Because we are living in an era of Green Science and Technology, developments in the field of bio- and nano- polymer composite materials for advanced structural and medical applications is a rapidly emerging area and the subject of scientific attention.

Part I     Cellulose Fibers and Nanofibers 1.            Natural Fibers: Structure, Properties and ApplicationsS. Thomas, S.A. Paul, L.A. Pothan and Deepa B2.            Chemical Functionalization of Cellulose Derived from Non-conventional SourcesV.K. Varshney and Sanjay Naithani 3.            Production of Flax Fibers for BiocompositesJonn Foulk, Danny Akin, Roy Dodd and Chad Ulven 4.            Cellulosic Bast Fibers, Their Structure and Properties Suitable for Composite ApplicationsMalgorzata Zimniewska, Maria Wladyka – Przybylak and Jerzy Mankowski 5.            Potential Use of Micro- and Nanofibrillated Cellulose Composites Exemplified by PaperRamjee Subramanian, Eero Hiltunen and Patrick A.C. Gane  Part II   Cellulosic Fiber Reinforced Polymer Compo-sites and Nanocomposites 6.            Greener Surface Treatments of Natural Fiber Rein-forcements for use in the Production of Composite Mate-rialsKoon-Yang Lee, Anne Delille and Alexander Bismarck 7.            Nanocellulose BasedCompositesKelley Spence, Youssef Habibi and Alain Dufresne 8.            Dimensional Analysis and Surface Morphology as Selective Criteria of Lignocellulosic Fibers as Reinforcement in Polymeric MatricesKestur G Satyanarayana, Sergio N Monteiro, Felipe Perisse D Lopes, Frederico M Margem, Helvio P G Santafe Jr. and Lucas L da Costa 9.            Interfacial Shear Strength in Lignocellulosic Fibers In-corporated Polymeric CompositesSergio Neves Monteiro, Kestur G. Satyanarayana, Frederico Muylaert Margem, Ailton da Silva Ferreira, Denise Cristina Oliveira Nascimeto, Helvio Pessanha Guimarães Santafé Jr and Felipe Perissé Duarte Lopes 10.          The Structure, Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Thermoplastic Composites with Fiber and Energetic PlantsSlawomir Borysiak, Dominik Paukszta, Paulina Batkowska and Jerzy Mańkowski 11.           Isora Fiber- A Natural Reinforcement for the Develop-ment of High Performance Engineering MaterialsLovely Mathew, M.K. Joshy and Rani Joseph 12.          Pineapple Leaf Fibers (PALF) and PALF-Reinforced Po-lymer CompositesMohdSapuan Salit, Mohamed Abdul Rahman, Januar Parlaungan Siregar and Mohamad Ridzwan Ishak 13.           Utilization of Rice Husks and the Products of its Degra-dation as Fillers of Polymer CompositesS. D. Genieva, S. Ch. Turmanova and L. T. Vlaev 14.          Polyolefin Based Natural Fiber CompositesSantosh D Wanjale and Jyoti P Jog 15.           All Cellulosic-based CompositesJ. P. Borges, M. H. Godinho, J. L. Figueirinhas, M. N. de Pinho and M.N. Belgacem Part III Biodegradable Plastics & Composites from Re-newable Resources16.          Environment Benevolent Biodegradable Polymers: Syn-thesis, Biodegradability and ApplicationsB.S. Kaith, Hemant Mittal, Rajeev Jindal, Mithu Maiti and Susheel Kalia 17.          Biocomposites based on Biodegradable Thermoplastic Polyester and Ligno-cellulose FibersLuc Avérous 18.          Man-made Cellulose Short Fiber Reinforced Oil and Bio-based ThermoplasticsJohannes Ganster and Hans-Peter Fink 19.          Degradation of Cellulose Based Polymer CompositesJ.K. Pandey, D.R. Saini and S.H.Ahn 20.         Biopolymeric Nanocomposites as Environment benign MaterialsPratheep Kumar Annamalai and Raj Pal Singh  Part IV                Applications of Cellulose Fiber Reinforced Po-lymer Composites 21.          Cellulose Nanocomposites for High Performance Appli-cationsBibin Mathew Cherian, Alcides Lopes Leao, Sivoney Ferreira de Souza, Sabu Thomas, Laly A Pothan and M Kottaisamy 22.          Sisal Fiber Based Polymer Composites and their Applica-tionsMohini Saxena, Asokan Pappu, Ruhi Haque and Anusha Sharma 23.          Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites and Na-nocomposites for Automotive ApplicationsJames Njuguna, Paul Wambua, Krzysztof Pielichowski and Kambiz Kayvantash 24.          Natural Fiber Based Composite Building MaterialsB. Singh, M. Gupta, Hina Tarannum and Anamika Randhawa

Because we are living in an era of Green Science and Technology, developments in the field of bio- and nano- polymer composite materials for advanced structural and medical applications is a rapidly emerging area and the subject of scientific attention. In light of the continuously deteriorating environmental conditions, researchers all over the world have focused an enormous amount of scientific research towards bio-based materials because of their cost effectiveness, eco-friendliness and renewability. This handbook deals with cellulose fibers and nano-fibers and covers the latest advances in bio- and nano- polymer composite materials. This rapidly expanding field is generating many exciting new materials with novel properties and promises to yield advanced applications in diverse fields. This book reviews vital issues and topics and will be of interest to academicians, research scholars, polymer engineers and researchers in industries working in the subject area. It will also be a valuable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students at institutes of plastic engineering and other technical institutes.