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Monomers, polymers and composites from renewable resources

Renewable resources for sustainable development.

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  • "Renewable resources for sustainable development."@en
  • "The progressive dwindling of fossil resources, coupled with the drastic increase in oil prices, have sparked a feverish activity in search of alternatives based on renewable resources for the production of energy. Given the predominance of petroleum- and carbon-based chemistry for the manufacture of organic chemical commodities, a similar preoccupation has recently generated numerous initiatives aimed at replacing these fossil sources with renewable counterparts. In particular, major efforts are being conducted in the field of polymer science and technology to prepare macromolecular materials based on renewable resources. The concept of the bio-refinery, viz. the rational exploitation of the vegetable biomass in terms of the separation of its components and their utilisation as such, or after suitable chemical modifications, is thus gaining momentum and considerable financial backing from both the public and private sectors. This collection of chapters, each one written by internationally recognised experts in the corresponding field, covers in a comprehensive fashion all the major aspects related to the synthesis, characterization and properties of macromolecular materials prepared using renewable resources as such, or after appropriate modifications. Thus, monomers such as terpenes and furans, oligomers like rosin and tannins, and polymers ranging from cellulose to proteins and including macromolecules synthesized by microbes, are discussed with the purpose of showing the extraordinary variety of materials that can be prepared from their intelligent exploitation. Particular emphasis has been placed on recent advances and imminent perspectives, given the incessantly growing interest that this area is experiencing in both the scientific and technological realms. - Discusses bio-refining with explicit application to materials - Replete with examples of applications of the concept of sustainable development - Presents an impressive variety of novel macromolecular materials."@en
  • "The progressive dwindling of fossil resources, coupled with the drastic increase in oil prices, have sparked a feverish activity in search of alternatives based on renewable resources for the production of energy. Given the predominance of petroleum- and carbon-based chemistry for the manufacture of organic chemical commodities, a similar preoccupation has recently generated numerous initiatives aimed at replacing these fossil sources with renewable counterparts. In particular, major efforts are being conducted in the field of polymer science and technology to prepare macromolecular materials based on renewable resources. The concept of the bio-refinery, viz. the rational exploitation of the vegetable biomass in terms of the separation of its components and their utilisation as such, or after suitable chemical modifications, is thus gaining momentum and considerable financial backing from both the public and private sectors. This collection of chapters, each one written by internationally recognised experts in the corresponding field, covers in a comprehensive fashion all the major aspects related to the synthesis, characterization and properties of macromolecular materials prepared using renewable resources as such, or after appropriate modifications. Thus, monomers such as terpenes and furans, oligomers like rosin and tannins, and polymers ranging from cellulose to proteins and including macromolecules synthesized by microbes, are discussed with the purpose of showing the extraordinary variety of materials that can be prepared from their intelligent exploitation. Particular emphasis has been placed on recent advances and imminent perspectives, given the incessantly growing interest that this area is experiencing in both the scientific and technological realms. - Discusses bio-refining with explicit application to materials - Replete with examples of applications of the concept of sustainable development - Presents an impressive variety of novel macromolecular materials."
  • "The state of the art (Alessandro Gandini and Mohamed Naceur Belgacem); Terpenes: major sources, properties and applications (Armando J. D. Silvestre and Alessandro Gandini); Materials from vegetable oils: major sources, properties and applications (Mohamed Naceur Belgacem and Alessandro Gandini); Rosin: major sources, properties and applications (Armando J. D. Silvestre and Alessandro Gandini); Sugars as monomers (J. A. Galbis and M. G. García Martín); Furan Derivatives and furan chemistry at the service of macromolecular materials (Alessandro Gandini and Mohamed Naceur Belgacem); Surfactants from renewable sources: synthesis and applications (Thierry Benvegnu, Daniel Plusquellec and Loic Lemiegre); Tannins: major sources, properties and applicatins (Antonio Pizzi); Lignins: major sources, structuere and properties (Goran Gellerstedt and Gunnar Henriksson); Industrial comercial lignins: sources, properties and applications (Jairo Lora); Lingnis as components of macromolecular materials (Alessandro Gandini and Mohamed Naceur Belgacem); 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); Hemicelluloses: major sources, properties and applications (Iuliana Spiridon and Valentin I. Popa); Cork and suberins: major sources, properties and applications (Armando J. D. Silvestre, Carlos Pascoal Neto and Alesandro Gandini); Starch: major sources, properties and applications as thermoplastic materials (Antonio J. F. Carvalho); Cellulose Chemistry: novel products and synthesis paths (Thomas Heinze and Katrin Petzold); Bacterial cellulose from Glucanacetobacter xylinus: preparation, properties and applications (Édson Pecorano, Danilo Mezani, Younes Messaddeq and Sidney J. L. Ribeiro); Surface modification of cellulose fibres (Mohamed Naceur Belgacem and Alessandro Gandini); Cellulose - Based composites and nanocomposites (Alain Dufresne); Chemical modification of wood (Mohamed Naceur Belgacem and Alessandro Gandini); Polylactic acid: synthesis, properties and applications (L. Avérous); Polyhydroxyalkanoates: origin, properties and appliations (Ivan Chodak); Proteins as sources of materials (Lina Zhang and Ming Zeng); Polyelectrolytes derived from natural polysaccharides (Marguerite Rinaudo); Chitin and chitosan: major sources, properties and applications (C. Peniche, W Arguelles - Monal and F. M. Goycoolea)."
  • "The progressive dwindling of fossil resources, coupled with the drastic increase in oil prices, have sparked a feverish activity in search of alternatives based on renewable resources for the production of energy. Given the predominance of petroleum- and carbon-based chemistry for the manufacture of organic chemical commodities, a similar preoccupation has recently generated numerous initiatives aimed at replacing these fossil sources with renewable counterparts. In particular, major efforts are being conducted in the field of polymer science and technology to prepare macromolecular materials based on renewable resources. The concept of the bio-refinery, viz. the rational exploitation of the vegetable biomass in terms of the separation of its components and their utilisation as such, or after suitable chemical modifications, is thus gaining momentum and considerable financial backing from both the public and private sectors. This collection of chapters, each one written by internationally recognised experts in the corresponding field, covers in a comprehensive fashion all the major aspects related to the synthesis, characterization and properties of macromolecular materials prepared using renewable resources as such, or after appropriate modifications. Thus, monomers such as terpenes and furans, oligomers like rosin and tannins, and polymers ranging from cellulose to proteins and including macromolecules synthesized by microbes, are discussed with the purpose of showing the extraordinary variety of materials that can be prepared from their intelligent exploitation. Particular emphasis has been placed on recent advances and imminent perspectives, given the incessantly growing interest that this area is experiencing in both the scientific and technological realms. - Discusses bio-refining with explicit application to materials - Replete with examples of applications of the concept of sustainable development - Presents an impressive variety of novel macromolecular materials"

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  • "Monomers, polymers and composites from renewable resources"@en
  • "Monomers, polymers and composites from renewable resources"
  • "Monomers, Polymers and Composites from Renewable Resources"@en
  • "Monomers, Polymers and Composites from Renewable Resources"

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