Emerging Sustainable and Renewable Composites From Packaging to Electronics

This edited volume presents a comprehensive discussion of emerging sustainable and renewable composites from tropical fibres and provides an in-depth analysis of their prospective applications as replacements for conventional petroleum-based packaging and the challenges regarding this.

Readers will gain a comprehensive understanding of the development and characterization of sustainable and renewable composites from fibres such as sugar palm, kenaf, sisal, curau, and coir. They will also learn about new potential materials from such fibres and their potential use in various nanoelectronics applications. Each chapter provides recent insight from some of the field?s most prominent industry and academic professionals. Chapter contributors present valuable case studies and describe related environmental issues, environmental advantages, and challenges. Topics include biodegradability, tensile and other physical properties, and applications. Consequently, readers can apply this knowledge to the further development of sustainable and renewable composites toward their global use in place of petroleum-based materials and in new electronics products.

This book is an invaluable and accessible guide for researchers and postgraduate students of composites engineering and nanotechnology who wish to learn more about composites from tropical fibres and their applications. The practical information will benefit those who wish to advance research in this field and promote the adoption of these materials in areas including packaging and nanoelectronics.

1. Analysing the Evolution of Sugar Palm Fiber (Arenga pinnata Wurmb. Merr) Polymer Hybrid Composites: A Review. 2. Environmental Degradation of Natural Fibre–Reinforced Composites. 3. Evaluation of Hybrid Corn Husk Fiber/Hibiscus tiliaceus Fiber Powders–Reinforced Coconut Shell/Polyester Composites: Effect of Volume Fraction on Mechanical and Morphological Properties. 4. Tropical Natural Fibres for Packaging Paper and Its Regulation. 5. Sustainable Substrate Based Biocomposites for Electronic Applications: A Review. 6. A Review on Functionalization and Mechanical Properties of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes/Natural Fibre–Reinforced Epoxy Composites. 7. Biodegradable Natural Fibre (Coconut Mesocarp) Filled Polypropylene Composites: Effects of the Compatibilizer and Coupling Agent on Tensile Properties. 8. Tensile Properties of Polypropylene Composites Reinforced by Bio-Natural Fibre (Sansevieria Leaf Fibre): The Effect of Fibre Loading. 9. Sustainable Product Development Using Renewable Composites for Marine Engineering Applications. 10. Seed/Fruit Fibre–Reinforced Composites. 11. Biocomposites from Durian Biomass Wastes: Properties, Characterisation, and Applications. 12. Biomaterials Based on Plant Fibres: Sustainable for Green Composites. 13. Carbonization of Biomass and Waste into Biosourced Carbon (BC) Nanofillers for Advanced Composite Applications. 14. Conducting Biopolymer Composite Films.

A. Atiqah is a Senior Lecturer/Research Fellow at the Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics, National University of Malaysia. She earned a BSc and MSc in materials engineering at the International Islamic University Malaysia in 2011 and 2014, respectively, and a PhD in biocomposites technology and design at University of Putra Malaysia in 2018. She has been recognized as a Top 2% Scientist Worldwide in her field by Stanford University.

S. M. Sapuan is Professor (Grade A) of Composite Materials and Head of Advanced Engineering Materials and Composite Research Centre, University of Putra Malaysia. He earned a BEng in mechanical engineering at the University of Newcastle, Australia; an MSc in engineering design at Loughborough University, UK; and a PhD in materials engineering at De Montfort University, UK. He is a Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, Society of Automotive Engineers International, and Academy of Sciences Malaysia. He has received the SAE Subir Chowdhury Medal of Quality Leadership, International Society of Bionic Engineering Outstanding Contribution Award, the World Academy of Sciences Award in Engineering Sciences, and William Johnson International Gold Medal.

R. A. Ilyas is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Technology Malaysia and holds Fellowships with the Institute of Advanced Materials, Sweden and the International Society for Development and Sustainability, Japan. He is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), the Institute of Chemical Engineers (UK), and the Chair of Science Outreach for Young Scientists Network – Academy of Sciences Malaysia. He has received several awards, including the MVP PhD Gold Medal Award, Kreso Glavac Special Award (Republic of Croatia; MTE2022), and Outstanding Reviewer recognition. He is listed as a Top 2% Scientist Worldwide for polymer and materials engineering by Stanford University.

Z. M. A. Ainun is a Seni