Biobased, Biodegradable, and Functional Polymers in Agriculture and Food Science
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Circular and Green Polymer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 May 2024 | Viewed by 1462
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food; biomaterials; biobased; biodegradable; waste utilization and minimization in food industry; encapsulation; bioactive compounds; polymers; rheology; molding technology; 3D printing; nanoparticles; in vitro digestion
Interests: additive manufacturing, biobased and biodegradable composites; biomaterials; bioproducts; glass; rheology; biofabrication; ceramics; T-RTM; selective laser melting; molding technology; 3D printing; nanoparticles
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The use of fossil-fuel-based polymers is critical to the global economy, with 360–400 million metric tons of synthetic polymers being produced per year. Plastic materials are essential in our daily lives and its global production has increased exponentially since the 1950s due to their accessibility, light weight, relatively low price, durability, and excellent injection moldability. Despite its usefulness and benefits, less than 10% of the plastic produced is subjected to recycling processes, 78% is disposed of in landfills or leaks into the environment, and only 12% is sent to incineration, creating massive environmental pollution. The use of bio-based (produced from renewable resources) or biodegradable (subjected to microbial degradation under aerobic (composting) or anaerobic conditions) materials are sustainable alternatives to the petrochemical-based plastics to reduce the enormous volume of non-biodegradable plastic waste. The Special Issue of Polymers will focus on the latest research advances in the development, design, and manufacturing of novel functional polymers, as well as in the field of biodegradable/bio-based materials and their applications in agriculture and food science.
Dr. Loleny Tavares
Prof. Dr. José Martinho Marques de Oliveira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biodegradation
- pollution
- food packaging
- bioproducts
- bioplastics
- biomaterials
- environment sustainability
- bioresource technology
