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Handbook of Biopolymers and Biodegradable Plastics
Properties, Processing and Applications
This new Handbook brings provides engineers and scientists with the information and practical guidance needed to successfully design and manufacture products using biopolymers and biodegradable plastics.
Sina Ebnesajjad (Edited by)
9781455728343, Elsevier Science
Hardback, published 25 September 2012
472 pages
27.6 x 21.5 x 2.9 cm, 1.54 kg
Biopolymers and Biodegradable Plastics are a hot issue across the Plastics industry, and for many of the industry sectors that use plastic, from packaging to medical devices and from the construction indusry to the automotive sector. This book brings together a number of key biopolymer and biodegradable plastics topics in one place for a broad audience of engineers and scientists, especially those designing with biopolymers and biodegradable plastics, or evaluating the options for switching from traditional plastics to biopolymers. Topics covered include preparation, fabrication, applications and recycling (including biodegradability and compostability). Applications in key areas such as films, coatings controlled release and tissue engineering are discussed. Dr Ebnesajjad provides readers with an in-depth reference for the plastics industry – material suppliers and processors, bio-polymer producers, bio-polymer processors and fabricators – and for industry sectors utilizing biopolymers – automotive, packaging, construction, wind turbine manufacturers, film manufacturers, adhesive and coating industries, medical device manufacturers, biomedical engineers, and the recycling industry.
Chapter 1: Overview of Plant Polymers - Resources, Demands, and Sustainability by: Xiuzhi S. Sun PART I. MATERIALS Chapter 2: The State of the Art of Renewable Resources by: A. Gandini and M. N. Belgacem Chapter 3: Polymeric Biomaterials by: W. He and R. Benson Chapter 4: Biodegradable and Biobased Polymers by: L. Jiang, X. Liu and J. Zhang Chapter 5: Starch: Major Sources, Properties and Applications as Thermoplastic Materials by: A. J.F. Carvalho Chapter 6: Cellulose-Based Composites and Nanocomposites by: A. Dufresne Chapter 7: Polylactic Acid: Synthesis, Properties and Applications by: L. Avérous Chapter 8: Properties of Poly(lactic acid) by: A. R. Rahmat et al Chapter 9: Compostable polymer materials definitions, structures and methods of preparation by: E. Rudnik Chapter 10: Biodegradability testing of compostable polymer materials by: E. Rudnik PART II. APPLICATIONS Chapter 11: Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives, Elastomers, and Coatings from plant Oil by: R. P. Wool Chapter 12: Biopolymer Films and Composite Coatings by: A. Nussinovitch Chapter 13: Biopolymers in Controlled-Release Delivery Systems by: K. Pal Chapter 14: Hydrocolloids and Medicinal Chemistry Applications by: L. M. Grover and A. M. Smith Chapter 15: Natural Polymers in tissue engineering applications by: Gomez et al. Chapter 16: Fabrication of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds by: A. Kramschuster & L.S. Turng
Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Plastics & polymers technology [TDCP], Microbiology [non-medical PSG]
