CELLULOSE-BASED GRAFT COPOLYMERS: STRUCTURE AND CHEMISTRY

1. Cellulose-Based Graft Copolymers: An Overview
Vijay Kumar Thakur, Manju Kumari Thakur, Ashvinder Kumar Rana, and Amar Singh Singha
2. Grafting on Cellulosics: Progress toward Purpose
R. Meena and A. Bhattacharya
3. Preparation of Functional Polymer-Grafted Cellulose through Azide Alkyne Cycloaddition or C-C Cross-Coupling
Jusha Ma, Qinyuan Niu, and Wenhui Wu
4. Graft Copolymerization of Cellulose and Cellulose Derivatives
Chunmei Jian, Qiquan Ye, Meng Huo, and Jinying Yuan
5. Cellulose Graft Copolymerization by Gamma and Electron Beam Irradiation
Dilip Kumar Kakati, Montu Moni Bora, and Chayanika Deka
6. Advances in Cellulose-Based Graft Copolymers Prepared via Controlled Radical Polymerization Methods: A Comprehensive Review
Umesh Kumar Parida, Birendra Kumar Bindhani, Susanta Kumar Biswal, and Padmalochan Nayak
7. UV-Grafting: A Powerful Tool for Cellulose Surface Modification
R. Bongiovanni, A. Chiappone, and E. Zeno
8. Graft Copolymerization of Vinyl Monomers onto Cellulosic Cannabis indicaFibers
Ashvinder Kumar Rana, Amar Singh Singha, Manju Kumari Thakur, and Vijay Kumar Thakur
9. Advances, Development, and Characterization of Cellulose Graft Copolymers
Vicente de Oliveira Sousa Neto, Diego de Quadros Melo, Paulo de Tarso C. Freire, Marcos Antônio Araujo-Silva, and Ronaldo Ferreira do Nascimento
10. Modification of Cellulose-Based Fibers by the Graft Copolymerization Method
Mehlika Pulat
11. Modification of Jute Fibers by Radiation-Induced Graft Copolymerization and Their Applications
Mubarak A. Khan, Saifur Rahaman, Abdullah-Al-Jubayer, and Jahid M.M. Islam
12. Chemically Modified Cotton Fibers for Antimicrobial Applications
Surinder Pal Singh, Bhawna Soni, and S.K. Bajpai
13. Cellulose-Based Graft Copolymer for Toxic Ion and Organic Persistent Pollutants Removal
Iñaki Urruzola, Eduardo Robles, Luis Serrano, and Jalel Labidi
14. Use of Oxidized Regenerated Cellulose in Controlling Bleeding during Neurosurgical Procedures
Roberto Gazzeri, Marcelo Galarza, Marika Morabito, and Alex Alfieri
15. Hydroxypropyl Methyl Cellulose Grafted with Poly(Acrylamide): Application as Novel Polymeric Material as Flocculant as well as Adsorbent
Sagar Pal, Raghunath Das, and Soumitra Ghorai
16. Preparation of Graft Copolymers of Cellulose Derivatives and Their Use in Recovery Processes
Nursel Pekel Bayramgil
17. Grafting of Cellulose-Based Materials: Techniques, Factors, and Applications of the Grafted Products
Biranchinarayan Tosh
18. Preparation, Self-Assembly, and Application of Amphiphilic Cellulose-Based Graft Copolymers
Xiaohui Wang, Yanzhu Guo, Haoquan Zhong, Meiwan Chen, and Runcang Sun
19. Hydroxypropyl Cellulose-Based Graft Copolymers: Structure, Properties, and Application
Massoumeh Bagheri
20. Intelligent Responsive Copolymers Based on Cellulose: Structure, Properties, and Applications
Xiuli Chen, Yajia Huang, Haixiang Zhang, Mario Gauthier, and Guang Yang
21. Synthesis and Applications of Grafted Carboxymethyl Cellulose: A Review
Sumit Mishra, Gautam Sen, Kartick Prasad Dey, and G. Usha Rani
22. Surface Grafting of Cellulose Nanowhisker
Hou-Yong Yu, Jin Huang, and Peter R. Chang
23. Nanocellulose Preparation, Surface Chemical Modification, and Its Application
Abbas Dadkhah Tehrani and Mohammad Hossein Babaabbasi
24. Synthesis and Characterization of Sulfonyl-Terminated Polymer-Grafted Magnetic Nanocellulose and Its Application as a pH-Responsive Antibiotic Drug Carrier for the Controlled Delivery of Ciprofloxacin
T.S. Anirudhan, J. Nima, and P.L. Divya
25. Grafting of Cellulose and Cellulose Derivatives by CuAAC Click Chemistry
Faten Hassan Hassan Abdellatif, Jérôme Babin, Carole Arnal-Herault, and Anne Jonquieres

Cellulose-Based Graft Copolymers: Structure and Chemistry discusses the synthesis, characterization, and properties of multifunctional cellulose-based graft copolymers. Presenting the contributions of accomplished experts in the field of natural cellulosic polymers, this authoritative text:
• Offers an overview of cutting-edge technical accomplishments in natural cellulose-based graft polymers
• Addresses a separate biomaterial in each chapter, exploring composition as well as graft copolymerization chemistry
• Covers fundamentals and applications including toxic ion removal, biomedical engineering, biofuels, micro/nano composites, papermaking, building materials, and defense

Cellulose-Based Graft Copolymers: Structure and Chemistry tackles several critical issues and provides suggestions for future work, supplying deeper insight into the state of the art of advanced cellulose-based graft copolymers.

Features
• Discusses the synthesis, characterization, and properties of multifunctional cellulose-based graft copolymers
• Presents the contributions of accomplished experts in the field of natural cellulosic polymers
• Tackles several critical issues and provides suggestions for future work.

Author
Vijay Kumar Thakur is currently a staff scientist in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Washington State University, Pullman, USA. His former appointments include a research scientist in Temasek Laboratories at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a visiting research fellow in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at Lunghwa University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. He completed his postdoctorate in materials science at Iowa State University, Ames, USA, and his Ph.D in polymer science at the National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India. In addition to being widely published, Dr. Thakur is an editorial board member of numerous international journals, guest editor of theInternational Journal of Polymer Science and Journal of Chemistry, and member of several scientific bodies around the world.