Polymers from Biobased Materials [Hardcover]

Polymers from biobased materials are polymers derived from renewable resources by chemical or combined chemical and mechanical methods, or produced directly in biological processes. Combinations of renewable and conventional fossil-fuel-derived plastics are also biobased materials. This assessment reviews materials from renewable resources and their properties including major biopolymers produced by plants and selected animal sources.Executive Summary
Part I. Materials from Renewable Resources and their Properties
Structural Materials for the Automobile of the Future: Composite Materials
Recent Advances in Lignocellulosic-Derived Composites
Cellulose Grafting: Past, Present and Future
Lignin: Properties and Materials
Materials from Renewable Resources
Chitin: the Neglected Biomaterial
Starch-Based Plastics
Biodegradation of Plastics
Part II. Bioproduction of Materials
Advances in Cellulose Biosynthesis
Biogenesis and Biodegradation of Plant Cell Wall Polymers
Advances in Protein-Derived Materials
This assessment reviews materials from renewable resources and their properties including major biopolymers produced by plants and selected animal sources.