Biodegradable Polymer Blends and Composites from Renewable Resources Book

Preface vii

Contributors ix

1 Polymeric Materials from Renewable Resources Long Yu Ling Chen 1

Part 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

Part 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

Part III Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Polymeric Blends 209

9 Starch-Poly(hydroxyalkanoate) Composites and Blends Randal Shogren 211

10 Biodegradable Blends Based on Microbial Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and Natural Chitosan Cheng Chen Lisong Dong 227

Part IV Natural Fiber-Reinforced Composites 239

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

Part V Biodegradable Composites 367

15 Starch-Based Nanocomposites Using Layered Minerals H. R. Fischer J. J. De Vlieger 369

16 Polylactide-Based Nanocomposites Suprakas Sinha Ray James Ramontja 389

17 Advances in NaturalRubber/Montmorillonite Nanocomposites Demin Jia Lan Liu Xiaoping Wang Baochun Guo Yuanfang Luo 415

Part VI Multilayer Designed Materials 435

18 Multilayer Coextrusion of Starch/Biopolyester L. Averous 437

Index 465