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Accumulation of agriculture wastes, such as bagasse, and development of alternatives to petrochemical-based polymer have received more attention in the last two decades due to increasing the population and increasing concern to the environmental safety. This study is a trial to contribute in resolving these problems through two main approaches. The first is related to the natural binder-based paper composites and the second is concerned with preparation and characterization of advanced cellulosic derivatives having liquid crystalline properties.

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Ragab Abouzeid is presently researcher in Cellulose and Paper Department, National Research Center, Egypt. He got his PhD between National Research Center, Egypt and Laboratory of Pulp and Paper engineering UMR 5518 Grenoble INP, France in 2012. His research activities include chemical modification of cellulose and cellulose nanocomposite.

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