TY - BOOK AU - Yu,Long TI - Biodegradable polymer blends and composites from renewable resources SN - 9780470146835 AV - TP1180.B55 Y8 2009 PY - 2009///] CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - Wiley KW - Biodegradable plastics KW - Polymeric composites KW - Renewable natural resources N1 - 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 ER -