Materials Innovations and Solutions in Science and Technology With a Focus on Tropical Plant Biomaterials

This book offers innovative ideas and solutions from tropical fruits and crops for engineering problems. It covers a wide range of topics related to science, engineering, and technologies. The topics shared in this book enable practitioners and innovators to develop subsequent novel ideas and methods for solving engineering and technological problems for organizations to sustain its operation in global challenges.

Chapter 1: Carbon Fibre Precursor from Oil Palm Biomass Lignin.- Chapter 2: Potential Use of Nanotechnology to Reduce Postharvest Spoilage of Fruits and Vegetables.- Chapter 3: Integrating a Hydrogen Fuell Cell in a Vehicle as a Hybrid for a Sustainable Energy Application.- Chapter 4: Bio-Based Adhesive from Extracted Durian Seed Powder.- Chapter 5: Review of the Development of Palm Broom in Producing Food Packaging.- Chapter 6: Formulation of Emulsion Containing Chloramphenicol and Cinnamon Essential Oil for Topical Use.- Chapter 7: Water Pollutions Detection System for Illegal Toxic Waste Dumps.- Chapter 8: Alternative Processes for The Production of Bioactive Peptides.- Chapter 9: Mode-II Debonding Characterization of Adhesively Bonded Aluminum Joints.- Chapter 10: Design Optimization of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers: Effect of Baffles Design.- Chapter 11: "The Performance of Palm Broom as Eco-Friendly Paper".- Chapter 12: Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Polylactic Acid Composites Filled with Iron Particles.- Chapter 13: Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Polylactic Acid/Carbon Fiber Composites.- Chapter 14: Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activities in Kaffir Lime (Citrus hystrix) Essential Oil Extracted by the Hydro-distillation Method.- Chapter 15: Thermal and Microbiological Properties of Spray Dried Lactobacillus plantarum-Banana Peel Powder.- Chapter 16: Design of a Pre-Crack Device for Environmental Stress Cracking (ESC) Studies.- Chapter 17: Analysis of Hydrophobic-Silver Nanoparticle Coating to Inhibit Cooling Water Corrosion in Cooling Systems.- Chapter 18: Feature Presentation of Image Saliency Existence Based on Boundary Compactness Hypothesis.- Chapter 19: "Application of Reflectors for Improving the Output Performance of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Modules".- Chapter 20: Mechanism of Surface Construction of Palm Oil Mill Effluent Sludge-Biochar Based Catalytic for Peroxydisulfate Activation.- Chapter 21: Characterization of Oil Palm Frond BasedBiochar Filled Recycled PET Biocomposites.- Chapter 22: The Mandrel-Less Fixture Setup for Orbital Friction Stir Welding of Pipe Joining.- Chapter 23: Joint Analysis of Mandrel-Less Friction Stir Welding on PVC Pipe Butt Joining.- Chapter 24: Innovative Aggregates Replacement in the Production of Cement-Based Mortar: A Review.- Chapter 25: Mechanical Properties of Dome Low Blow Impact on Spot Welded Joints.