Sustainable Additives in Polymer Technology covers both the fundamentals and advanced information about various aspects of bio-based additives for different polymers and their numerous applications, providing practical guidance to researchers and industry professionals on how to select, rank, formulate and apply bio-based additives in polymer manufacturing processes. The book starts with a general overview of each bio-based additive and its role in polymer industry, along with their mechanisms of action based on their defined functions. In Part II, industrial and research developments are discussed, as well as classification of materials’ family, their loading level, main advantages over their usage, challenging aspects, and mechanism of performance. Finally, Part III focuses on the economy and commercial grades for each family of bio-based additives, followed by a discussion on research directions and future development in Part IV.

Part I: Basics and Principles 1. Fundamentals of sustainable additives 2. Classification of sustainable additives Part II: Applications of Sustainable Additives: Generic Features 3. Sustainable plasticizers and lubricants 4. Sustainable pigments and colorants 5. Sustainable antioxidants, anti-UV, anti-ageing and thermal stabilizers 6. Sustainable anti-statics and anti-fogging additives 7. Sustainable flame-retardant additives 8. Polysaccharides-based additives 9. Biocides/anti-microbial agents 10. Sustainable additives as reinforcing agents 11. Sustainable additives as nucleation agents 12. Sustainable surfactants Part III: Applications of Sustainable Additives: Advanced Features 13. Emergent additives from bio-wastes 14. Sustainable additives for additive manufacturing 15. Sustainable additives in electrospinning 16. Sustainable additives for biomedical applications 17. Sustainable additives for coating applications Part IV: Commercialization and Health Features of Sustainable Additives 18. Commercially available Sustainable additives 19. Health, safety and environmental issues with circularity of additives