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Author:   Emo Chiellini ,  Roberto Solaro
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   2.240kg
ISBN:  

9780306478840

ISBN 10:   0306478846
Pages:   395
Publication Date:   31 October 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Standards and Policies.- 1 Science and Standards.- 2 Biodegradability and Compostability.- 3 STUDY OF THE AEROBIC BIODEGRADABILITY OF PLASTICMATERIALS UNDER CONTROLLED COMPOST.- 4 Environmentally Degradable Plastics and ICS-Unido Global Program.- 5 Biodegradable Plastics: Views of APME (Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe).- 6 Market Introduction of Compostable Packaging: Consumers’ Acceptance and Disposal Habits in the Kassel Project.- 2. Biobased Systems.- 7 Do Biopolymers Fulfill Our Expectations Concerning Environmental Benefits.- 8 Biobased Polymeric Materials.- 9 Biodegradable Kraft Lignin-Based Thermoplastics.- 10 Biodegradable Hybrid Polymeric Materials Based on Lignin and Synthetic Polymers.- 11 Production and Applications of Microbial Polyhydroxyalkanoates.- 12 The Solid-State Structure, Thermal and Crystalline Properties of Bacterial Copolyesters of (R)-3-Hydroxybutyric Acid with (R)-3-Hydroxyhexanoic Acid.- Chapter13 Biobased Polymeric Materials for Agriculture Applications: Biobased Polymeric Materials for Agriculture Applications.- 3. Biomedical Applications.- 14 Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Copolymers: Fluorinated Hydrogels as Biomaterials.- 15 Characteristics and Applications of Star-Shaped Architecture for PLA and PGCL.- 16 Hydrogels and Hydrophilic Partially Degradable Bone Cements Based on Biodegradable Blends Incorporating Starch.- 17 Segmented Polyetheresters Containing Hydrogen Bonding Units.- 18 The Foaming Process ff Biodegradable Polyesters.- 4. New Trends And Visions.- 19 Significance and Implications of Green Polymer Chemistry.- 20 Artificial and Natural Functionalized Biopolyesters: From Macromolecular Skeleton Selection to Property Design by Ester Pendant Groups.- 21 Environmentally Degradable Plastics Based on Oxo-Biodegradationof Conventional Polyolefins.- 22 New Aliphatic Polyester Layered-Silicate Nanocomposites.- 23 Organic Catalysis: A New and Broadly Useful Strategy for Living Polymerization.

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