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Cellulose‐Based Sustainable Polymers: State of the Art and Future Trends
Author(s) -
Rose Marcus,
Palkovits Regina
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.201100230
Subject(s) - cellulose , polymer science , polymer , state (computer science) , materials science , chemical engineering , environmental science , engineering , computer science , composite material , algorithm
Nowadays, nearly all polymeric materials are produced from crude oil‐derived monomers. With the steadily increasing demand for oil‐based products and their decreasing availability in the near future, one of the main challenges of mankind is the replacement of crude oil as raw material by renewable resources such as biomass. So far, only a few polymers are available derived directly from cellulose as a main component of biomass by regeneration. On the other hand, a significant potential lies in the production of polymers from cellulose‐derived monomers. A huge variety of different monomers is already available by convenient catalytic processes. This feature article focuses on the current status of mono‐ and resulting polymers derived either directly from cellulose processing and regeneration or by catalytic conversion to a number of monomers for the production of novel polymers and co‐polymers.