Applied Environmental Materials Science for Sustainability

Materials and other scientists from Asia, the Middle East, the UK, and the US provide 15 chapters that outline advances in environmental materials, particularly the use of biomass and waste for advanced materials for sustainability. They discuss the application of biomass cellulose to hydrogel films; the development and modification of natural rubber and rubber blend nanocomposites; the use of poly (lactic acid) or polylactide in plastics; the use of inorganic-organic composite materials from liquid natural rubber and epoxidized natural rubber derivatives; clay minerals converted to porous materials and their application; geopolymer sourced with fly ash and industrial aluminum waste for sustainable materials; and adsorption cooling systems using activated carbon. They also detail lipids produced by microalgae in the Okinawa area for biodiesel fuel; the use of biomass polymer sheets in water/alcohol pervaporation as a sustainable source of alcohol energy; bacterial cellulose applications; functional adsorbents made of polymers, ionic liquid, and dendrimer in sustainable technologies; eco-friendly on-site water analyses for ultra-trace harmful ions; and ionic liquids used as green solvent in chemistry. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)