Natural Polymers based materials: back to the future

R. NUÑEZ; M. L. PERALTA RAMOS; M. E. VILLANUEVA; A. M. MEBERT; G. J. COPELLO

CABA

Conferencia; FEWSUS2022 -International Conference ?CIRCULAR BIOECONOMY SYSTEMS FOR URBAN-RURAL CO-PROSPERITY; 2022

UNITED STATES NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESEE, USA, MINISTRY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION ARG, NATIONAL INSTUTE OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY ARG

Abstract:Fossil based polymers have been studied from over a century and thisresearch has been very successful in therms of the taking full profitof its source and regardingthe performance of the obtained materials. Nevertheless, the massiveuse of these polymers is associated with longthermpollution. Natural polymers are sustainable building blocks for manymaterials. They have also been known for more than a century buttheir R&D for material obtaining has been less intensive. Oilshortage and environmental pollution has renewed and triggered thenatural polymer interest and theirmaterials have moved to a priority level in most countries researchagenda. Celluloseand natural rubberare some of the long time studied, and a few have raised as promisingstars of the field, such as chitosan, but many, such as pectin,chitin and keratin, are understudied and even more are still to beconsidered.p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; direction: ltr; color: #000000; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background: transparent }p.western { font-family: "Calibri", serif; font-size: 11pt; so-language: en-US }p.cjk { font-family: "Calibri"; font-size: 11pt; so-language: en-US }p.ctl { font-family: ; font-size: 11pt; so-language: ar-SA }a:link { color: #0563c1; text-decoration: underline }