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Polyvinyl Alcohol/ Halloysite Nanotube Bionanocomposites as Biodegradable Packaging Materials

Polyvinyl Alcohol/Halloysite Nanotube Bionanocomposites as Biodegradable Packaging Materials

Zainab Waheed Abdullah Yu Dong •

Polyvinyl Alcohol/Halloysite Nanotube Bionanocomposites as Biodegradable Packaging Materials

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Zainab Waheed Abdullah School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering Curtin University Perth, WA, Australia

Yu Dong School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering Curtin University Perth, WA, Australia

ISBN 978-981-15-7355-2 ISBN 978-981-15-7356-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7356-9

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Preface

The accumulation of plastic wastes is one of the urgent environmental concerns around the world. Petroleum-based polymers have been widely used in many sectors for a wide range of daily-life applications such as constructions, appliances, medical devices and food packaging to replace conventional metals, wood and ceramics due to their better mechanical, thermal and barrier properties in lightweight structures. Nonetheless, it is worth mentioning that non-degradable material characteristics for such polymers mean the lack of environmental sustainability, recyclability and renewability despite their impressive material properties. In particular, large portions of used petroleum-based polymers become solid wastes that can be burned at the end of life to eliminate their accumulation in the simplest way moving forward leading to higher carbon emission and global warming. As such, the implementation of ecofriendly and biodegradable polymers as alternative resources