This volume incorporates 13 contributions from renowned experts from the relevant research fields that are related biodegradable and biobased polymers and their environmental and biomedical applications.

Specifically, the book highlights:

• Developments in polyhydroxyalkanoates applications in agriculture, biodegradable packaging material and biomedical field like drug delivery systems, implants, tissue engineering and scaffolds


• The synthesis and elaboration of cellulose microfibrils from sisal fibres for high performance engineering applications in various sectors such as the automotive and aerospace industries, or for building and construction


• The different classes and chemical modifications of tannins


• Electro-activity and applications of Jatropha latex and seed


• The synthesis, properties and applications of poly(lactic acid)


• The synthesis, processing and properties of poly(butylene succinate), its copolymers, composites and nanocomposites


• The different routes for preparation polymers from vegetable oil and the effects of reinforcement and nano-reinforcement on the physical properties of such biobased polymers


• The different types of modified drug delivery systems together with the concept of the drug delivery matrix for controlled release of drugs and for antitumor drugs


• The use of nanocellulose as sustainable adsorbents for the removal of water pollutants mainly heavy metal ions, organic molecules, dyes, oil and CO2


• The main extraction techniques, structure, properties and different chemical modifications of lignins


• Proteins and nucleic acids based biopolymers


• The role of tamarind seed polysaccharide-based multiple-unit systems in sustained drug release