Cellulosics: Materials For Selective Separations And Other Technologies (polymer Science And Technology)

Cellulose and its derivatives are of enormous industrial importance and are widely and cheaply available for a variety of applications. The trend towards high-tech, value-added applications is represented in this book by a coverage of purification and separation processes using cellulose-based materials for filtration, separation, chromatography and biosensing. This unique book is written by an international panel of specialists drawn from major industries, and offers a truly contemporary coverage including the molecular and materials science aspects. Readership: Postgraduate students, researchers and professional chemists in biotechnology, microbiology, pharmacology, chemical engineering, materials science. Industrial users in paper, plastics and polymers.