1st Edition
Biodegradable Polymers Value Chain in the Circular Economy
Introduction
1 Recent Advances in the Synthesis of (Bio)degradable Polymers by Traditional Technologies and by Biotechnological Routes
Wanda Sikorska
2 Degradation Principle and Regulations
Wanda Sikorska and Marta Musioł
3 Manufacturing Processes of (Bio)degradable Polymers
Khadar Duale
4 Comprehensive Characterisation of Complex Polymer Systems
Khadar Duale
5 Current Trends in the Area of Blends and Composites
Marta Musioł
6 New Research Strategy in Forecasting Directions of (Bio)degradable Polyester Applications
Joanna Rydz
7 (Bio)degradable Polymers of Biological and Biomedical Interest
Barbara Zawidlak-Węgrzyńska
8 (Bio)degradable Polymers in Everyday Life
Barbara Zawidlak-Węgrzyńska
9 Principles Concerning Sustainability: Present and Future of (Bio)degradable Polymers − Final Conclusions
Joanna Rydz
Biography
Joanna Rydz obtained a doctoral degree at the Jagiellonian University in 2005. She has been working at the Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences since 1995, currently as an adjunct. She is a laureate of several scholarships and researcher positions: the Marie Curie Fellowship at Vienna University of Technology; Scholarship of Slovak Republic for research stay in Polymer Institute SAS in Bratislava; a position at Institute of Polymers BAS in So a. The area of her competence and expertise concerns environmentally friendly (bio)degradable polymers produced from renewable resources, which are currently among the most promising polymers for sustainable development with possible use in agriculture, medicine and particularly in the packaging technologies.
