Introduction / Mitra S Ganewatta, Chuanbing Tang, Chang Y Ryu -- Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Sustainability, Production, and Industrialization / Ying Wang, Guo-Qiang Chen -- Sustainable Vinyl Polymers via Controlled Polymerization of Terpenes / Zhigang Wang, Huagao Fang -- Sustainable Vinyl Polymers via Controlled Polymerization of Terpenes / Masami Kamigaito, Kotaro Satoh -- Use of Rosin and Turpentine as Feedstocks for the Preparation of Polyurethane Polymers / Meng Zhang, Yonghong Zhou, Jinwen Zhang -- Rosin-Derived Monomers and Their Progress in Polymer Application / Jifu Wang, Shaofeng Liu, Juan Yu, Chuanwei Lu, Chunpeng Wang, Fuxiang Chu -- Industrial Applications of Pine-Chemical-Based Materials / Lien Phun, David Snead, Phillip Hurd, Feng Jing -- Preparation and Applications of Polymers with Pendant Fatty Chains from Plant Oils / Liang Yuan, Zhongkai Wang, Nathan M Trenor, Chuanbing Tang -- Structure-Property Relationships of Epoxy Thermoset Networks from Photoinitiated Cationic Polymerization of Epoxidized Vegetable Oils / Zheqin Yang, Jananee Narayanan, Matthew Ravalli, Brittany T Rupp, Chang Y Ryu -- Biopolymers from Sugarcane and Soybean Lignocellulosic Biomass / Delia R Tapia-Blácido, Bianca C Maniglia, Milena Martelli-Tosi -- Modification of Wheat Gluten-Based Polymer Materials by Molecular Biomass / Xiaoqing Zhang -- Copolymerization of C1 Building Blocks with Epoxides / Ying-Ying Zhang, Xing-Hong Zhang -- Double-Metal Cyanide Catalyst Design in CO2/Epoxide Copolymerization / Joby Sebastian, Darbha Srinivas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (John Wiley, viewed March 2, 2017).

Offering a unique perspective summarizing research on this timely important topic around the globe, this book provides comprehensive coverage of how molecular biomass can be transformed into sustainable polymers. It critically discusses and compares a few classes of biomass - oxygen-rich, hydrocarbon-rich, hydrocarbon and non-hydrocarbon (including carbon dioxide) as well as natural polymers - and equally includes products that are already commercialized. A must-have for both newcomers to the field as well as established researchers in both academia and industry.