Eco-Friendly Adhesives for Wood and Natural Fiber Composites

Chapter 1: Introduction of eco-friendly adhesives.- Chapter 2: Synthesis process of various type of bio adhesives.- Chapter 3: Production and characterization of wood composite boards prepared from enzyme treated fibers and lignin based bio-adhesives.- Chapter 4: Eco-friendly tannin based wood adhesive for wood composites application.- Chapter 5: Starch based polymeric adhesive: Present trends of preparations and applications in wood and wood based composites.- Chapter 6: Natural rubber (NR) latex based adhesives.- Chapter 7: Manufacturing and Characterization of Composite Fiber boards with an environmental friendly lignin based resin.- Chapter 8: Use of innovative High density polyethylene (HDPE) environmentally friendly adhesives for wood composites.- Chapter 9: Development of hydrolyzed protein-based adhesives for wood composites.- Chapter 10: Eco-friendly wood fibre composites with high bonding strength and water resistance.- Chapter 11: Physical, mechanical and thermal propertiesof natural fibre based bio adhesive composites.- Chapter 12: Effect of treatments on natural fibre based bio adhesive composites.- Chapter 13: Effect of fire retardant on natural fibre based bio adhesive composites.- Chapter 14: Physical, mechanical and thermal properties of wood-based bio adhesive composites.- Chapter 15: Effect of fire-retardant treatment on wood-based bio adhesive composites.- Chapter 16: Current and future challenges of bio-based adhesives for wood composite industries.- Chapter 17: Utilization of renewable biomass and waste materials for production of environmental-friendly, bio-based composites.

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, and also has been Visiting Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia since June 2013. He has more than 16 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 38 books, 65 book chapters, more than 350 peer-reviewed international journal papers, and several published review papers under top25 hot articles in science direct during 2013-2018. He also obtained 2 Patents and 6 Copyrights. H-index and citation in Scopus are 50 and 11049 and in Google scholar, H-index and citation are 58 and 15407; H-index = 49 (Web of Science). He is founding Series Editor of Composite Science and Technology Book Series from Springer-Nature, and also Series Editor of Springer Proceedings in Materials, Springer-Nature. Beside that he is also member of International Advisory Board of Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials. He worked as guest editor of special issues of SN Applied Science, Current Organic Synthesis and Current Analytical Chemistry, International Journal of Polymer Science, IOP Conference Proceeding. He also in Editorial Board Member of Journal of Polymers and The Environment, Journal of Plastics Technology, Applied Science and Engineering Progress Journal, Journal of Asian Science, Technology and Innovation and the Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering. He is