Monomers, Polymers and Composites from Renewable Resources
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Monomers, Polymers and Composites from Renewable Resources

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  2. English
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Monomers, Polymers and Composites from Renewable Resources

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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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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Monomers, Polymers and Composites from Renewable Resources
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. List of Contributors
  7. Chapter 1 The State of the Art
  8. Chapter 2 Terpenes: Major Sources, Properties and Applications
  9. Chapter 3 Materials from Vegetable Oils: Major Sources, Properties and Applications
  10. Chapter 4 Rosin: Major Sources, Properties and Applications
  11. Chapter 5 Sugars as Monomers
  12. Chapter 6 Furan Derivatives and Furan Chemistry at the Service of Macromolecular Materials
  13. Chapter 7 Surfactants from Renewable Sources: Synthesis and Applications
  14. Chapter 8 Tannins: Major Sources, Properties and Applications
  15. Chapter 9 Lignins: Major Sources, Structure and Properties
  16. Chapter 10 Industrial Commercial Lignins: Sources, Properties and Applications
  17. Chapter 11 Lignins as Components of Macromolecular Materials
  18. Chapter 12 Partial or Total Oxypropylation of Natural Polymers and the Use of the Ensuing Materials as Composites or Polyol Macromonomers
  19. Chapter 13 Hemicelluloses: Major Sources, Properties and Applications
  20. Chapter 14 Cork and Suberins: Major Sources, Properties and Applications
  21. Chapter 15 Starch: Major Sources, Properties and Applications as Thermoplastic Materials
  22. Chapter 16 Cellulose Chemistry: Novel Products and Synthesis Paths
  23. Chapter 17 Bacterial Cellulose from Glucanacetobacter xylinus: Preparation, Properties and Applications
  24. Chapter 18 Surface Modification of Cellulose Fibres
  25. Chapter 19 Cellulose-Based Composites and Nanocomposites
  26. Chapter 20 Chemical Modification of Wood
  27. Chapter 21 Polylactic Acid: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
  28. Chapter 22 Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Origin, Properties and Applications
  29. Chapter 23 Proteins as Sources of Materials
  30. Chapter 24 Polyelectrolytes Derived from Natural Polysaccharides
  31. Chapter 25 Chitin and Chitosan: Major Sources, Properties and Applications
  32. Index
  33. Colour Plate