articles.

1. Introduction to bast fibers.- 2. Effect of extraction methods on the properties of bast fibres.- 3. Chemical modifications of natural fiber surface and their effects.- 4. Physical modification of bast fibres surface and their effects.- 5. Green methods for surface modification of bast fibers.- 6. Surface modification and its effect on interfacial properties.- 7. Manufacturing aspects of bast fiber-based composites.- 8. Thermal stability of polymer composites reinforced with bast fibers.- 9. Water absorption behavior of bast fibers incorporated polymer composites.- 10. Rheological properties of bast fibre composites.- 11. Dielectric properties of bast fibre composites.- 12. Biodegradable bast fiber- based composites.- 13. Free vibration characteristics of bast fiber-based polymeric composites.- 14. Characterization of bast fiber composites added with nano reinforcements.