Biobased Materials

Ajay Kumar Mishra (MSc, MPhil, PhD, FRSC) is Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, Professor at Department of Chemistry KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India and Director at Nanotechnology and Waste Water Innovations, Johannesburg, South Africa. He also holds an adjunct and visiting professorship at Bashkir State University, Russia, Robert Gordon University, UK, Hebei University of Science and Technology & Jiangsu University, China. His research interests include the synthesis of multifunctional nanomaterials, biobased materials including polymers, carbon nanomaterials, composite/nanocomposite materials and wastewater research. Prof Mishra has published around 160 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and also represented in 150 or more papers in various conferences. He has edited more than 32 books and contributed over 65 book chapters in various peer reviewed edited books by established publishers Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, PhD is an Adjunct Professor and Director of Labs in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, USA. His research is focused on the applications of Nanotechnology & Advanced Technologies & advanced Materials, Chemistry, Environment, and Various Industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as prolific author and editor of several (around 50 books) scientific monographs and Encyclopedia s in his research areas published with Elsevier, Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & sons, CRC, Springer etc.

Part 1: Introduction- Biobased materials (Concepts, Fundamentals etc.)



Biobased materials: An Overview



Fabrication and processing of biobased materials



Characterization of biobased materials



Cellulose fibers



Casein



Polylactic acid



Bioplastics



Engineered wood



Zein cornstarch



Grease



Biomass



 



Part 2: Industrial applications of Biobased materials (Each industry may have 8-10 chapters)



Biobased materials in Food Packaging



Biobased materials in increasing shelf life of food



Biobased materials in dentistry



Biobased materials in wound dressings



Biobased materials in bone tissue repair



Biobased materials in tissue engineering



Biobased materials in agriculture



Biobased materials in construction applications



Biobased materials in textile applications



Biobased materials in wearable e-textiles



Biobased materials in electronic shielding



Biobased materials in environmental protection



Biobased materials in removing heavy metals from water



Biobased materials in organic dyes from water



Biobased materials in wastewater treatment



Biobased materials in sustainable development of catalysis



Biobased materials in bioelectronics



Biobased materials in sensor technology