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Full Screen- Title
- Declaration
- Certificate 1
- Certificate 2
- Acknowledgement
- Quotation
- Contents
- Preface
- Symbols and abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Bionanotechnology
- 1.2 Biopolymers
- 1.3 Natural fibres
- 1.4 Application of biopolymers
- 1.5 Chemical composition and structure of natural fibres
- 1.6 Cellulose
- 1.7 Extraction methods of CNF from various natural sources
- 1.8 X-ray diffraction analysis
- 1.9 Chemical modifications of cellulose nanofibres
- 1.10 Application of cellulose nanofibres
- 1.11 Bionanocomposites
- 1.12 Polylactic acid/cellulose composites
- 1.13 Natural rubber/ cellulose composites
- 1.14 Balata rubber latex nanocomposites
- 2. Experimental
- 3. Extraction of nanocellulose fibrils from banana, pineapple leaf fibre (PALF), jute and coir fibres by steam explosion process
- 4. Thermal degradation analysis of banana, PALF, jute and coir fibres
- 5. Green nanocomposites of polylactic acid reinforced with isolated nanocellulose
- 6. Cellulose nanofibre reinforced natural rubber latex bionanocomposites
- 7. Transport, rheological and thermal behaviours of cellulose nanofibre reinforced natural rubber nanocomposites
- 8. Biodegradation and XRD analysis of the green composites of NR/nanocellulose with reference to the cross-linking of the matrix
- 9. Bionanocomposites based on balata rubber (Swietenia macrophylla) reinforced with nanocellulose
- 10. Conclusions
- Curriculum vitae