Sustainable polymers from renewable resources

Nature

Volumn 540, Issue 7633, 2016, Pages 354-362

  Zhu, Yunqing ^a   Romain, Charles ^b   Williams, Charlotte K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELASTOMER; HEXOSE; MENTHOL; MONOMER; PENTOSE; PETROCHEMICAL AGENT; PINENE; PLASTIC; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; RESIN; TERPENE; VEGETABLE OIL; HYDROGEL;

CATALYSIS; MANUFACTURING; POLYMER; POLYMERIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONICS; HYDROGEL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PLANT; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE ENERGY; REVIEW; WASTE; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELASTICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SYNTHESIS;

CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELASTICITY; ELECTRONICS; HYDROGELS; PLANT OILS; PLANTS; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; TERPENES;

EID: 85016152239     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature21001     Document Type: Review

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