Sustainable Materials for Rubber and Allied Industries

Traditional rubber products contain rubber and multiple additives, many of which come from fossil fuel sources. This book highlights developments in the science and technology of sustainable materials in the rubber industry and covers both materials and the ingredients necessary to make a product.

Anil K. Bhowmick is currently a Research Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, USA. He was a former Professor of Eminence, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, and former Head of Rubber Technology Centre and Dean of Postgraduate Studies and Dean (Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy), IIT Kharagpur, India. He is the Founder Director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna.
Rabindra Mukhopadhyay is the Director and Chief Executive of Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer and Tyre Research Institute (HASETRI); Director (Research and Development), JK Tyre and Industries Ltd; President, Indian Rubber Materials Research Institute (IRMRI); and Chairman of the Indian Rubber Institute (IRI).
Jagannath Chanda is a Senior Research Scientist at Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer and Tyre Research Institute (HASETRI), Mysore, India. He earned a BTech in polymer science and technology at the University of Calcutta, an MTech in polymer science and engineering at IIT Delhi, and a PhD at the Leibnitz Institute of Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany.
Barun Kumar Samui is the Principal Scientist of Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer and Tyre Research Institute (HASETRI), Mysore, India. He has over 30 years of industrial experience, and he is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) and a member of the Indian Rubber Institute (IRI).
Riya Koley is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Chemical Engineering Department at Polytechnique Montréal, Canada. She earned a PhD at the Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. With industrial experience at Machino Polymers Limited, Gurgaon, and prior work as a project officer on the MHRD-funded Uchhatar Avishkar YojanäHPN project, she has a strong background in academia and industry.