1. Natural Fibers, Biopolymers, and Biocomposites:
An Introduction .............................................. 1
Amar K. Mohanty, Manjusri Misra, Lawrence T. Drzal,
Susan E. Selke, Bruce R. Harte, and Georg Hinrichsen
2. Plant Fibers as Reinforcement for Green Composites .......... 37
Alexander Bismarck, Supriya Mishra, and Thomas Lampke
3. Processing of Bast Fiber Plants for Industrial
Application ................................................ 109
Friedrich Munder, Christian Furll, and Heinz Hempel
4. Recent Developments in Retting and Measurement of
Fiber Quality in Natural Fibers: Pro and Cons .............. 141
Roy B. Dodd and Danny E. Akin
5. Alternative Low-Cost Biomass for the Biocomposites
Industry ................................................... 159
Douglas D. Stokke
6. Fiber-Matrix Adhesion in Natural Fiber Composites .......... 177
Pedro J. Herrera Franco and Alex Valadez-Gonzalez
7. Natural Fiber Composites in Automotive Applications ........ 231
Brett C. Suddell and William J. Evans
8. Natural Fiber Composites for Building Applications ......... 261
Brajeshwar Singh and Manorama Gupta
9. Thermoset Biocomposites .................................... 291
Dipa Ray and Jogeswari Rout
10.Thermoplastic Wood Fiber Composites ........................ 347
Shankar Godavarti
11.Bamboo-Based Ecocomposites and Their Potential
Applications ............................................... 391
Kazuo Kitagawa, Umaru S. Ishiaku, Machiko Mizoguchi,
and Hiroyuki Hamada
12.Oil Palm Fiber-Thermoplastic Composites .................... 407
Hj D. Rozman, Zainal A. Mohd Ishak, and Umaru
S. Ishiaku
13.Natural Fiber-Rubber Composites and Their Applications ..... 435
Seena Joseph, Maya Jacob, and Sabu Thomas
14.Straw-Based Biomass and Biocomposites ...................... 473
Xiaoqun Mo, Donghai Wang, Xiuzhi S. Sun
15.Sorona® Polymer: Present Status and Future Perspectives .... 497
Joseph V. Kurian
16.Polylactic Acid Technology ................................. 527
David E. Henton, Patrick Gruber, Jim hunt, and
Jed Randall
17.Polylactide-Based Biocomposites ............................. 579
David Plackett and Anders Södergard
18.Bacterial Polyester-Based Biocomposites: A Review .......... 597
Alma Hodzic
19.Cellulose Fiber-Reinforced Cellulose Esters:
Biocomposites for the Future ............................... 617
Guillermo Toriz, Paul Gatenholm, Brian D. Seiler,
and Debra Tindall
20.Starch Polymers: Chemistry, Engineering, and Novel
Products ................................................... 639
Bor-Sen Chiou, Gregory M. Glenn, Syed H Imam,
Maria K. Inglesby, Delilah F. Wood, and William
J. Orts
21.Lignin-Based Polymer Blends and Biocomposite Materials ..... 671
Satoshi Kubo, Richard D. Gilbert, and John F. Kadla
22.Soy Protein-Based Plastics, Blends, and Composites ......... 699
Amar K. Mohanty, Wanjun Liu, Praveen Tummala,
Lawrence T. Drzal, Manjusri Misra, and Ramani Narayan
23.Synthesis, Properties, and Potential Applications of
Novel Thermosetting Biopolymers from Soybean and Other
Natural Oils ............................................... 727
Fengkui Li and Richard C. Larock
24.Houses Using Soy Oil and Natural Fibers Biocomposites ...... 751
Mahmoud A. Dweib, Annmarie O'Donnell, Richard P.
Wool, Во Нu, and Harry W. Shenton III
25.Biobased Polyurethanes and Their Composites: Present
Status and Future Perspective .............................. 775
Jean-Pierre Latere Dwan'Isa, Amar K. Mohanty,
Manjusri Misra, and Lawrence T. Drzal
26.Cellulose-Based Nanocomposites ............................. 807
Lars Berglund
27.How Sustainable Are Biopolymers and Biobased Products?
The Hope, the Doubts, and the Reality ...................... 833
Martin Patel and Ramani Narayan
Index ......................................................... 855
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