(Ebook) Monomers, polymers and composites from renewable resources by Mohamed Naceur Belgacem, Alessandro Gandini ISBN 9780080453163, 0080453163

(Ebook) Monomers, polymers and composites from renewable resources by Mohamed Naceur Belgacem, Alessandro Gandini ISBN 9780080453163, 0080453163

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. Garcia Martin -- 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 Loic Lemiegre -- Tannins: major sources, properties and application / Antonio Pizzi -- Lignins: major sources, structure and properties / Goran 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. Averous -- 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. Arguelles-Monal and F.M. Goycoolea