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Natural Polymers

Industry Techniques and Applications

  • Details the most recent processing and analytical methods used in natural polymers

  • Describes the current application prospects of the natural polymer industry

  • Explains the classification, extraction, and modification of natural polymers from various sources in nature

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Classification of Natural Polymers

    • Ololade Olatunji
    Pages 1-17
  3. Processing and Characterization of Natural Polymers

    • Ololade Olatunji, Olsson Richard
    Pages 19-61
  4. Biomedical Application of Natural Polymers

    • Ololade Olatunji
    Pages 93-114
  5. Application of Natural Polymers in Food

    • Marilyn Rayner, Karolina Östbring, Jeanette Purhagen
    Pages 115-161
  6. Current Application and Challenges on Packaging Industry Based on Natural Polymer Blending

    • S. T. Sam, M. A. Nuradibah, K. M. Chin, Nurul Hani
    Pages 163-184
  7. Application of Natural Polymers in Engineering

    • Amany A. Aboulrous, Tahany Mahmoud, Ahmed M. Alsabagh, Mahmoud I. Abdou
    Pages 185-218
  8. Cosmetics and Personal Care Products

    • Géraldine Savary, Michel Grisel, Céline Picard
    Pages 219-261
  9. Pharmaceutical Applications of Natural Polymers

    • Atul Nayak, Ololade Olatunji, Diganta Bhusan Das, Goran Vladisavljević
    Pages 263-313
  10. Environmental Impact of Natural Polymers

    • Witold Brostow, Tea Datashvili
    Pages 315-338
  11. Economic Impacts of Natural Polymers

    • Adeshola Raheem Kukoyi
    Pages 339-362
  12. Future Perspectives

    • Ololade Olatunji, Géraldine Savary, Michel Grisel, Céline Picard, Atul Nayak
    Pages 363-367
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 369-370

About this book

This book introduces the most recent innovations in natural polymer applications in the food, construction, electronics, biomedical, pharmaceutical, and engineering industries. The authors provide perspectives from their respective range of industries covering classification, extraction, modification, and application of natural polymers from various sources in nature. They discuss the techniques used in analysis of natural polymers in various systems incorporating natural polymers as well as their intrinsic properties.  

Keywords

  • Biodegradable
  • Food Natural Polymer
  • Industrial Application of Natural Polymers
  • Natural Polymer Application
  • Natural Polymer Industry
  • Natural Polymers
  • Source of Natural Polymer
  • biochemical engineering

Reviews

“The authors and editor have constructed a table of contents with a dozen understandable chapters. Each elegantly illustrates the progression of the title’s overall subject matter. … Strongly supported by a global menu of authors, the work itself is eloquently composed and replete with current references throughout many of its chapters. … It is easy to enjoy this work–and most readers will. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers.” (L. W. Fine, Choice, Vol. 54 (1), September, 2016)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Chemical Engineering Department, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria

    Ololade Olatunji

About the editor

Ololade Olatunji is a Lecturer at the University of Lagos in Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria.

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 159.99
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