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This work presents critical reviews of the trends in polymer and biopolymer science including chemistry, physical chemistry, physics and materials science.
A renewed interest in aliphatic polyesters has resulted in developing materials important in the biomedical and ecological fields. Mainly materials such as PLA and PCL homopolymers have so far been used in most applications. There are many other monomers which can be used. Different molecular structures give a wider range of physical properties as well as the possibility of regulating the degradation rate. By using different types of initiators and catalysts, ring-opening polymerization of lactones and lactides provides macromolecules with advanced molecular architectures. In the future, new degradable polymers should be able to participate in the metabolism of nature. Some examples of novel polymers with inherent environmentally favorable properties such as renewability and degradability and a series of interesting monomers found in the metabolisms and cycles of nature are given.
This book contains most of the contributions from the 5th International Scientific Workshop on Biodegradable Plastics and polymers. The contributions are covering the following - snythesis of novel degradation polymers- enzymatic polymerization- kinetic and mechanistic aspects of (bio) degradation- industrial development in degradable polymers