Biopolymers from Natural Resources
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2021) | Viewed by 117792
Special Issue Editors
Interests: aliphatic polyesters; blends; compatibilization; advanced characterization; functional additives; unsaturated polyester resins; composites
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Interests: food packaging; biobased and/or biodegradable polymers; nanocomposites; active materials; waste valorization; mechanical recycling; compostability
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Interests: edible and biodegradable films; plasticization; films for active food packaging; valorization of agroindustrial and forestal wastes; cellulose-based biocomposites
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Interests: polymer processing; biobased and biodegradable polymers; wood plastic composites; mechanical and thermal characterization; biodegradation; green composites; advanced characterization; functional additives
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Interests: foaming; foaming agents; mechanical properties; polymers; composites; surface modification; biodegradable and biocompatible polymers; atmospheric plasma; foams
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Increased bio-based polymer production and application has been positioned as one of the most promising ways to meet the sustainable development goal of replacing traditional petroleum polymers in several industrial sectors. In this context, bio-based building blocks, the revalorization of agri-food wastes, biopolymers extracted directly from biomass such as polysaccharides and proteins, as well as those produced by yeast biomass or by bacterial fermentation, have attracted a significant amount of interest recently, especially for medical devices, food packaging, agricultural films, membrane process applications, and so on—interest which, despite successful recent developments in bio-based polymers up to the industrial scale, extends to their optimization for industrial exploitation. Therefore, significant attention has been paid on the improvement of those sustainable plastics’ overall performance to provide more than one advantageous property attributed to their versatility to be modified through chemical synthesis, copolymerization, surface modification as well as through the use of different additives (i.e., micro- and nanoparticles, plasticizers, and active agents, among others).
This Special Issue aims to cover all aspects related to recent original and cutting-edge research works focused on enhancing the performance of biopolymers from natural resources and their potential use in industrial sectors aligned with the worldwide trend to build a circular economy. Thus, contributions concerning not only their sustainable origin, but also their prospective obtaining, production, design, and processing at industrial level, as well as improvements for specific industrial applications, are particularly welcome.
Prof. Dr. Rafael Antonio Balart Gimeno
Prof. Dr. Marina Patricia Arrieta Dillon
Dr. Daniel García-García
Dr. Luís Jesús Quiles Carrillo
Dr. Vicent Fombuena Borrás
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biopolymers
- polysaccharides
- lignins
- protein-based polymers
- bio-based building blocks
- natural additives
- biodegradable polymers
- bacterial polyesters
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