Monomers, polymers and composites from renewable resources
By: edited by Mohamed Naceur Belgacem, Alessandro Gandini
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9780080453163
Subjects: Biomass chemicals; Macromolecules; Organic compounds; Synthesis; Environmental aspects; Chemical industry; Biomolecules
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The state of the art / Alessandro Gandini and Mohamed Naceur Belgacem; title: Terpenes: major sources, properties and applications / Armando J.D. Silvestre and Alessandro Gandini; title: Materials from vegetable oils: major sources, properties and applications / Mohamed Naceur Belgacem and Alessandro Gandini; title: Rosin: major sources, properties and applications / Armando J.D. Silvestre and Alessandro Gandini; title: Sugars as monomers / J.A. Galbis and M.G. García Martín; title: Furan derivatives and furan chemistry at the service of macromolecular materials / Alessandro Gandini and Mohamed Naceur Belgacem; title: Surfactants from renewable sources: synthesis and applications / Thierry Benvegnu, Daniel Plusqellec and Loïc Lemiégre; title: Tannins: major sources, properties and application / Antonio Pizzi; title: Lignins: major sources, structure and properties / Göran Gellerstedt and Gunnar Henriksson; title: Industrial commercial lignins: sources, properties and applications / Jairo Lora; title: Lignins as components of macromolecular materials / Alessandro Gandini and Mohamed Naceur Belgacem; title: Partial or total oxypropylation of natural polymers and the use of the ensuing materials as composites or polyol macromonomers / Alessandro Gandini and Mohamed Naceur Belgacem; title: Hemicelluloses: major sources, properties and applications / Iuliana Spiridon and Valentin I. Popa; title: Cork and suberins: major sources, properties and applications / Armando J.D. Silvestre, Carlos Pascoal Neto and Alessandro Gandini; title: Starch: major sources, properties and applications as thermoplastic materials / Antonio J.F. Carvlho; title: Bacterial cellulose from Glucanacetobacter xylinus: preparation, properties and applications / Édison Pecoraro ... [et al.]; title: Surface modification of cellulose fibres / Mohamed Naceur Belgacem and Alessandro Gandini; title: Cellulose-based composites and nanocomposites / Alain Dufresne; title: Chemical modification of wood / Mohamed Naceur Belgacem and Alessandro Gandini; title: Polylactic acid: synthesis, properties and applications / L. Avérous; title: Polyhydroxyalkanoates: origin, properties and applications / Ivan Chodak; title: Proteins as sources of materials / Lina Zhang and Ming Zeng; title: Polyelectrolytes derived from natural polysaccharides / Marguerite Rinaudo; title: Chitin and chitosan: major sources, properties and applications / C. Peniche, W. Argüelles-Monal and F.M. Goycoolea.