Polypropylene-Based Biocomposites and Bionanocomposites

This book discusses new developments in an up-to-date, coherent and objective set of chapters by eminent researchers in the area of polypropylene-based biocomposites and bionanocomposites. It covers, biomaterials such as cellulose, chitin, starch, soy protein, hemicelluloses, polylactic acid and polyhydroxyalkanoates. Other important topics such as hybrid biocomposites and bionanocomposites of polypropylene, biodegradation study of polypropylene-based biocomposites and bionanocomposites, polypropylene-based bionanocomposites for packaging applications, polypropylene-based carbon nanomaterials reinforced nanocomposites, degradation and flame retardency of polypropylene-based composites and nanocomposites, are covered as well Content: Polypropylene (PP)-based biocomposites and bionanocomposites : state-of-the-art, new challenges and opportunities / Visakh. P.M. -- Polypropylene (PP)/cellulose-based biocomposites and bionanocomposites / Md. Minhaz-Ul Haque -- Polypropylene (PP)/starch-based biocomposites and bionanocomposites / Saviour A. Umoren and Moses M. Solomon -- Polypropylene (PP)/polylactic acid-based biocomposites and bionanocomposites / Xin Wang -- Polypropylene (PP)-based hybrid biocomposites and bionanocomposites / Svetlana Butylina -- Biodegradation and flame retardancy of polypropylene-based composites and nanocomposites / S. Butylina and I. Turku -- Polypropylene single-polymer composites / Jian Wang -- Polypropylene/plant-based fiber biocomposites and bionanocomposites / Amir Ghasemi, Ehsan Pesaran Haji Abbas, Leila Farhang and Reza Bagheri -- Polypropylene composite with oil palm fibers : method development, properties and applications / Muhammad Shahid Nazir, Mohd Azmuddin Abdullah and Muhammad Rafi Raza -- Interfacial modification of polypropylene-based biocomposites and bionanocomposites / Yekta Karaduman and Nesrin Sahbaz Karaduman.