Foreword ........................................................ v
List of Contributors .......................................... vii
1. The State of the Art ......................................... 1
Alessandro Gandini and Mohamed Naceur Belgacem
2. Terpenes: Major Sources, Properties and Applications ........ 17
Armando J.D. Silvestre and Alessandro Gandini
3. Materials from Vegetable Oils: Major Sources, Properties
and Applications ............................................ 39
Mohamed Naceur Belgacem and Alessandro Gandini
4. Rosin: Major Sources, Properties and Applications ........... 67
Armando J.D. Silvestre and Alessandro Gandini
5. Sugars as Monomers .......................................... 89
J.A. Galbis and M.G. Garcia Martin
6. Furan Derivatives and Furan Chemistry at the Service of
Macromolecular Materials ................................... 115
Alessandro Gandini and Mohamed Naceur Belgacem
7. Surfactants from Renewable Sources: Synthesis and
Applications ............................................... 153
Thierry Benvegnu, Daniel Plusquellec and Lo'ic
Lemiegre
8. Tannins: Major Sources, Properties and Applications ........ 179
Antonio Pizzi
9. Lignins: Major Sources, Structure and Properties ........... 201
Göran Gellerstedt and Gunnar Henriksson
10.Industrial Commercial Lignins: Sources, Properties and
Applications ............................................... 225
Jairo Lora
11.Lignins as Components of Macromolecular Materials .......... 243
Alessandro Gandini and Mohamed Naceur Belgacem
12.Partial or Total Oxypropylation of Natural Polymers and
the Use of the Ensuing Materials as Composites or Polyol
Macromonomers .............................................. 273
Alessandro Gandini and Mohamed Naceur Belgacem
13.Hemicelluloses: Major Sources, Properties and
Applications ............................................... 289
Iuliana Spiridon and Valentin I. Popa
14.Cork and Suberins: Major Sources, Properties and
Applications ............................................... 305
Armando J.D. Silvestre, Carlos Pascoal Neto and
Alessandro Gandini
15.Starch: Major Sources, Properties and Applications as
Thermoplastic Materials .................................... 321
Antonio J.F. Carvalho
16.Cellulose Chemistry: Novel Products and Synthesis Paths .... 343
Thomas Heinze and Katrin Petzold
17.Bacterial Cellulose from Glucanacetobacterxylinus:
Preparation, Properties and Applications ................... 369
Edison Pecoraro, Danilo Manzani, Younes Messaddeq
and Sidney J.L. Ribeiro
18.Surface Modification of Cellulose Fibres ................... 385
Mohamed Naceur Belgacem and Alessandro Gandini
19.Cellulose-Based Composites and Nanocomposites .............. 401
Alain Dufresne
20.Chemical Modification of Wood .............................. 419
Mohamed Naceur Belgacem and Alessandro Gandini
21.Polylactic Acid: Synthesis, Properties and Applications .... 433
L. Averous
22.Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Origin, Properties and
Applications ............................................... 451
Ivan Chodak
23.Proteins as Sources of Materials ........................... 479
Lina Zhang and Ming Zeng
24.Polyelectrolytes Derived from Natural Polysaccharides ...... 495
Marguerite Rinaudo
25.Chitin and Chitosan: Major Sources, Properties and
Applications ............................................... 517
C. Peniche, W. Argiielles-Monal and E.M. Goycoolea
Index ......................................................... 543
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