Contents
Chapter 1 Polyolefine Composites Reinforced by Rice Husk and Saw Dust..... 1
Thi Thu Loan Doan, Hanna M, Brodowsky and Edith Mader
Chapter 2 Characterization of Rice Husk Biofibre-Reinforced Recycled Thermoplastic Blend Biocomposite..... 25
Ruey Shan Chen and Sahrim Ahmad
Chapter 3 High-Content Lignocellulosic Fibers Reinforcing Strach-Bssed Biodegradble Composites : Properties and Applications..... 45
Sherif Mehanny, Lamis Darwish, Hamdy lbrahim, Mohamed Tarek, El-Waked and Mahmoud Farag
Chapter 4 Polysaccharides as Composite Biomaterials..... 65
Izzati Fatimah Wahab and Saiful Izwan Abd Razak
Chapter 5 Thermoplastic Starch (TPS)-Celluosic Fibers Composites:
Mechanical Properties and Water Vapor Barrier: A Review.....85
Emilio Perez-Pacheco, Jorge Carlos Canto-Pinto, Victor Manuel
Moo-Huchin, Ivan Alfredo Estrada-Mota, Raciel Javier Estrada-Leon and Luis Chel-Guerrero
Chapter 6 Composite Coatings Based on Renewable Resources Synthesized by Advanced Laser Techniques.....107
Anita-loana Visan, Carmen-Georgeta Ristoscu and Ion N. Mihailesccu
Chapter 7 Biodegradable Polyactide-Baed Composties.....133
Ester Zuza, Emilio Meaurio and Jose-Ramon Sarasua
Chapter 8 The Role of Biopolymers in Obtaining Environmentally Friendly Materials.....151
Rodolfo Rendon-Villalobos, Amanda Ortiz-Sanchesz, Efrain Tovar-Sanchez and
Emmanuel Flores-Huicochea
Chapter 9 Waste and Recycled Materials and their Impact on the Mechanical Properties of Construction Composite Materials.....162
Gonzalo Martinez-Barrera Nelly Gonzalez-Rivas, Enrique Vigueras-Santiago
Angel Martinez-Lopez, Jorge A. Tello-Gonzalez and Carmina Menchaca-Campos