Soybean Protein-Based Materials Science and Applications

Soybean Protein-Based Materials: Science and Applications gives a presents the structure, properties and modification of soy protein and its application in materials science. The book reviews the research history of soy protein, covers the latest developments in the field, and considers future directions. It gives the reader a grounding in the theory and technology of polymer chemistry, physics and material science needed to understand soy protein. Seven chapters offer a new vision of soy protein outside its traditional niche within food science, relating it to adhesives, plastics, fiber, and biomaterials among other advanced functional materials.

• Focuses on the physico-chemical properties of soy protein in the most advanced film, fiber, adhesive, foam and other functional materials
• Covers both laboratory research and industrial applications of the most advanced soy protein-based materials
• Includes soy protein-based biomaterials, a promising research area
• Considers the sustainable future of soy protein-based materials across various industrial applications
• Offers up a new materials science vision of soy protein-based materials

Dagang Liu is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology in China. His research focuses on natural polymer based functional nano-materials, and he has published numerous articles and chapters in the field.
Huafeng Tian is an Associate Professor in the School of Material and Mechanical Engineering at Beijing Technology and Business University in China. He has worked on biopolymer-based materials for over ten years, and has published over 30 papers and chapters in the field.
Yun Chen is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Basic Medical Sciences at Wuhan University in China. His research focuses on biomaterials and biodegradable materials from natural polymers, such as cellulose, soy protein, and chitosan. He has published over 70 papers, largely on soy protein.
Niangui Wang is an Associate Professor in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Industry at Hubei University in China. His research focusses on materials from soy protein and soy oil-based biodegradable composite materials.