Polysaccharide-Based Fibers and Composites: Chemical and Engineering Fundamentals and Industrial Applications

by Ali Ayoub

Book Overview

This book includes chapters based on the potential uses of polysaccharides such as fibers in food and non-food applications. The complexity of their synthesis in plants, the highly multidisciplinary character of polysaccharide research, and the wide variety of applications from food to clothing to energy are addressed in this volume. The authors describe in detail how these latter grand challenges are of great importance in research, especially...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319859528
• ISBN13: 9783319859521
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 117 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"