Present and future development in plastics from biomass

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-40

  Shen, Li ^a   Worrell, Ernst ^a   Patel, Martin ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biobased PE; Biobased plastics; Biopolymer; Epoxy resin; Market projection; Material property; PLA; Production

Indexed keywords

BIO-BASED POLYMERS; BIOBASED; BIOBASED EPOXY; GLOBAL CAPACITY; GLOBAL MARKET; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; MARKET PROJECTION; MATERIAL PROPERTY; PLA; PLASTICS MARKET; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; POLYLACTIDES; PUBLIC CONCERN;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMOLECULES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELASTOMERS; FOSSIL FUELS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICITY; RESINS;

EPOXY RESINS;

EID: 74349110621     PISSN: 1932104X     EISSN: 19321031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bbb.189     Document Type: Article

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