Polyvinyl Alcohol-Based Biocomposites and Bionanocomposites

Polyvinyl Alcohol-Based Biocomposites and Bionanocomposites

Serves as a one-stop reference resource for important research accomplishments in the area of polyvinyl alcohol-based biocomposites and bionanocomposites.

Many recent research accomplishments in the area of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-based biocomposites and bionanocomposites are summarized in this book. In it, the editors discuss as many topics as possible on the most recent state-of-the-art developments regarding these biocomposites and bionanocomposites, the challenges faced when using them, and their future prospects. In addition to providing a biodegradation study of them, their significance and applications are also discussed, along with practical steps toward their commercialization. Moreover, PVA/cellulose-based and PVA/starch-based biocomposites and bionanocomposites are discussed, along with the biomedical applications of PVA-based composites and nanocomposites, and PVA-based hybrid interpolymeric complexes and their applications.

Audience

This book will be a very valuable reference source for polymer researchers, materials scientists, biochemists, engineers, graduate and postgraduate students working on polymers, composites, and nanocomposites, especially in the area of polyvinyl alcohol-based bionanocomposites.

Auteur

Visakh P.M., PhD, has been an assistant professor at TUSUR University, Tomsk, Russia since 2017. He completed his Post doc. research at Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia (2014-2017). He obtained his PhD from the School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He has edited 35 books and published more than 25 journal articles, four review articles, and more than 30 book chapters.

Olga Nazarenko, PhD, is a professor in the Division for Testing and Diagnostics, School of Non-Destructive Testing, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia. Her first degree was in electrical engineering (1985), followed by a PhD in high voltage technique (1996) and DSc in chemical engineering (2007). Her areas of interest include metals and chemical compounds nanopowders--production, their characterization, and application, electrical explosion of wires, polymer composites, and fire-retardant polymers.