PART I: NATURAL POLYMER BLENDS AND COMPOSITES.
1. Polymers from Renewable Resources (L. Yu and L. Chen).
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Natural Polymers.
1.3 Synthetic Polymers from Natural Monomers
1.4 Polymers from Microbial Fermentation.
1.5 Summary.
2. Starch - Cellulose Blends (I. S. Arvanitoyannis and A. Kassaveti).
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Starch and Starch Derivatives
2.3 Cellulose and Cellulose Derivatives
2.4 Starch-Cellulose Blends
2.5 Applications
3. Starch Sodium Caseinate Blends (I. S. Arvanitoyannis and P. Tserkezou).
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Starch and Starch Derivatives.
3.3 Sodium Caseinate Derivatives.
3.4 Starch- Sodium Caseinate Blends.
3.5 Applications
3.6 Comparison between Sodium Caseinate and other Edible films
4. Novel Plastics and Foams from Starch and Polyurethanes (Y. Lu and L. Tighzert).
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Starch-Filled Polyurethane Elastomers and Plastics.
4.3 Starch-Filled Polyurethane Foams.
4.4 Starch Grafted with Polyurethanes.
4.5 Thermoplastic Starch/Polyurethane Blends.
4.6 Concluding Remarks.
5. Chitosan Properties and application (N. Soares).
5.1 Sources & Structures
5.2 Application in Food Industry.
5.3 Antimicrobial Property
5.4 Others Properties.
5.5 Chitosan derivatives
6. Blends and Composites Based on Cellulose/Natural Polymers (Y. Wang and L. Zhang).
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 Cellulose: Structure and Solvents.
6.3 Cellulose/Natural Polymers Blends.
6.4 Cellulose Derivatives/Natural Polymers Blends
6.5 Promising Application of Cellulose Blends
PART II: ALIPHATIC POLYESTER BLENDS.
7. Stereocomplex between Enantiomeric Poly(lactide)s (H. Tsuji and Y. Ikada).
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Stereocomplex formation.
7.3 Methods for inducing stereocomplexation.
7.4 Physical Properties.
7.5 Biodegradation.
7.6 Applications.
8. Polyhydroxyalkanoates Blends and Composities (G. Q. Chen and Tsinghua).
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 PHA Blended with Starch or Cellulose.
8.3 PHA Blended with PLA.
8.4 PHA Blended with PCL.
8.5 Blending of Different PHA.
8.6 PHA Blending with other Polymers
8.7 PHA Composites.
PART III: HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC POLYMERIC BLENDS.
9. Starch-Poly(hydroxyalkanoate) Composites and Blends (R. Shogren).
9.1 Summary of starch, PHA structure and properties.
9.2 Why blend starch with PHA's?.
9.3 Problems with starch-PHA blends
9.4 Granular starch-PHA composites
9.5 Gelatinized starch-PHA blends.
9.6 Thermoplastic Starch/PHA Laminates and Foams.
9.7 Biodegradability, Recycling and Sustainability
9.8 Applications and Production.
9.9 Future Research Needs and Directions.
10. Biodegradable Blends Based on Microbial Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and Natural Chitosan (C. Chen and L. Dong).
10.1 Introduction.
10.2 Preparation and Properties.
10.3 Conclusion.
PART IV: NATURAL FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES.
11. Starch-Cellulose Fibres Composites (A. V’quez and V. Alvarez).
11.1 Introduction.
11.2 Starch Polymer
11.3 Starch-Cellulose Fibre Composites.
11.4 Starch Based Blends as Polymer Matrix .
11.5 Starch Based Blend/Natural Fibre Composites
11.6 Conclusion.
12. PLA/Cellulosic Fiber Composites (M. Shibata).
12.1 Introduction.
12.2 PLA/Abaca Composites.
12.3 PLA/Wood Flour Composites.
12.4 PLA/Lyocell Composites.
12.5 Conclusions.
13. Biocomposites of Natural Fibres and Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and Copolymers: Improved Mechanical Properties Through Compatibilization at the Interface (S. Wong and R. A. Shanks).
14. Starch-Fiber Composites (M. A. Hanna and Y. Xu).
PART V: BIODEGRADABLE NANOCOMPOSITES.
15. Starch based nanocomposites using layered minerals (H.R. Fischer and J.J. de Vlieger).
16. Polylactide Based Nanocomposites (S. S. Ray and J. Ramontja).
17. Advances in Natural Rubber/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites (D. Jia, L. Liu, X. Wang, B. Guo, and Y. Luo).
PART VI: MULTILAYER DESIGNED MATERIALS.
18. Multilayer Coextrusion of Starch/Biopolyester (L. Av’ous).