Bioplastics: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications
暫譯: 生物塑料：合成、特性與應用

生物塑料是一種有前景且環保的替代傳統石油基塑料的材料。這些創新材料源自可再生資源，如植物澱粉、玉米或甘蔗，使其具備生物降解性，並減少與傳統塑料相關的環境影響。本書提供了生物塑料的資訊概述，並突顯了最新的可持續生物塑料技術。

本書討論了不同類型的生物塑料及其多樣化的用途，例如在可持續食品包裝的製作中；在醫療應用中，如用於身體植入物（如骨頭、支架和乳房植入物）；以及在許多行業中，包括電子、建築與施工、汽車、消費品、化妝品等。書中還探討了設計和生產方法，包括新穎技術。生物塑料的環境工業面向以及商業面向也被涵蓋，評估生物塑料的商業和工業價值及需求。

Krushna Prasad Shadangi, PhD, is an Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Odisha, India. He has over ten years of teaching experience and expertise in the areas of biofuels, particularly in thermocatalytic and co-conversion of biomass, utilization of waste plastic for biofuel upgrading, plastics to fuels, chemical kinetics, conversion of liquid wastes to fuels, and removal of heavy metals from wastewater. Dr. Shadangi has contributed book chapters and has published papers in internationally reputed journals. He has published two books: Liquid Biofuels: Fundamentals, Characterization and Application and Bioenergy Engineering: Fundamentals, Methods, Modelling, and Applications and has edited a special issue titled "Biorefinery Solutions for Bio-Methanol Production and Processing" in the Journal of Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery.

Prakash Kumar Sarangi, PhD, is a scientist at Central Agricultural University in Imphal, Manipur, India. Dr. Sarangi's current research is focused on bioprocess engineering, biofuels, biochemicals, biomaterials, fermentation technology, and postharvest engineering and technology. He has more than 13 years of teaching and research experience in biochemical engineering, microbial biotechnology, downstream processing, food microbiology, and molecular biology. He has served as a reviewer for many international journals and has authored more than 130 peer-reviewed research articles and 75 book chapters. Dr. Sarangi has edited many books from different publishers, including Springer Nature, CRC Press, Elsevier, and Apple Academic Press. He serves as an editorial board member and guest editor for reputed journals. He is associated with many scientific societies as a fellow and member.

Krushna Prasad Shadangi, PhD 是印度奧里薩邦維爾蘇倫德拉賽科技大學化學工程系的助理教授及系主任。他擁有超過十年的教學經驗，專長於生物燃料，特別是在生物質的熱催化及共轉化、廢塑料用於生物燃料升級、塑料轉燃料、化學動力學、液體廢物轉燃料及重金屬從廢水中去除等領域。Shadangi 博士曾貢獻書章並在國際知名期刊上發表論文。他出版了兩本書籍：液體生物燃料：基礎、特徵與應用 和 生物能源工程：基礎、方法、建模與應用，並編輯了名為「生物精煉解決方案以生產和處理生物甲醇」的特刊，發表於生物質轉換與生物精煉期刊。

Prakash Kumar Sarangi, PhD 是印度曼尼普爾州因帕爾中央農業大學的科學家。Sarangi 博士目前的研究重點是生物過程工程、生物燃料、生物化學品、生物材料、發酵技術及後收穫工程與技術。他在生化工程、微生物生物技術、下游處理、食品微生物學及分子生物學方面擁有超過13年的教學和研究經驗。他曾擔任多本國際期刊的審稿人，並撰寫了超過130篇經過同行評審的研究文章及75章書籍。Sarangi 博士編輯了來自不同出版社的多本書籍，包括Springer Nature、CRC Press、Elsevier及Apple Academic Press。他擔任多本知名期刊的編輯委員會成員及客座編輯，並作為研究員及成員與多個科學學會有關聯。