Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Bio-Based Materials for Flame Retardancy
2. Synthetic Approaches to Bio-Based Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials
3. Fire Testing Methods of Bio-Based Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials
4. Cellulose- Based Flame Retardant for Polymeric Materials
5. Lignin and Its Derivatives: Potential Feedstock for Renewable Flame Retardant Polymers
6. Cardanol- Based Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials
7. Chitosan- Based Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials and Their Applications
8. Development of Novel Flame Retardant Polymers Based on Eugenol
9. Flame Retardants from Starch: Phosphorus Derivatives of Isosorbide
10. Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials from Renewable Vanillin
11. Furan-Based Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials
12. Advances in Alginate-Based Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials
13. Phenolic-based Phosphorus Flame Retardants for Polymeric Materials
14. Recent advances in the development and application of P- and N-modified starch derivatives as novel biobased flame retardants from renewable resources
15. Development of Natural Fiber Reinforced Flame Retardant Polymer Composites
16. Vegetable Oils-based Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials
17. Preparation, Flame Retardancy and Mechanism of Natural Fiber/Polymer Composites
18. Perspective and Challenges in Using Bio-Based Flame Retardant

About the Author

Professor Yuan Hu is Director of the Institute of Fire Safety Materials at USTC. He obtained his PhD from USTC in 1997. He been active in fire safety materials research for more than 30 years. His main research interests include polymer/inorganic compound nanocomposites, new flame retardants and their flame retardant polymers, synthesis and properties of inorganic nanomaterials, combustion, and the decomposition mechanisms of polymers. Prof. Hu has published more than 600 SCI papers and he has more than 40 patents to his credit. In 2017, he was awarded the 2nd Prize of the National Natural Science Award by the Chinese Government. Hafezeh Nabipour is a researcher at the University of Western Ontario and previously served as an associate professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) for three years. She has authored over 80 ISI-indexed articles in peer-reviewed international journals. Her research focuses on synthesizing innovative metal-organic frameworks, designing novel bio-based polymers, and developing advanced complexes for applications in drug delivery, fire safety, and carbon dioxide capture.

Dr. Xin Wang is currently working as an associate professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). He completed his PhD in Safety Science and Engineering from USTC in 2013. His research interests focus on synthesis and application of bio-based flame retardants, preparation of layered nanomaterials and their use in flame retardant polymer nanocomposites. He has authored or co-authored more than 150 SCI-indexed papers in peer-reviewed international journals, 5 book chapters and 1 monograph. He was also awarded the 2nd Prize of the National Natural Science Award, by the Chinese Government in 2017.