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The nanoscience and technology of renewable biomaterials /

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The unique nanoscale properties of renewable biomaterials present valuable opportunities in the field of nanoscience and technology. Lignocellulosic biomass is an important industrial resource which can be used for the production of highly efficient and environmentally sustainable nanomaterials. The...

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Other Authors: Lucia, Lucian A., Rojas, Orlando J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2009.
Subjects:
Nanostructured materials.
Natural products.
Renewable natural resources.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A Fundamental Review of the Relationships between Nanotechnology and Lignocellulosic Biomass / Theodore H. Wegner and E. Philip Jones
  • Biogenesis of Cellulose Nanofibrils by a Biological Nanomachine / Candace H. Haigler and Alison W. Roberts
  • Tools for the Characterization of Biomass at the Nanometer Scale / James F. Beecher, Christopher G. Hunt and J.Y. Zhu
  • Tools to Probe Nanoscale Surface Phenomena in Cellulose Thin Films: Applications in the Area of Adsorption and Friction / Junlong Song, Yan Li, Juan P. Hinestroza and Orlando J. Rojas
  • Polyelectrolyte Multilayers for Fibre Engineering / Rikard Lingström, Erik Johansson and Lars Wågberg
  • Hemicelluloses at Interfaces: Some Aspects of the Interactions / Tekla Tammelin, Arja Paananen and Monika Österberg
  • Lignin: Functional Biomaterial with Potential in Surface Chemistry and Nanoscience / Shannon M. Notley and Magnus Norgren
  • Cellulose and Chitin as Nanoscopic Biomaterials / Jacob D. Goodrich, Deepanjan Bhattacharya and William T. Winter
  • Bacterial Cellulose and Its Polymeric Nanocomposites / Marie-Pierre G. Laborie
  • Cellulose Nanocrystals in Polymer Matrices / John Simonsen and Youssef Habibi
  • Development and Application of Naturally Renewable Scaffold Materials for Bone Tissue Engineering / Seth D. McCullen, Ariel D. Hanson, Lucian A. Lucia and Elizabeth G. Loboa
  • Template Synthesis of Nanostructured Metals Using Cellulose Nanocrystal / Yongsoon Shin and Gregory J. Exarhos.