Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Science and Technology / Frederick T. Wallenberger and Norman E. Weston -- 2. Advanced Spider Silk Fibers by Biomimicry / Jeffrey Turner and Costas Karatzas -- 3. Engineering Properties of Spider Silk Fibers / Frank K. Ko -- 4. Microcrystalline Avian Keratin Protein Fibers / Walter F. Schmidt and Shalini Jayasundera -- 5. Keratin Fiber Nonwovens for Erosion Control / Brian R. George, Alimohammad Evazynajad, Anne Bockarie, Holly McBride, Tetyana Bunik and Alison Scutti -- 6. Keratin Fiber Structures for Nanofiltration / M. Misra and P. Kar -- 7. Alginate and Chitosan Fibers for Medical Uses / Henryk Struszczyk -- 8. Natural Fibers with Low Moisture Sensitivity / Gerard T. Pott -- 9. Environmentally Friendly Lyocell Fibers / K. Christian Schuster, Christian Rohrer, Dieter Eichinger, Josef-Schmidtbauer, Peter Aldred and Heinrich Firgo -- 10. Plastics and Composites from Polylactic Acid / Kristiina Oksman and Johan-Fredrik Selin -- 11. Plastics and Composites from Soybean Oil / Zoran S. Petrovic, Andrew Guo, Ivan Javni and Wei Zhang -- 12. Plastics and Composites from Lignophenols / Elisabete Frollini, Jane M. F. Paiva, Wanderson G. Trindade, Ilce A. Tanaka Razera and Sandra P. Tita -- 13. Chitosan Biopolymer-Silica Hybrid Aerogels / William M. Risen, Jr. and Xipeng Liu -- 14. Uses of Natural Fiber Reinforced Plastics / Ryszard Kozlowski and Maria Wladyka-Przybylak -- 15. Natural Fiber Reinforced Automotive Parts / Thomas P. Schloesser -- 16. Regenerated Cellulose Reinforced Plastics / S. J. Eichhorn -- 17. Bamboo Fiber Reinforced Plastics / Hiroshi Yamaguchi and Toru Fujii -- 18. Ramie Fiber Reinforced Natural Plastics / Anil N. Netravali -- 19. Nanoparticle Reinforced Natural Plastics / Sabine Fischer.