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Characterization Techniques in Bionanocomposites

Advances, Challenges, and Applications

  • 1st Edition - August 20, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Shakeel Ahmed, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
  • Language: English

Characterization Techniques for Bionanocomposites: Advances, Challenges, and Applications provides a detailed review of current techniques used for the characterization of bionan… Read more

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Description

Characterization Techniques for Bionanocomposites: Advances, Challenges, and Applications provides a detailed review of current techniques used for the characterization of bionanocomposites. The chapters cover physical, chemical, thermal, and electrical characterization techniques as well as spectroscopic and microscopic methods. There is also an entire section dedicated to biodegradability and biological characterization.

With its numerous case studies and practical examples, researchers will find this book a valuable information resource that enables them to identify which specialized characterization tools can be applied to different materials for a broad range of biological, environmental, and industrial applications.

Key features

  • Provides detailed coverage of important techniques and analytical tools used for the characterization of bionanocomposites
  • Contains case study examples and discusses standards for applied characterization
  • Takes an application-orientated approach

Readership

Academic and industrial researchers working in materials science and materials engineering [polymers, composites, and nanomaterials], chemists and chemical engineers, Industrial R&D and manufacturers working in the development of bionanocomposites for a broad range of different applications including biomedical, environmental, and other industrial sectors. MSC and PhD students in above groups

Table of contents

Part-I: Introduction

1. Bionanocomposites: curse or miracle for the society?

Part-II: Physical, Chemical, Thermal and Electrical Characterization of Bionanocomposites

2. Thermal characterization of bionanocomposites

3. Mechanical and rheological behavior of bionanocomposites

4. Surface characterization of bionanocomposites

5. Dielectric spectroscopy of bionanocomposites

6. Barrier properties of bionanocomposites

7. Electrical properties of bionanocomposites

Part-III: Spectroscopic Characterization of Bionanocomposites

8. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in characterization of bionanocomposites

9. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy of bionanocomposites

10. Confocal Raman Spectroscopy

Part-IV: Microscopic Characterization of Bionanocomposites

11. Microscopic characterization techniques of Bionanocomposites

12. Principle, operation, and limitations of microscopic characterization techniques in bionanocomposites

Part-V: Biodegradability and biological Characterization of Bionanocomposites

13. Biodegradability characterization of bionanocomposites

14. Biological characterization of bionanocomposites

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 20, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Shakeel Ahmed

Shakeel Ahmed is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the Higher Education Department, for the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, in India. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Postgraduate Department of Chemistry, at the Government Postgraduate College Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He obtained his master’s and doctoral degrees in chemistry from Jamia Millia Islamia, a central university, situated in New Delhi, India. He gained his post-doctoral experience in biocomposite materials from the Indian Institute of Technology. He has published several research papers in the field of green nanomaterials and biopolymers for various applications including biomedical, packaging, and water treatment.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Government Postgraduate College Rajouri, India

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Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain

Prof. Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, PhD, is an adjunct professor and director of laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research focuses on sustainability, the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of around 200 books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas. He has published with ELSEVIER, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.

Affiliations and expertise
Adjunct Professor and Director of Chemistry & EVSC Labs, Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ, USA

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