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Bio-based Polymeric Nanocomposites for Stimuli-Responsive Membranes

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Bio-based polymers are basically produced from renewable resources. The terms bio-based and biodegradable polymers are very much used nowadays for various applications in our daily life. The major difference between them is that biodegradable polymers undergo physicochemical deterioration and degrade completely when exposed to atmospheric conditions, whereas bio-based polymers can be of dual nature, i.e., biodegradable (e.g., polylactic acid) or nondegradable (e.g., biopolyethylene). During the past few years, in order to find an alternative toward nonfossil fuel-based polymers, bio-based polymers have attracted researchers intensively. Bio-based polymers have great positive impacts on the environment since they reduce the dependency on fossil fuels which further contributed toward reduced carbon dioxide emissions. Bio-based polymers of first generation are derived from agricultural products like corn as well as other carbohydrate products. In recent times, due to progress of biotechnology field, the generation of biopolymers from food-based resources has been set back. Presently, natural bio-based polymers have shown enormous interest among researchers. Such kind of bio-based polymers is naturally occurring like proteins, nucleic acids, and polysaccharides (collagen, chitosan, etc.), and they have found wide acceptance for membrane-based applications.

The chapter includes an overview of various nanocomposites synthesized from such bio-based polymers such as renewable resources and natural polymers (plant as well as animal origins). The chapter deals with the fabrication of various bio-based polymer nanocomposite membranes along with their physical and chemical properties. Techniques as well as applications of such prepared nanocomposite-based membranes have been discussed elaborately. The paper also deals with the unique idea of transforming such bio-based polymeric nanocomposites into membrane with stimuli-responsive behavior. Since stimuli-responsive polymeric membranes have been in limelight during the past few years, this chapter deals with the unique modifications within bio-based polymeric nanocomposite membranes which will make them respond to various stimuli. The concluding section consists of the future prospective of such bio-based nanocomposite materials and its application in stimuli-responsive membrane.

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Mondal, P., Purkait, M.K. (2021). Bio-based Polymeric Nanocomposites for Stimuli-Responsive Membranes. In: Hussain, C.M., Thomas, S. (eds) Handbook of Polymer and Ceramic Nanotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40513-7_79

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