Автор: Susheel Kalia, Luc Averous
Название: Biodegradable and Biobased Polymers for Environmental and Biomedical Applications
Издательство: Willey
Год: 2016
ISBN: 9781119117339
Язык: English
Формат: epub
Размер: 22,2 mb
Страниц: 515
Specifically, the book highlights:
– Developments in polyhydroxyalkanoates applications in agriculture, biodegradable packaging material and biomedical field like drug delivery systems, implants, tissue engineering and scaffolds
– The synthesis and elaboration of cellulose microfibrils from sisal fibres for high performance engineering applications in various sectors such as the automotive and aerospace industries, or for building and construction
– The different classes and chemical modifications of tannins
– Electro-activity and applications of Jatropha latex and seed
– The synthesis, properties and applications of poly(lactic acid)
– The synthesis, processing and properties of poly(butylene succinate), its copolymers, composites and nanocomposites
– The different routes for preparation polymers from vegetable oil and the effects of reinforcement and nano-reinforcement on the physical properties of such biobased polymers
– The different types of modified drug delivery systems together with the concept of the drug delivery matrix for controlled release of drugs and for antitumor drugs
– The use of nanocellulose as sustainable adsorbents for the removal of water pollutants mainly heavy metal ions, organic molecules, dyes, oil and CO2
– The main extraction techniques, structure, properties and different chemical modifications of lignins
– Proteins and nucleic acids based biopolymers
– The role of tamarind seed polysaccharide-based multiple-unit systems in sustained drug release