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ReviewPolymers2021

Current Strategies for the Production of Sustainable Biopolymer Composites.

Ehsan Bari, Asghar Sistani, Jeffrey J Morrell, Antonio Pizzi, Mohammad Reza Akbari, Javier Ribera

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Review in Polymers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Ehsan BariDepartment of Wood Sciences and Engineering, Technical Faculty of No. 2, Mazandaran Branch, Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Sari 4816831168, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-9144-0663
Asghar SistaniDepartment of Wood Sciences and Engineering, Technical Faculty of No. 2, Mazandaran Branch, Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Sari 4816831168, Iran.
Jeffrey J MorrellNational Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life, University of the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane, QLD 4102, Australia.
Antonio PizziLERMAB-ENSTIB, University of Lorraine, 27 rue Philippe Seguin, 88000 Epinal, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9749-7185
Mohammad Reza AkbariDepartment of Wood and Paper Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal AleAhmad, Nasr, Tehran P.O. Box 14115-111, Iran.
Javier RiberaLaboratory for Cellulose & Wood Materials, Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, CH-9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6677-3020

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rapid global population growth has led to an exponential increase in the use of disposable materials with a short life span that accumulate in landfills. The use of non-biodegradable materials causes severe damage to the environment worldwide. Polymers derived from agricultural residues, wood, or other fiber crops are fully biodegradable, creating the potential to be part of a sustainable circular economy. Ideally, natural fibers, such as the extremely strong fibers from hemp, can be combined with matrix materials such as the core or hurd from hemp or kenaf to produce a completely renewable biomaterial. However, these materials cannot always meet all of the performance attributes required, necessitating the creation of blends of petroleum-based and renewable material-based composites. This article reviews composites made from natural and biodegradable polymers, as well as the challenges encountered in their production and use.

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biocompositesbiodegradabilitycircular economyenvironmentally friendly

Identifiers

PMID34502919
PMCPMC8434032

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