This book highlights current advanced developments in bioepoxy and bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites and an optimisation of material formulation and processing parameters on fabrication of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites in order to achieve the highest mechanical properties in relation to their morphological structures, thermal properties, as well as biodegradability and water absorption, which is based on the use of Taguchi design of experiments with the consideration of technical and economical point of view. It also elaborates holistic theoretical modelling of tensile properties of such bionanocomposites with respect to the effect of contents of nanoclay fillers and epoxydised soybean oil (ESO).

Dr. Haipan Salam is a lecturer at Department of Mechanical Engineering Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia. He obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Curtin University in Perth, Australia in 2018. His research interests include polymers, composites and hybrids, statistical design of experiments, mechanical characterisation and morphological structures of polymer nanocomposites, and micromechanical modeling.? Dr. Yu Dong is a senior lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at Curtin University, Australia. He has extensive research expertise in polymer nanocomposites, electrospun nanofibers, green composites, micromechanical modelling, nanomanufacturing and design of experiments. He is a lead editor for 'Manufacturing, Characterisation and Properties of Advanced Nanocomposites', MDPI, Switzerland, and 'Fillers and Reinforcements for Advanced Nanocomposites', Elsevier, UK, and a sole editor for 'Nanostructures: Properties, Production Methods and Applications', NOVA Science Publishers, USA. Dr. Dong is an associate editor for Journals of Frontiers in Materials (Polymeric and Composite Materials section) and Applied Nanoscience.

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Dr. Haipan Salam is a lecturer at Department of Mechanical Engineering Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia. He obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Curtin University in Perth, Australia in 2018. His research interests include polymers, composites and hybrids, statistical design of experiments, mechanical characterisation and morphological structures of polymer nanocomposites, and micromechanical modeling. Dr. Yu Dong is a senior lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at Curtin University, Australia. He has extensive research expertise in polymer nanocomposites, electrospun nanofibers, green composites, micromechanical modelling, nanomanufacturing and design of experiments. He is a lead editor for "Manufacturing, Characterisation and Properties of Advanced Nanocomposites", MDPI, Switzerland, and "Fillers and Reinforcements for Advanced Nanocomposites", Elsevier, UK, and a sole editor for "Nanostructures: Properties, Production Methods and Applications", NOVA Science Publishers, USA. Dr. Dong is an associate editor for Journals of Frontiers in Materials (Polymeric and Composite Materials section) and Applied Nanoscience.

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Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1. Biopolymers 1.5.1. Renewable polymers 1.5.2. Petroleum-based biopolymers 1.5.3. Biopolymers from mixed sources 1.2. Nanofillers 1.2.1. Nanoclay fillers 1.2.1.1. Montmorillonite (MMT) nanoclays 1.2.1.2. Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) 1.2.1.3. Immogolite nanotubes (INTs) 1.2.2. Nanoclay modification 1.2.3. Nanoclay dispersion status 1.3. Fabrication of biopolymer/clay nanocomposites 1.4. Optimization technique and effective synthesis 1.5. Nanocomposite properties 1.5.1. Mechanical properties 1.5.2. Thermal properties 1.5.3. Biodegradability 1.5.4. Barrier properties and water absorption Chapter 2 Experimental design, fabrication and characterization techniques 2.1. Design of Experiments (DoEs) 2.1.1. Taguchi method 2.1.2. Pareto analysis of variance (ANOVA) 2.1.3. Confirmation tests 2.2. Fabrication of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites 2.3. Experimental characterization 2.3.1. Morphological structure analysis 2.3.1.1. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis 2.3.1.2. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) 2.3.1.3. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) 2.3.1.4. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analysis 2.3.2. Mechanical testing 2.3.2.1. Tensile testing 2.3.2.2. Flexural testing 2.3.2.3. Charpy impact testing 2.3.2.4. Durometer hardness testing 2.3.3. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) 2.3.4. Composting tests 2.3.5. Water absorption Chapter 3 Optimization of material formulation and processing parameters of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites 3.1. Mechanical properties of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites based on Taguchi DoEs 3.2. Evaluation of significant factors 3.3. Preferred combination factors 3.4. Confirmation tests 3.5. Structure-property relationship Chapter 4 Morphological structures of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites with optimum formulation 4.1. FTIR spectra 4.2. XRD patterns 4.2.1. Effect of clay content 4.2.2. Effect of epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) content 4.3. TEM observation 4.4. SEM morphology Chapter 5 Material properties of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites with optimum formulation 5.1. Mechanical properties 5.2. Thermal properties 5.3. Biodegradation properties 5.3.1. Water absorption 5.3.2. Biodegradability Chapter 6 Theoretical modeling of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites 6.1. Theoretical models 6.1.1 Modulus of polymer particulate composites 6.1.1.1 Rule of mixture (ROM) 6.1.1.2 Modified rule of mixture (MROM) 6.1.1.3 Hirsch model 6.1.1.4 Halpin-Tsai model 6.1.1.5 Hui-Shia model 6.1.1.6 Laminate model 6.1.2. Strength of polymer particulate composites 6.1.2.1 Danusso-Tieghi (D-T) model 6.1.2.2 Nicolais-Narkis (N-N) model 6.1.2.3 Lu model 6.1.2.4 Turcsányi-Pukànszky-Tüdõs (T-P-T) model 6.2. Estimation on tensile modulus of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites 6.2.1. The effect of clay content 6.2.2. The effect of ESO content 6.3. Estimation of tensile strength of bioepoxy/clay nanocomposites 6.3.1. The effect of clay content 6.3.2. The effect of ESO content Chapter 7 Nanocomposite applications 7.1. Automotive applications 7.2. Material packaging applications 7.3. Medical applications References Appendices