Plant Tuber and Root-based Biocomposites: Development, Characterization, and Applications discusses the latest advances in this important research field. The book details novel tuber and root-based materials individually and covers their manufacturing, characterization, and applications. Emphasis is placed on the fundamental properties of these materials to address challenges and opportunities for industrial commercialization in the future. Various applications in food, medicine, textiles, biofuel, pulp, and paper-making industries, as well as bioenergy, packaging, and automotive, are covered.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. ix 7. 1. Zooming into root and tuber-based composites - p. 1 8. 2. Classification and properties of tuber- and root-based biocomposites - p. 11 9. Antimicrobial and antioxidant of biocomposite food packaging based on ginger tubers (Zingiber officinale) - p. 39 10. 4. Chemical composition, detoxification and modification of cassava and properties of their composites - p. 61 11. 5. Modification of thermoplastic cassava starch and its composites: a review - p. 77 12. 6. Advances in utilization of sweet potato: A potential packaging raw material - p. 97 13. Development of ubi gadong (Dioscorea hispida) composites: technology and applications - p. 141 14. Chapter 8. Tuber starch, nanocellulose, and their nanocomposites: properties and potential applications - p. 159 15. Bengkuang (Pachyrhizus erosus) starch-based biocomposites: fabrication, characterization, and potential applications - p. 187 16. 10. Review on natural starch from tuber and root plants as starch binders in fuel briquette manufacturing—biocomposites in energy applications - p. 197 17. 11. A review on arrowroot fiber reinforced polymer composites - p. 227 18. Recent developments in sustainable cassava (Manihot esculenta) starch biocomposites and their potential industrial applications - p. 239 19. Index - p. 255
Plant Tuber and Root-based Biocomposites: Development, Characterization, and Applications discusses the latest advances in this important research field. The book details novel tuber and root-based materials individually and covers their manufacturing, characterization, and applications. Emphasis is placed on the fundamental properties of these materials to address challenges and opportunities for industrial commercialization in the future. Various applications in food, medicine, textiles, biofuel, pulp, and paper-making industries, as well as bioenergy, packaging, and automotive, are covered.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. ix 7. 1. Zooming into root and tuber-based composites - p. 1 8. 2. Classification and properties of tuber- and root-based biocomposites - p. 11 9. Antimicrobial and antioxidant of biocomposite food packaging based on ginger tubers (Zingiber officinale) - p. 39 10. 4. Chemical composition, detoxification and modification of cassava and properties of their composites - p. 61 11. 5. Modification of thermoplastic cassava starch and its composites: a review - p. 77 12. 6. Advances in utilization of sweet potato: A potential packaging raw material - p. 97 13. Development of ubi gadong (Dioscorea hispida) composites: technology and applications - p. 141 14. Chapter 8. Tuber starch, nanocellulose, and their nanocomposites: properties and potential applications - p. 159 15. Bengkuang (Pachyrhizus erosus) starch-based biocomposites: fabrication, characterization, and potential applications - p. 187 16. 10. Review on natural starch from tuber and root plants as starch binders in fuel briquette manufacturing—biocomposites in energy applications - p. 197 17. 11. A review on arrowroot fiber reinforced polymer composites - p. 227 18. Recent developments in sustainable cassava (Manihot esculenta) starch biocomposites and their potential industrial applications - p. 239 19. Index - p. 255
