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Nanocellulose Materials

Fabrication and Industrial Applications

  • 1st Edition - January 8, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Ramesh Oraon, Deepak Rawtani, Pardeep Singh, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
  • Language: English

Nanocellulose Materials: Fabrication and Industrial Applications focuses on the practices, distribution and applications of cellulose at the nanoscale. The book delivers recent ad… Read more

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Description

Nanocellulose Materials: Fabrication and Industrial Applications focuses on the practices, distribution and applications of cellulose at the nanoscale. The book delivers recent advancements, highlights new perspectives and generic approaches on the rational use of nanocellulose, and includes sustainability advantages over conventional sources towards green and sustainable industrial developments. The topics and sub-topics are framed to cover all key features of cellulose, from extraction to technological evolution.

Nanocellulose has great potential due to its versatility and numerous applications, including the potential role of nanocellulose scaffold derivatives towards active involvement in the energy sector, chemical sensing, catalysis, food industry and anti-bacterial coatings towards land, agricultural and aquatic systems.

Key features

  • Explores the whole spectrum of industrial scale fabrications and the utilization of nanocellulose as a sustainable material or as part of a sustainability agenda
  • Discusses the environmental, legal, health and safety issues of nanocellulose
  • Assesses the major challenges and opportunities for using nanocellulose at an industrial scale

Readership

Materials scientists and engineers

Table of contents

1. Bacterial cellulose nanofibers for separation, drug delivery, wound dressing, and tissue engineering applications

2. Industrial-scale fabrication and functionalization of nanocellulose

3. Nanocellulose in packaging industry

4. Nanocellulose hybrid systems: Carriers of active compounds and aerogel/ cryogel applications

5. Recent developments of bacterial nanocellulose porous scaffolds in biomedical applications

6. Characteristic features and functions of nanocellulose for its feasible application in textile industry

7. Nanocellulose in plastic industry

8. Nanocellulose in the sports industry

9. Uses of nanocellulose in the environment industry

10. Application of nanocellulose as nanotechnology in water purification

11. Cellulose-imidazole engineering hybrid materials/membrane for energy storage

12. Nanocellulose in electronics and electrical industry

13. Nanocellulose in paper and wood industry

14. Environmental, legal, health, and safety issue of nanocellulose

15. Integration of geospatial technology for mapping of algae: An economical perspective for assessing nanocellulose

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 8, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Ramesh Oraon

Ramesh Oraon is an Assistant Professor (Department of Nanoscience and Technology, Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe, India. His research areas are synthesis, functionalization, characterization of carbon materials, metal oxides, polymers and their electrochemical analysis for applications in energy storage, sensors, etc.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Nanoscience and Technology, Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe, India

DR

Deepak Rawtani

Deepak Rawtani, M.E., PhD, Chartered Engineer, has over 21 years of extensive research experience spanning private and government organizations. He is an accomplished researcher with a focus on molecular medicine, discovery biology, and nanobiotechnology. His career includes roles at the Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow; USV Limited, Mumbai; and Torrent Research Centre, Gandhinagar. His primary research areas include forensic nanobiotechnology, with a particular emphasis on DNA–nanoparticle interactions and the functionalization of halloysite nanotubes for applications such as enzyme immobilization, drug delivery, and environmental remediation. Dr. Rawtani has authored over 120 papers and seven books in nanotechnology and environmental science, published in AQ1, a reputable international journal and publisher. He has been recognized among the top 2% of researchers worldwide by Stanford University for 2021, 2022, and 2023. Additionally, he is a NABL-empaneled Technical Assessor (ISO/IEC 17025) with the Quality Council of India.
Affiliations and expertise
Member Governing Body GSRC & School of Pharmacy, National Forensic Science University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

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Pardeep Singh

Dr. Pardeep Singh is presently working as an assistant professor at the Department of Environment Studies, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, India. He obtained his master's degree from the Department of Environmental Science at Banaras Hindu University, India in 2011 and then his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), India, in 2017. He has published more than 35 papers in international journals in the field of waste management and co-edited over 30 books with various publishers.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

CM

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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