Biodegradable polymer blends and composites from renewable resources / edited by Long Yu

Includes bibliographical references and index

1 Polymeric Materials from Renewable Resources / Long Yu, Ling Chen 1 Pt. I Natural Polymer Blends and Composites 17 2 Starch-Cellulose Blends / Ioannis S. Arvanitoyannis, A. Kassaveti 19 3 Starch-Sodium Caseinate Blends / Ioannis S. Arvanitoyannis, Persefoni Tserkezou 55 4 Novel Plastics and Foams from Starch and Polyurethanes / Yongshang Lu, Lan Tighzert 87 5 Chitosan - Properties and Application / Nilda de Fatima Ferreira Soares 107 6 Blends and Composites Based on Cellulose and Natural Polymers / Yixiang Wang, Lina Zhang 129 Pt. II Aliphatic Polyester Blends 163 7 Stereocomplexation Between Enantiomeric Poly(lactide)s / Hideto Tsuji, Yoshito Ikada 165 8 Polyhydroxyalkanoate Blends and Composites / Guo-Qiang Chen, Rong-Cong Luo 191 Pt. III Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Polymeric Blends 209 9 Starch-Poly(hydroxyalkanoale) Composites and Blends / Randal Shogren 211 10 Biodegradable Blends Based on Microbial Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and Natural Chitosan / Cheng Chen, Lisong Dong 227 Pt. IV Natural Fiber - Reinforced Composites 219 11 Starch-Cellulose Fiber Composites / Analia Vazquez, Vera Alejandra Alvarez 241 12 Poly(Lactic Acid)/Cellulosic Fiber Composites / Mitsuhiro Shibata 287 13 Biocomposites of Natural Fibers and Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) and Copolymers: Improved Mechanical Properties Through Compatibilization at the Interface / Susan Wong, Robert Shanks 303 14 Starch-Fiber Composites / Milford A. Hanna, Yixiang Xu 349 Pt. V Biodegradable Composites 367 15 Starch-Based Nanocomposites Using Layered Minerals / H. R. Fischer, J. J. De Ylieger 369 16 Polylactide-Based Nanocomposites / Suprakas Sinha Ray, James Ramontja 389 17 Advances in Natural Rubber/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites / Demin Jia, Lan Liu, Xiaoping Wang, Bao-chun Guo, Yuanfang Luo 415 Pt. VI Multilayer Designed Materials 435 18 Multilayer Coextrusion of Starch/Biopolyester / L. Averous 437 Index 465