Biodegradable Materials: Prospects
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2023) | Viewed by 11143
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biodegradable polymers; cellulose; chitin; chitosan; starch; poly(lactic acid); LDPE; biodegradability; mechanical properties; mixing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, interest in biodegradable and eco-friendly materials has grown exponentially due to the acute situation associated with environmental pollution and the depletion of oil reserves. Many leading scientific groups around the world have directed their research to the creation of biodegradable and biobased materials that could be widely used not only in the packaging industry but also in agriculture, medicine, etc. Such initiatives of the scientific community are also supported by many countries at the legislative level.
The purpose of this Special Issue is the presentation of existing state-of-the-art approaches to the creation of biodegradable materials of various compositions using both natural polymers and synthetic ones as well as with inorganic additives, and a comprehensive study of their properties using modern methods, along with a description of the prospects for the use of such materials in this or other fields.
Dr. Kristine V. Aleksanyan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biodegradability
- synthetic polymer
- natural polymers
- polysaccharides
- polyesters
- biobased polymers
- mechanical and thermal properties
- inorganic additives
- morphology
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