Biopolymers and Composites : : Processing and Characterization / / ed. by Samy A. Madbouly, Chaoqun Zhang.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
• HerausgeberIn: A. Madbouly, Samy,; Zhang, Chaoqun,
• MitwirkendeR: Alauzen, Tanner,; Archer, Emily,; Banerjee, Souvik,; Burford, Ty,; Chaoqun, Zhang,; Coulter, John P.,; Du, Chuanshen,; Edlis, Sean,; Farahat Khedr, Medhat S.,; Goodsel, James,; Gregory, Paul,; Hao, Yaya,; He, Xinyu,; Ionadi, Nicolas,; Jaafar, Israd H.,; Jedlicka, Sabrina S.,; Liu, Chengguo,; Madbouly, Samy A.,; Madbouly, Samy,; Mengyuan, Pu,; Ou, Rongxian,; Qi, Fan,; Qingwen, Wang,; Rieg, William,; Ross, Shaelyn,; Thuo, Martin,; Torretti, Marissa,; Weijun, Yang,; Zhang, Chaoqun,; Zhang, Xin,; Zhou, Xing,; Zhu, Guoqiang,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: De Gruyter STEM
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIII, 381 p.)

The growing interest in replacing petroleum-based products by inexpensive, renewable, natural materials will have a significant impact on sustainability, environment, and the polymer industry. This book provides scientists a useful framework to help take advantage of the latest research conducted in...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• List of contributing authors
• 1 Introduction: biopolymers and biocomposites
• 2 Lignin-based polymers
• 3 Cellulose-based polymers
• 4 Plant oil-based polymers
• 5 Bio-based polyurethane aqueous dispersions
• 6 Soybean-based polymers and composites
• 7 Biodegradable polylactic acid (PLA)
• 8 Bio-based polyhydroxyalkanoates blends and composites
• 9 Biodegradable polycaprolactone (PCL) based polymer and composites
• 10 Biodegradable poly(butylene adipate-coterephthalate) (PBAT)
• 11 Bio-based polyamide
• 12 Biodegradable shape-memory polymers and composites
• 13 Poly(glycerol sebacate) – a revolutionary biopolymer
• Index