1st Edition
Biodegradable Composites for Packaging Applications
"Biodegradable Composites for Packaging Applications" describes design, processing, and manufacturing of advanced biodegradable composites in packaging industry applications. It covers fundamentals of biodegradable polymers followed by introduction to biodegradable materials for food packaging industry and its processing mechanisms. Pertinent applications are explained across different chapters including intelligent packaging, applied technologies, degradation problems and its impact on environment and associated challenges.
Features
Covers biodegradable composites and targeted applications in packaging for industrial applications.
Includes exhaustive processing and characterizations of biodegradable composites.
Discusses innovative commodities packaging applications.
Reviews advanced integrated design and fabrication problems for conductive and sensors applications.
Explores various properties and functionalities through extensive theoretical and experimental modeling.
This volume is aimed at researchers and graduate students in sustainable materials, composite technology, biodegradable plastics, and food technology and engineering.
1. Introduction to Biodegradable Polymers
Arbind Prasad, Gourhari Chakraborty, Ashwani Kumar, Kishor Kumar Gajrani
2. Bio-Based Materials for Food Packaging Applications
Purnima Justa, Hemant Kumar, Sujeet Kumar Chaurasia, Adesh Kumar, Balaram Pani, Pramod Kumar
3. Processing of Biodegradable Composites
Gourhari Chakraborty, Arbind Prasad, Ashwani Kumar
4. Challenges and Perspective of Biodegradable Composites
Shasanka Sekhar Borkotoky
5. A Comprehensive Study of Biodegradable Composites for Food Packaging Applications
P. Shakti Prakash, Vivek Pandey, Manish Kumar
6. Biodegradable Composites for Commodities Packaging Applications and Toxicity
V. Gayathri, B. Sabulal
7. Biodegradable Composites for Conductive and Sensors Applications
V. Andal, Karthik Kannan, Z. Edward Kennedy
8. Polymers for Innovative Packaging Applications
Sonika, Sushil Kumar Verma Vishwanath Jadhav
9. Edible Film and Coating for Food Packaging
Aishwarya Dhiman, Meenakshi Garg, Rajni Chopra
10. Smart and Intelligent Packaging Based on Biodegradable Composites
Theivasanthi Thirugnanasambandan
11. Migration Studies of Biodegradable Composites
Atanu Kumar Paul
12. Degradation Studies of Biodegradable Composites
Francis Luther King
13. Rheological Studies of Biodegradable Composites
Gourhari Chakraborty, Sayan Kumar Bhattacharjee, Vimal Katiyar
14. Active Biodegradable Composite for Packaging Applications
Neha Singh, Meenakshi garg, Rajni Chopra
15. Microplastic and Nanoplastic Pollution in Water Bodies from Conventional Packaging Materials: Need to Search for Biodegradable Polymers
Rahul Patwa, Daisy Das
16. Recent Development in Food Packaging for Enhancing Food Quality and Safety
Priyanka Prajapati, Meenakshi Garg, Rajni Chopra
Biography
Arbind Prasad
