Monomers, polymers and composites from renewable resources
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Amsterdam ; Boston
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Elsevier
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2008
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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viii, 552 p., ]1[ p. of plates : ill. )some col.( ; 25 cm.
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Mohamed Naceur Belgacem, Alessandro Gandini
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1st ed
CONTENTS NOTE
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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. Garc?a Mart?n -- 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 Loگc Lemiفgre -- Tannins: major sources, properties and application / Antonio Pizzi -- Lignins: major sources, structure and properties / G?ran 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 / Edison 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. Avفrous -- 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. Argیelles-Monal and F.M. Goycoolea