Biomass Extrusion and Reaction Technologies Principles to Practices and Future Potential

Ali Ayoub is an internationally recognized expert in the carbohydrate science and engineering field and has successfully developed groundbreaking inventions in areas relevant to polymeric materials and the biorefinery concept. Currently, he is a Senior Scientist in the chemical industry and an Adjunct Professor and member of the Associate Graduate Faculty at North Carolina State University. Dr. Ayoub is affiliated with the U.S. Department of the Interior, SE Climate Science Center.

Lucian Lucia currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Departments of Forest Biomaterials (Wood & Paper Science) and Chemistry and as a faculty in the programs of Fiber & Polymer Science and Environmental Sciences at North Carolina State University. His laboratory, The Laboratory of Soft Materials & Green Chemistry, probes fundamental materials science topics focused on the green chemistry of renewable polymers. He received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Florida for modeling photoinduced charge separation states of novel Rhenium (I)-based organometallic ensembles as a first order approximation of photosynthesis.

Preface

1. Using Reactive Extrusion To Manufacture Greener Products: From Laboratory Fundamentals to Commercial Scale
2. Twin-Screw Extrusion: A Key Technology for the Biorefinery
3. Contribution of Reactive Extrusion to Technological and Scientific Challenges of Eco-Friendly Circular Economy
4. Preparation of Cationic Starches by Reactive Extrusion: Experiments and Modelling
5. Starch Extrudates as Sustainable Ingredients in Food and Non-Food Applications
6. Melt Stability of Starch-Filled LDPE during Multi-Pass Extrusion Determined by Melt-Flow and Non-Isothermal Thermogravimetric Investigations
7. Current Challenges in Melt Extrusion of Cellulose-Based Nanocomposites
8. Spinning of Cellulose Nanofibrils
9. Microcellular Foaming of (Nano)Biocomposites by Continuous Extrusion Assisted by Supercritical CO2
10. Extrusion and Ionic Liquids: A Promising Combination to Develop High Performance Polymer Materials
11. Wet Feeding Approach for Cellulosic Materials/PCL Biocomposites
12. Cellulose and Nanocellulose Produced from Lignocellulosic Residues by Reactive Extrusion
13. Applying Mathematical Optimization to Efficiently Make Better Decisions for Extrusion Technology: State-of-the-Art and Opportunities

Editors' Biographies
Author Index
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