Vegetable Oil-Based Composites: Processing, Properties and Applications

本書介紹了植物油基複合材料領域的最新發展。它專注於不同的植物油，如蓖麻油、亞麻籽油、玉米油、大豆油、橄欖油、棕櫚油和菜籽油，以及用於製備植物油基複合材料的無機材料和農業副產品填料。植物油基聚合物複合材料具有多個優勢，包括普遍可得性、固有的生物降解性、低價格和優越的環境特性（即低生態毒性和對人體的低毒性）。本書將對從事生物基複合材料研究以開發綠色和可持續材料的研究人員具有興趣。

Dr. Showkat Ahmad Bhawani is presently working as Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, UNIMAS Malaysia. In addition to this, he has a teaching experience of two years from King Abdul Aziz University-North Jeddah and a post-doctoral experience of three years from the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. He has received his M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry and Ph.D. in Applied Analytical Chemistry from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. He is working on the synthesis of molecular Imprinting polymers for the removal/extraction of dyes, fungicides, and various natural products from environmental and biological samples. He is also working on the development of new test methods and determining standard conditions for analysis of various analytes from environmental and biological samples. He is a member of American Chemical Society and life member of Asian polymer association and editorial board member of several journals.

Dr. Anish Khan is currently working as Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, Centre of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research (CEAMR), Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Anish Khan holds Ph.D. from Aligarh Muslim University, India, from 2010. Dr. Anish Khan has research experience of working in the field of synthetic polymers, organic-inorganic electrically conducting nano-composites. Dr. Anish Khan had completed post-doctoral from School of Chemical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia (USM) electroanalytical chemistry in 2010-2011. Dr. Anish Khan has research and teaching experience.

Mohamad Nasir Mohamad Ibrahim obtained his B.Sc. (1994), M.Sc. (1997), and Ph.D. (1999) from Missouri S&T (formerly known as the University of Missouri-Rolla, USA). He currently serves as a Professor in the School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). He published over 190 journal articles, 39 book chapters, and 10 academic books throughout his twenty-three-year career in USM. More than thirty research grants (1 international grant and 8 industry grants) were secured and utilized to support his team's research activities. He has received fourteen international awards for his research outputs and currently serves as Guest Editor for Frontiers in Chemistry. He had supervised more than 20 graduate students. His main research areas are Lignin and Lignocellulosic Materials, Nanoparticles, Polymer and Biomaterials, and Petroleum Engineering.

Dr. Mohammad Jawaid is currently working as Senior Fellow (Professor) at Biocomposite Technology Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. He worked as Visiting Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Distinguish Visiting Professor at Malaysia Japan International Institute of Technology(MJIIT)-Universiti Teknologi Malaysia(UTM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has more than 22 years of experience in teaching, research, and industries. His area of research interests includes hybrid composites, lignocellulosic reinforced/filled polymer composites, advance materials: graphene/nanoclay/fire retardant, modification and treatment of lignocellulosic fibers and solid wood, biopolymers and biopolymers for packaging applications, nanocomposites and nanocellulose fibers, and polymer blends. So far, he has published 60 books, 80 book chapters, more than 450 peer-reviewed international journal papers, and several published review papers under top 25 hot articles in science direct during 2013-2020. He also obtained 6 Patents and 6 Copyrights/Industrial design. H-index and citation in Scopus are 83 and 31156 and in Google scholar, H-index and citation are 99 and 41811; H-index =75 (Web of Science). He is founding Series Editor of Springer Three Book Series. He worked as guest editor of specialissues of Several Peer reviewed Journals. He is also Professional membership of IOM, ACS, SPE, APA, MySET, etc. Besides that, he is also reviewer of several high-impact international peer-reviewed journals of Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Saga, ACS, RSC, Frontiers, etc. 36 Ph.D. and 14 Master's students graduated under his supervision in 2014-2022. He has several research grants at university, national, and international levels on polymer composites of around 6 million Malaysian ringgits (USD 1.36 Million). He also delivered plenary and invited talks in international conferences related to composites in India, Turkey, Malaysia, Thailand, the United Kingdom, France, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and China. Besides that, he is also a member of technical committees of several national and international conferences on composites and material science. Dr. Mohammad Jawaid also received Several Award at National and International Level. He is also Winner of Newton-Ungku Omar Coordination Fund: UK-Malaysia Research and Innovation Bridges Competition 2015.

Dr. Showkat Ahmad Bhawani目前在馬來西亞UNIMAS大學資源科學與技術學院化學系擔任副教授。此外，他在沙特阿拉伯吉達北部的阿卜杜勒阿齊茲大學有兩年的教學經驗，並在馬來西亞的馬來亞大學有三年的博士後經驗。他在印度阿利加爾穆斯林大學獲得了分析化學碩士學位和應用分析化學博士學位。他的研究方向是合成分子印迹聚合物，用於從環境和生物樣品中去除/提取染料、殺菌劑和各種天然產物。他還致力於開發新的測試方法，確定從環境和生物樣品中分析各種分析物的標準條件。他是美國化學學會的成員，亞洲高分子協會的終身會員，並擔任多個期刊的編輯委員會成員。

Dr. Anish Khan目前在沙特阿拉伯吉達的阿卜杜勒阿齊茲大學科學學院先進材料研究卓越中心的化學系擔任助理教授。他在2010年從印度的阿利加爾穆斯林大學獲得博士學位。他在合成聚合物、有機無機導電納米複合材料領域有研究經驗。他在2010-2011年在馬來西亞的馬來亞大學化學科學學院進行了博士後研究，研究領域是電分析化學。他有研究和教學經驗。

Mohamad Nasir Mohamad Ibrahim在1994年、1997年和1999年分別從美國密蘇里科技大學（前身為密蘇里羅拉大學）獲得學士、碩士和博士學位。他目前在馬來西亞的馬來亞大學化學科學學院擔任教授。他在馬來亞大學的二十三年職業生涯中發表了超過190篇期刊文章、39篇專書章節和10本學術書籍。他獲得了三十多項研究資助（包括一項國際資助和八項工業資助），並用於支持他的團隊的研究活動。他因其研究成果獲得了十四項國際獎項，目前擔任Frontiers in Chemistry的客座編輯。他指導了超過20名研究生。他的主要研究領域包括木質素和木質纖維材料、納米顆粒、聚合物和生物材料以及石油工程。

Dr. Mohammad Jawaid目前在馬來西亞的普特拉大學熱帶林業和林產品研究所的生物複合材料技術實驗室擔任高級研究員（教授）。他曾在沙特阿拉伯利雅得的國王蘇德大學化學工程系擔任訪問教授，並在馬來西亞吉隆坡的馬來西亞日本國際技術學院（MJIIT）-馬來西亞理工大學（UTM）擔任特邀訪問教授。他在教學、研究和工業方面擁有超過22年的經驗。他的研究興趣包括混合複合材料、木質纖維增強/填充聚合物複合材料、先進材料：石墨烯/納米黏土/阻燃劑、木質纖維和實木的改性和處理、生物聚合物和用於包裝應用的生物聚合物、納米複合材料和納米纖維素纖維以及聚合物共混物。到目前為止，他已經出版了60本書籍、80篇專書章節、450多篇同行評審的國際期刊論文，以及幾篇在2013-2020年間在Science Direct上發表的熱門文章。他還獲得了6項專利和6項版權/工業設計。他在Scopus上的H指數和引用次數分別為83和31156，在Google學術上的H指數和引用次數分別為99和41811；在Web of Science上的H指數為75。他是Springer三本書系列的創始系列編輯。他曾擔任多個期刊的客座編輯。