Functionalized polymers from lignocellulosic biomass: State of the art

Polymers

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 600-642

  Ten, Elena ^a   Vermerris, Wilfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS; GENETIC MODIFICATIONS; GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS; SPECIALTY POLYMERS;

BIOMASS; BIOPOLYMERS; CELLULOSE; LIGNIN;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84883263196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym5020600     Document Type: Article

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