1 Environmentally Degradable Polymeric Materials:
Definitions and Background ................................... 1
2 The Bacterial Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) as Environmentally
Biodegradable and Medical Polymer ........................... 35
3 A Theoretical Approach for Prediction of Yarn Strength
in Textile Industry ......................................... 76
4 Some Aspects of Heat Flow During Drying of Porous
Structures .................................................. 86
5 Heterogeneous-Heterophase Mechanism of the Hydrophobic
Compound Dissolution in Water .............................. 122
6 Degradable Copolymers ...................................... 146
7 Degradable Interpenetrated Polymeric Networks/Hydrogels .... 250
8 Applications of the Degradable Interpenetrating Polymeric
Networks and Hydrogels in Controlled Drug Delivery ......... 336
9 Computational Methods in Controlled Release of Active
Principles ................................................. 383
10 Degradable Interpolymeric Complexes ........................ 427
11 Preparation and Study of Chitosan Polymer Complexes with
Proteins and Hydroxylous Polymers .......................... 497
12 Environmentally Degradable Materials based on
Multicomponent Polymeric Systems: Biocomposites and
Bioblends .................................................. 512
13 Green Composites Based on Biodegradable Polymer Matrices ... 530
14 Compatibilization Methods .................................. 554
15 Processability of Biocomposite for Agricultural
Application ................................................ 575
16 Biodegradability of Polymers and Biocomposites: Standards
and Certifications ......................................... 587
17 Biodegradation of Composite Materials on Polymer Base in
Soils ...................................................... 601
18 Water in the Bioerodible Films of Blends Based on the
Combination of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and Polyamide
Resin ...................................................... 610
19 LCA of Biopolymers and Biocomposites ....................... 621
20 Applications of Biocomposites and Market Evolution ......... 638
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