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Advances in Nanotechnology based Strategies for Synthesis of Nanoparticles of Lignin

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In recent years, environmentally friendly polymers are gaining considerable interest. Biorenewable polymers are promising materials which fall in this category. Among the biorenewable polymers known, Lignin is one of the most vastly used polymers. It is the most abundant natural polymer after cellulose. Lignin can be an excellent material having a potential of replacing other synthetic polymers in drug delivery and biomedical applications due to its excellent biocompatibility and nontoxic nature. Hence, lignin micro- and nanoparticles are gaining high interest in the research fraternity. Syntheses of a wide range of polymer nanoparticles have been reported. However, the usage of the reports to the synthesis of lignin micro- and nanoparticles is limited due to the physicochemical properties of lignin. The present chapter discusses the various approaches suitable for preparation of lignin micro- or nanoparticles. The effect of different experimental parameters and their physicochemical properties at nanoscale are also thoroughly explored. A brief discussion on the applications of lignin micro- or nanoparticles in drug delivery, biomedical science, nanomedicine, and therapeutics is also explored.

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All authors express their gratitude to the book editors Dr. Swati Sharma and Dr. Ashok Kumar Nadda for giving an opportunity for the contribution of book chapter and reviewer for their kind review process, comments, and suggestions to uplift the quality of book chapter. Dr. Raj Kumar is thankful to Council of Higher Education, Israel, for awarding Planning and Budget Committee Postdoctoral Fellowship. Dr. Abhishek Gupta is thankful to postdoctoral fellowships from the Jacob Blaustein Center for Scientific Cooperation, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Dr. Vijay Bhooshan Kumar, Dr. Abhishek Chaudhary, and Dr. Sunil Dutt are thankful to directors and departments of respective institutes viz., Bar Ilan University, Israel; Jaypee University Institute of Technology, India; and Himachal Pradesh Higher Education Department, Himachal Pradesh, India, respectively, for proving support and necessary facilities. Dr. Mohit Chawla thanks IIT Mandi and Gyan Sankul, Kullu for kind encouragement. Dr. Keshaw Ram Aadil thanks to Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India for awarding National Postdoctoral Fellowship (NPDF) (NPDF/2016/001156).

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Kumar, R. et al. (2020). Advances in Nanotechnology based Strategies for Synthesis of Nanoparticles of Lignin. In: Sharma, S., Kumar, A. (eds) Lignin. Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40663-9_7

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