Faheem Uddin

Iqra University Pakistan

Faheem Uddin earned a Ph.D. in Textile Special Finishing from the University of Manchester, UK. His current research interests are in the processing of the textile fiber, clay study, flame retardancy, cellulose/cotton cross-linking, and environment-friendly processing. He is the principal author of more than 40 research publications in reputed journals. He is the author of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) award-winning research paper on montmorillonite clay that is a highly cited paper to date and has over 26 000 ResearchGate reads. He is a fellow of The Textile Institute, United Kingdom, and received the Best Research Paper Award by HEC, Pakistan, and the Research Productivity Award, PSF, Pakistan, and RULA Best Researcher of The Year 2019. He is presently serving as a professor at Iqra University, Karachi, Pakistan

2books edited

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Latest work with IntechOpen by Faheem Uddin

The significance of environmental sustainability is undoubtedly important for life and survival of mankind. The emerging material and product world is now searching for material, structure, and processes that are supportive of the environment. The materials rendering the desired performance without harming the environment are viable for the sustainable growth of the industry. Therefore, montmorillonite clay becomes an attractive material in making various products. The book chapters are written to provide scientific understanding and knowledge to scholars, students, faculty members, and laboratory and industry workers of the subject of montmorillonite clay, including its structure and properties, use in composite, industrial application, and testing and evaluation using analytical techniques. The book’s contents signify how important montmorillonite clay is in material and product development in the current industrial marketplace.

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Montmorillonite Clay

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Textile Manufacturing Processes

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Montmorillonite: An Introduction to Properties and Utilization

By Faheem Uddin

Clay mineral is an important material available in nature. With an increasing understanding of clay structure, montmorillonite is realized viable for an enhanced performance in a variety of materials and products in the areas of catalysis, food additive, antibacterial function, polymer, sorbent, etc. Significant development in the use and application of montmorillonite is seen in recent time. This chapter provides an overview of montmorillonite, structure, and properties and particularly discusses its recent utilization in important materials. Montmorillonite is introduced in terms of its natural sources, chemical structure, physical and chemical properties, and functional utilization. The important physical and chemical properties are summarized as particle and layered structure, molecular structure and cation exchange effect, barrier property, and water sorption. This is followed by the important functional utilizations of montmorillonite based on the effects of its chemical structure. The important functional utilization of montmorillonite includes food additive for health and stamina, for antibacterial activity against tooth and gum decay, as sorbent for nonionic, anionic, and cationic dyes, and the use as catalyst in organic synthesis. The environment concerns, to date, do not indicate the adversity for particles used as additive. Studies will be useful which are clearly based on any montmorillonite structure to describe environmental effects.

Part of the book: Current Topics in the Utilization of Clay in Industrial and Medical Applications

Introductory Chapter: Textile Manufacturing Processes

By Faheem Uddin

Part of the book: Textile Manufacturing Processes

Introductory Chapter: Montmorillonite Clay Consumption Trend in Industry

By Faheem Uddin

Part of the book: Montmorillonite Clay