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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001980579707536

Titolo

Monomers, polymers and composites from renewable resources / edited by Mohamed Naceur Belgacem, Alessandro Gandini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2008

ISBN

9780080453163

Descrizione fisica

viii, 552 p., [1] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Belgacem, Mohamed Naceur

Gandini, Alessandro

Disciplina

660.6

Soggetti

Biomass chemicals

Macromolecules - Synthesis

Chemical industry - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

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. Garcâia Martâin -- 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 Plusqellec and Loèic Lemiâegre -- Tannins: major sources, properties and application / Antonio Pizzi -- Lignins: major sources, structure and properties / Gèoran Gellerstedt and Gunnar Henriksson -- Industrial commercial lignins: sources, properties and applications / Jairo Lora -- Lignins 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 Alessandro Gandini -- Starch: major sources, properties and applications as thermoplastic materials / Antonio J.F. Carvlho -- Bacterial cellulose from Glucanacetobacter xylinus: preparation, properties and applications / âEdison Pecoraro ... [et al.] -- 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. Avâerous -- Polyhydroxyalkanoates: origin, properties and applications / 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. Argèuelles-Monal and F.M. Goycoolea.