This Handbook covers the fundamental aspects, experimental setup, synthesis, properties, and characterization of different nanocelluloses. It also explores the technology challenges of nanocelluloses and the emerging applications and the global markets of nanocelluloses-based systems. In particular, this book:
- Covers the history of nanocelluloses, types and classifications, fabrication techniques, critical processing parameters, physical and chemical properties, surface functionalization, and other treatments to allow practical applications.
- Covers all recent aspects of nanocelluloses technologies, from experimental set-up to industrial applications.
- Includes new physical, chemical and biological techniques for nanocelluloses fabrication, in-depth treatment of their surface functionalization, and characterization. - Discusses the unique properties of nanocelluloses that can be obtained by modifying their diameter, morphology, composition and dispersion in other materials.
- Discusses the properties and morphology of several kinds of dispersion in polymeric materials, such as micro/nanofiberlated cellulose, cellulose nanofibers, cellulose nanocrystals, amorphous cellulose nanoparticles, and hybrid cellulose nanomaterials.
- Presents the different techniques for dispersion, and self-assembly of polymeric materials, critical parameters of synthesis, modelling and simulation, and characterization methods.
- Highlights a wide range of emerging applications of nanocelluloses, e.g. drug delivery, tissue engineering, medical implants, medical diagnostics and therapy, biosensors, catalysis, energy harvesting, energy storage, water/waste treatment, papermaking, textiles, construction industry, automotive, aerospace and many more.
- Provides an outlook on the opportunities and challenges for the fabrication and manufacturing of nanocelluloses in industry.
- Provides an in-depth look at the nature of nanocelluloses in terms of their applicability for industrial uses.
- Provides in-depth insight and review on most recent types of nanocelluloses-based systems of unique structures and compositions.
- Highlights the challenges and interdisciplinary perspective of nanocelluloses-based systems in science, biology, engineering, medicine, and technology, incorporating both fundamentals and applications.
- Demonstrates how cutting-edge developments in nanofibers translate into real-world innovations in a range of industry sectors.
This Handbook is a valuable reference for materials scientists, biologists, physicians, chemical, biomedical, manufacturing and mechanical engineers working in R&D industry and academia, who want to learn more about how nanocelluloses-based systems are commercially applied.
About the Author: Ahmed Barhoum is the head of the Nanostruc Research Group, Chemistry Department, Helwan University (Egypt). He obtained his PhD and postdoc fellowship in chemical sciences from the Department of Materials and Chemistry (MACH), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium). He currently works in the School of Chemical Sciences (SCS) at Dublin City University (Ireland). He is also a member of the National Centre for Sensor Research (NCSR), Fraunhofer Project Centre (FPC), and Nano Research Facility (NRF) at Dublin City University (Ireland). His research interests include the fabrication of nanoparticles, nanofibers, hydrogels, and thin films for electrocatalysis, drug delivery, and electrochemical biosensors. He has won several scientific awards and prizes for his academic excellence: Helwan University Prizes (2020 and 2019), Irish Research Council (2020), Chinese Academy of Science Fellowship (China, 2019), Institut français d'Égypte Fellowships (France, 2018 and 2020), Research Foundation Flanders Fellowships (Belgium, 2015 and 2016), Medastar Erasmus Mundus (Belgium, 2012), Welcome xi Erasmus Mundus (Italy, 2012), Gold Medal from Egyptian Syndicate of Scientific Professions (2007), Gold Medal from Helwan University (2007), and many more. Ahmed also acts as an expert evaluator for the National Science Centre (Poland), Czech Science Foundation (Russia), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF, Switzerland), and Innovators Support Fund (ISF, Egypt) and examiner for international students' work (Egypt, India, Australia, etc.). He is the editor of 12 handbooks published by Elsevier and Springer Nature. Ahmed has secured 18 research grants (PI/CoPI of 10 funded projects and member of 8 projects) from Egypt (ASRT & STDF), China (CAS), Japan (JSPS), the USA (NSF & US-Aid), Belgium (SIM & FWO), Germany (AGYA), and France (Imhotep), among others. He was co-organizer of 4 conferences and coauthored 150 publications. He has published in highimpact journals including the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Applied Materials Today, Nanoscale, Carbohydrate Polymers, Materials Science and Engineering: C, and the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, and many of his papers have been highlighted in Research Highlights, News & Views, journal cover articles, and national and international media and press. His handbook Emerging Applications of Nanoparticles, Elsevier, has been featured on CNN, Forbes, and Inc Top Best Nanostructures Books of All Time.
