Biopolymers and Biomaterials

“We live in a world where we are only beginning to realize just how deeply entrenched pollution and environmental problems have become. Against this scenario of ever-increasing and alarming proportions of environmental issues, the field of biopolymers and biomaterials offers the promise and potential of accomplishing a means to tackle these issues without compromising on the very real problem of eroding our fragile ecological and environmental system further. Even with the substantial strides in progress made in this particular niche of research, it is yet still in its infancy. The research material presented in the book Biopolymers and Biomaterials provides useful substantive and informative platform for future research in environmental protection and nursing of our ecosystem. The book covers various topics such as biopolymers in the textile industry, nanotechnology for intelligent food packaging, cashew nut shell liquid-based advanced functional materials, etc., which one may not usually find in other books dealing with biomaterials. Research works like this, in fact, cater to the need of the times.”

—Laly A. Pothen, Emeritus Professor, Bishop Moore College, Mavelikara, India