Guest Editors
S.M. Sapuan, Professor, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia.
Professor S.M. Sapuan is Professor (A grade) in Composite Materials at Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing, Universiti Putra Malaysia. His research interests include natural fibre composites, biopolymer composites, materials selection of composites, concurrent engineering, conceptual design for composites, and biobased polymer composite packaging. He has published 950 papers in refereed journals. He was invited to deliver 48 keynote/plenary lectures at different conferences. He is a fellow of Society of Automotive Engineers International and Honorary Member of Asian Polymer Association. He has edited more than 30 books mainly in composites. He was the recipient of prestigious awards such as ISESCO Science Prize, Khawarizmi International Award, Top Research Scientists Malaysia Award, Malaysia Research Star Award, IET Achievement Award and Distinguished Researcher Award. He has been invited as guest editor in 29 special issues in different journals.
Summary
The contents of the special issue are related
to Design for sustainability, Life cycle analysis, Concurrent materials and
conceptual design selection; Fully biodegradable biopolymer composites, and
Design for Manufacture and all focusing on biofibres, biopolymers and
biocomposites as materials of concern. New innovation in materials design such
as sandwich structures, hybridization, incorporation of design features, are
needed. A lot has been written about performance and characterization of such
materials. Research and publication are needed to move away from pure testing
and characterization of such materials but other important aspects during
product development such as concurrent engineering, sustainability issues,
green design, design for the environment, etc have to be integrated in the
existing knowledge.
Keywords
Design for sustainability; Life cycle analysis; Concurrent materials and conceptual design selection; Design for manufacture; Advanced material design; Sandwich panel; Hybridization; Additive manufacturing of biocomposites; Natural fibres; Biopolymers; Bio fibres
Published Papers
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Open Access
ARTICLE
Characterization of Potential Cellulose from Hylocereus Polyrhizus (Dragon Fruit) peel: A Study on Physicochemical and Thermal Properties
Nurul Hanan Taharuddin, Ridhwan Jumaidin, Muhd Ridzuan Mansor, Fahmi Asyadi Md Yusof, Roziela Hanim Alamjuri
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.11, No.1, pp. 131-145, 2023, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.021528
（This article belongs to this Special Issue:
Bio-Fibres, Biopolymers and Biocomposites – Design for Sustainability, Life Cycle Analysis, Concurrent Materials and Conceptual Design Selection)
Abstract The strict environmental regulations to overcome the drawbacks of consumption and disposal of non-renewable
synthetic materials have motivated this investigation. The physical, chemical, morphological, and thermal properties of
Hylocereus Polyrhizus peel (HPP) powder obtained from the raw materials were examined in this study.
The physical properties analyzes of
Hylocereus Polyrhizus peel (HPP) powder discovered that the moisture
content, density, and water holding capacity were 9.70%, 0.45 g/cm3
, and 98.60%, respectively. Meanwhile, the
chemical composition analysis of
Hylocereus Polyrhizus peel (HPP) powder revealed that the powder was significantly high in cellulose contents (34.35%) from other bio-peel wastes. The crystallinity index…
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Open Access
ARTICLE
A Novel Method for the Quantitative Detection of Sericin Content in Silk Fiber Based on the Ratio of Aspartate to Alanine
Yanfei Feng, Jiaming Lin, Longxing Niu, Peng Pan, Xueping Liu, Linling Huang, Ying Guo, Mingzhong Li
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.11, No.1, pp. 167-184, 2023, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.021339
（This article belongs to this Special Issue:
Bio-Fibres, Biopolymers and Biocomposites – Design for Sustainability, Life Cycle Analysis, Concurrent Materials and Conceptual Design Selection)
Abstract The development of a method for the quantitative determination of the sericin content ratio (SCR) is urgently
needed for silk refining and the purification of silk fibroin for biomedical applications. In this work, a series of
sericin/fibroin mixed samples with known SCRs were prepared by mixing initial samples of extracted sericin
and fibroin from
Bombyx mori silk. Significant differences were found in the contents of characteristic hydrophilic
amino acids abundant in sericin and hydrophobic amino acids abundant in fibroin, and several linear relationships of SCR associated with the content ratios of Ser/Ala, Asp/Ala, Lys/Ala, Asp/Gly and Ser/Gly were established by…
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