Renewable thermoplastics – Starch fatty acid esters as alternatives to synthetics

Thermoplastics are an important class of polymers that find widespread use in a broad variety of applications. Because of environmental concerns regarding the lack of biodegradability of synthetic thermoplastics, green alternatives are increasingly studied that should be both based on renewable reso...

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Main Authors: Peggy Hermann, Thomas Heinze
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Language:English
Published: North Carolina State University 2022-08-01
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Online Access:https://bioresources.cnr.ncsu.edu/resources/renewable-thermoplastics-starch-fatty-acid-esters-as-alternatives-to-synthetics/
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description Thermoplastics are an important class of polymers that find widespread use in a broad variety of applications. Because of environmental concerns regarding the lack of biodegradability of synthetic thermoplastics, green alternatives are increasingly studied that should be both based on renewable resources and biodegradable. In this regard, polysaccharide esters of naturally occurring fatty acids are in the center of interest.
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spelling doaj-art-c9afc7fea3b34dfabf93683c03547dd22025-08-20T03:48:52ZengNorth Carolina State UniversityBioResources1930-21262022-08-011733871387410.15376/biores.17.3.3871-3874Renewable thermoplastics – Starch fatty acid esters as alternatives to syntheticsPeggy Hermann0Thomas Heinze1Institute for Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, D-07743 Jena, GermanyInstitute for Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, D-07743 Jena, GermanyThermoplastics are an important class of polymers that find widespread use in a broad variety of applications. Because of environmental concerns regarding the lack of biodegradability of synthetic thermoplastics, green alternatives are increasingly studied that should be both based on renewable resources and biodegradable. In this regard, polysaccharide esters of naturally occurring fatty acids are in the center of interest.https://bioresources.cnr.ncsu.edu/resources/renewable-thermoplastics-starch-fatty-acid-esters-as-alternatives-to-synthetics/thermoplasticspolymersstarchlong-chain fatty acidsstarch esters
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long-chain fatty acids
starch esters
title Renewable thermoplastics – Starch fatty acid esters as alternatives to synthetics
title_full Renewable thermoplastics – Starch fatty acid esters as alternatives to synthetics
title_fullStr Renewable thermoplastics – Starch fatty acid esters as alternatives to synthetics
title_full_unstemmed Renewable thermoplastics – Starch fatty acid esters as alternatives to synthetics
title_short Renewable thermoplastics – Starch fatty acid esters as alternatives to synthetics
title_sort renewable thermoplastics starch fatty acid esters as alternatives to synthetics
topic thermoplastics
polymers
starch
long-chain fatty acids
starch esters
url https://bioresources.cnr.ncsu.edu/resources/renewable-thermoplastics-starch-fatty-acid-esters-as-alternatives-to-synthetics/
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