Cellulose-Reinforced Nanofibre Composites. Production, Properties and Applications. Woodhead Publishing Series in Composites Science and Engineering

Table of Contents

1. Nanofibrillar Cellulose in Thermoset Polymer Composite 2. Hybrid Montmorillonite/Cellulose Nanowhiskers Reinforced Polylactic Acid Nanocomposites: A Comparative Study Based on Formulation Design 3. Bionanomaterials from agricultural wastes and their applications 4. Recent advances in cellulosic nanocomposites 5. Challenges in Design of Nanocellulose and its composites for different applications 6. Nanofibrillar Cellulose from agricultural biomass residues 7. Nanofibrillated cellulose as strength additive for paper 8. Nanocellulose in Functional Packaging 9. Application of Nanocrystalline cellulose: processing and applications in biomedical 10. Nanowhiskers from oil palm biomass 11. Cellulose nanocrystals: preparation Methods and applications 12. Nanocellulose as new adsorbent for environmental remediation 13. Nanofibrillar Cellulose in Nanocomposites 14. Bacterial cellulose: Preparation and Characterization 15. Preparation of Bionanocomposites and bionanomaterials from agricultural wastes 16. Cellulose nanocrystals-based nanocomposites 17. Green nanocomposites from cellulose nanowhiskers and Jathropa oil-based polyurethane 18. Key issues in reinforcement involving nanocellulose 19. Nanocellulose as a template for the production of advanced nanostructured material 20. Cellulose Nanomaterials as Additives for Cementitious Materials 21. Cellulose Nanocomposites: Opportunities and Challenges

Authors

Mohammad Jawaid Senior Fellow (Professor), Biocomposite Technology Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Dr. Mohammad Jawaid is currently working as a Fellow Researcher (Associate Professor), at the Biocomposite Technology Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia and has also been a Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia since June 2013. He is also a Visiting Scholar at TEMAG Labs, Department of Textile Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. Previously he worked as a Visiting Lecturer, at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and also worked as an Expatriate Lecturer under the UNDP project with the Ministry of Education of Ethiopia at Adama University, Ethiopia. He received his Ph.D. from the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. He has more than 10 years of experience in teaching, research, and with industry. His research interests include Hybrid Reinforced/Filled Polymer Composites, Advance Materials: Graphene/Nanoclay/Fire Retardant, Lignocellulosic Reinforced/Filled Polymer Composites, Modification and Treatment of Lignocellulosic Fibres and Solid Wood, Nano Composites and Nanocellulose fibres, and Polymer blends. So far he has published 5 books, 12 book chapters, and more than 130 International journal papers and 4 Published review papers in the Top 25 hot articles on Science Direct during 2014-2015. He is also the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Malaysian Polymer Journal and Guest Editor for Current Organic Synthesis and Current Analytical Chemistry. He is the reviewer of several high impact ISI journals (44 Journals). Sami Boufi Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, Tunisia. Sami Boufi is a Professor at the Chemistry Department of the Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, Tunisia, and a Researcher in the LMSE (Laboratory of Material Sciences and Environment). His research activities focus on nanocellulose and nanoparticles from biopolymers, composites and nanocomposites based on lignocellulosic filler and nanocellulose, and heterogeneous polymerization (emulsion, miniemulsion and suspension). Prof. Boufi has authored or co-authored over 130 papers in peer reviewed journals, and 3 book chapters. Abdul Khalil H.P.S. School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. Abdul Khalil H.P.S. is a Senior Professor in biomass and biocomposites at the School of Industrial Technology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. His specialisms include biocomposites technology, hybrid composites, nano-based composites, and fibre science (natural and man-made fibre). Prof. Abdul Khalil is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM), in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the America Chemical Society and a member of Wood Science and Technology. He has been appointed to the editorial board of more than 5 Scopus/ISI listed journals. Prof. Abdul Khalil has a total of 180 publications to his name, and has published 3 academic books and 40 book chapters. He has also reviewed over 200 journal articles.