Biopolymers : recent updates, challenges and opportunities / Ashok Kumar Nadda, Swati Sharma, Rajeev Bhat, editors.

This book emphasizes various challenges and opportunities in biopolymers and identifying their potential applications in various fields including food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and electronics. It offers an overview of the environmental-related issues, regulatory and legislative issues, green ext...

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Other Authors: Kumar, Ashok (Professor of microbial biotechnology), Sharma, Swati, Bhat, Rajeev
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2022.
Series:Springer series on polymer and composite materials.
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Table of Contents:
  • Transforming wastes into high value-added products: An introduction
  • Biopolymers and environment
  • Biopolymers: Global carbon footprint and climate change
  • Biopolymers: Regulatory and legislative issues
  • Sustainable green methods for the extraction of biopolymers
  • Biopolymers from agriculture wastes and by-products
  • Biopolymers from industrial waste
  • Biopolymers from microbial flora
  • The scope of biopolymers in food industry
  • Potential applications of biopolymers in fisheries industry
  • Biopolymers in cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and biomedical applications
  • Biopolymers in leather industry
  • Biopolymers in automotive industry
  • Biopolymers in electronics
  • Biopolymer in wastewater treatment
  • Bioplastics from biomass
  • Sustainability challenges and future perspectives of biopolymer
  • Biomaterials in coating industries.