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Top-Down Processing of Nanocellulose Materials
This chapter discusses the top-downTop down processing of nanocelluloseNanocellulose materials and their potential applicationsApplication in various...
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Bio-based Packaging Materials for Fruit and Vegetables-Current Applications and Future Trends: A Review
A growing concern of green packaging material for fresh fruit and vegetables is highly demanded. Deterioration of fresh fruits and vegetables primary...
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White Pigments
White pigments are used in most paints, plastics, and paper laminates because of their ability to not only lighten color, but also to provide full...
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A novel efficient nonflammable coating containing g-C3N4 and intumescent flame retardant fabricated via layer-by-layer assembly on cotton fiber
Flame retardant is essential for cotton fabric because of the restrictions in applications caused by poor flammability. Herein, a novel...
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Sol-Gel ceramic glazes with photocatalytic activity
A frit is a glassy ceramic composition that has been fused, quenched, and granulated. A single frit or a mixture of frits and ceramic materials forms...
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A Review of Durable Flame-Retardant Fabrics by Finishing: Fabrication Strategies and Challenges
Fabrics with durable flame retardancy are of great importance for preventing potential fire threats in daily life. This review presents a...
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Water Consumption and Microfibers: The Biggest Threat
The textile industry is one of the top industries that use enormous amounts of water. Water is used extensively throughout textile wet processing...
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Cleaning testing of nineteenth-century plaster surface models with thin polyacrylamide-based gel layers attached to flexible polyethylene films
This paper explores the cleaning efficacy of polyethylene-supported 15-min photo-crosslinked poly (acrylamide-co-benzophenone) surface-attached gels...
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The use of poly(styrene-co-chloromethyl styrene) in the modification of triglyceride oils
In this study, Poly(styrene-co-chloromethyl styrene) [Poly(St-co-CMS)] was prepared and used in the modification of triglyceride oils. The obtained...
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Usage of ZnO containing wastes in the sanitaryware bodies
Galvanized waste is characterized from a mineralogical point of view in order to investigate the effects of its utilization in sanitary ware bodies....
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New Structures with Light Effects
Wide applications of plastic/polymer optical fiber (POF), ranging from communication and line lighting, through safety ensuring to decoration...
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Use of MieLab software in scattering calculations
MieLab software was used to perform calculations of the scattering of electromagnetic radiation by single or multilayered spheres. The scattering...
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Extender Particles
On a volume basis, the majority of particles found in paints and plastics are minerals that are referred to as extenders or fillers. The original...
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Traditional Ceramics Manufacturing
Ceramic is associated to clay because earliest ceramic articles were made from naturally occurring materials such as clay minerals. Clays and many of...
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Application and carbon footprint evaluation of lignin-based composite materials
Recently there has been a growing concern in various industries about the carbon footprint of materials due to environmental concerns and the need to...
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The effect of reactive diluents on curing of epoxy resins and properties of the cured epoxy coatings
The effect of monofunctional, difunctional, and trifunctional reactive epoxy diluents (RDs) on curing of epoxy resins by amine hardeners was studied...
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Upgrading of a Nigerian Vermiculite-Phillipsite Rich Talc Ore by Flotation-Cum-Acid Leaching Routes for Industrial Applications
Talc remains an important mineral with a wide array of applications in paints, paper, polymers, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics industries when its...
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Applications of Polymer Silver Nanocomposites
The antibacterial property and high conductivity that can be provided by silver nanoparticles have generated great interest among researchers to use...
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Characteristics of Bacterial Cellulose
The chapter details the various structural, chemical and morphological properties of bacterial cellulose in detail. In specific to the textile and...
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Biopolymers for Edible Films and Coatings in Food Applications
Nowadays, there is an increased interest for develo** of innovative edible food packaging, prepared as thin layer and then used as a wrapper on...