TY - BOOK AU - Thakur,Vijay Kumar AU - Singha,Amar Singh TI - Surface modification of biopolymers SN - 9781119044918 AV - QP801.B69 U1 - 572/.33 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Hoboken, New Jersey PB - Wiley KW - Biopolymers KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING KW - Material Science KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "This book covers the fundamentals in a most logical and clear manner for science and engineering students to follow as well as researchers from different disciplines. The main objective is to summarize in a fairly comprehensive manner most of the recent technical accomplishments in the area of surface modification of biopolymers for different applications. The book will be organized so that it provides most relevant and realistic information on surface modification of biopolymers for different applications ranging from automotive materials, toxic ion removal, biomedical material development, to defense applications, and more. Included in this book will be more than 20 chapters. This book is of interest to materials and biomaterials scientists and engineers, polymer chemists, biochemists, and biotechnologists. It introduces an overview of the developments made in the area of surface modification of biopolymers. Critical issues and suggestions for future research avenues are discussed, underscoring the roles of materials scientists and researchers for the future of these new "green" materials"--; "Covers most of the recent technical accomplishments in the area of surface modification of biopolymers for different applications"-- UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119044901 ER -