Biopolymers from renewable resources
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Biopolymers from renewable resources
(Macromolecular systems, materials approach)
Springer, c1998
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  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
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  Miyazaki
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  Okinawa
  Korea
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Biopolymers from Renewable Resources is a compilation of information on the diverse and useful polymers derived from agricultural, animal, and microbial sources. The volume provides insight into the diversity of polymers obtained directly from, or derived from, renewable resources. The beneficial aspects of utilizing polymers from renewable resources, when considering synthesis, pro cessing, disposal, biodegradability, and overall material life-cycle issues, suggests that this will continue to be an important and growing area of interest. The individual chapters provide information on synthesis, processing and properties for a variety of polyamides, polysaccharides, polyesters and polyphenols. The reader will have a single volume that provides a resource from which to gain initial insights into this diverse field and from which key references and contacts can be drawn. Aspects of biology, biotechnology, polymer synthesis, polymer processing and engineering, mechanical properties and biophysics are addressed to varying degrees for the specific biopolymers. The volume can be used as a reference book or as a teaching text. At the more practical level, the range of important materials derived from renewable resources is both extensive and impressive. Gels, additives, fibers, coatings and films are generated from a variety of the biopolymers reviewed in this volume. These polymers are used in commodity materials in our everyday lives, as well as in specialty products.
Table of Contents
D.L. Kaplan: Introduction to Biopolymers from Renewable Resources.- R.L. Shogren: Starch: Properties and Materials Applications.- R.D. Gilbert and J.F. Kadla: Polysaccharides - Cellulose.- S.M. Hudson and C.Smith: Polisaccharides: Chitin and Chitosan: Chemistry and Technology of Their Use as Structural Materials.- D F. Day: Alginates.- Y.T.-P. Ly, L.A. Johnson and J.-l. Jane: Soy Protein as Biopolymer.- M.M. Butler and K.P. McGrath: Protein-Based Materials.- R.A. Gross: Bacterial Gamma-Poly(glutamic Acid).- P.J. Hocking and R.H. Marchessault: Polyhydroxyalkanoates.- S.F. Thames, M.D. Blanton, S. Mendon, R. Subramanian and H. Yu: Surfactants and Fatty Acids: Plant Oils.- E. Rosenberg and E.Z. Ron: Surface Active Polymers from the Genus Acinetobacter.- D.S. Argyropoulos and S.B. Menachem: Lignin.- R.A. Backhaus: Natural Rubber from Plants. P.G. Santangelo and C.M. Roland: Failure Properties of Guayule Rubber.- M.H. Hartmann: High Molecular Weight Polylactic Acid Polymers.
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