Journal of Material Sciences & Engineering

International Conference and Exhibition on Biopolymers & Bioplastics

August 10-12, 2015 San Francisco, USA

Scientific Tracks Abstracts

• Microbial conversion of biodiesel waste products into medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoates using Pseudomonas putida LS46

  NazimCicek

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• Biocomposites from waste-derived polyhydroxyalkanote (PHA): Mixed culture generation of polyhydroxybuturate-co-valerate (PHBV) copolymers and their inclusion in wood plastic composites

  Steven Pratt1, Alexandra Langford1, Des Richardson 2, Alan Werker 3, Monica Arcos3, Peter Halley1, Paul Lant1 and Bronwyn Laycock1

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• Acidogenic valorization of food industry wastes for polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biosynthesis

  Mariana Matos, Carlos Silva, Pedro Cardoso, Rafaela Cruz, Gilda Carvalho, Adrian Oehmen, Maria Reis

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• PHA copolymers from methane

  Jaewook Myung

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• Bio-based polyethylene blends including non-wood biomass materials

  Bo Shi and Greg Wideman

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• Extrusion processing of zein to provide higher value with improved process ability

  Gordon Selling

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• Emerging electrospun lignin fibers: Carbonization and characterization

  Manjusri Misra, Vida Poursorkhabi and Amar K Mohanty

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• Symbiosis of chemistry and biology: BASF’S biodegradable and renewable polymers

  Andreas Kunkel

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• Continuous casting: A soft processing approach to fabricate polysaccharides-based bioplastics

  Francys K V Moreira and Luiz H C Mattoso

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• Low temperature lipase-catalyzed synthesis of renewable functional telechelicpolyesters in supercritical CO2

  Silvio Curia, A Barclay and S MHowdle

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• Sustainable synthesis & purification of linear & branched poly (lactic acid)

  Amy Goddard1,2, Kim Carmichael, Derek JIrvine2 and Steven M Howdle2

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• New terpene-based polymers

  Marina Fuentes Sainz, J A Souto, D Regentová, D J Irvine, R A Stockman and S M Howdle

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• Bioadvantaged thermoplastic elastomers at Iowa State University

  Eric W Cochran

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• How to make “green” plastics “greener”?

  Ignacy Jakubowicz

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• Preparing for future recycling of “green” alternatives- Recycling of polyamides

  Jonas Enebro

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• Recycling of blends composed of petro- and bio-based plastics

  Nazdaneh Yarahmadi and Ignacy Jakubowicz

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• Process simulation of plastics pyrolysis for the production of fuels and chemical feedstock

  Nasir M A Al Lagtah

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• By-products as a raw material sources – Polish wheat bran packaging biotrem

  Joanna Kuzincow

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• Upgrading vegetable oil thermosets through copolymer reinforcement with tannin-lipid conjugates

  Warren Grigsby

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• Cost effective production and applications of levan from Acetobacter xylinum NCIM 2526 using synthetic and complex medium

  Kiran Babu Uppuluri

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• Din Certco certification systems in the environmental field: Show the difference

  Oliver Ehlert

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• Utilization of microalgal-derived ash as a mineral reinforcement material in biocomposite formulation with polyvinyl alcohol

  Dang-Thuan Tran, Hyun-Ro Lee, Min S Park and Ji-Won Yang

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• Nano-engineered natural fiber in biocomposites and bisorption

  Aman Ullah

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• Production of exopolysaccharide from rhizobia with potential bioemulsifying applications

  Tereza Cristina Luque Castellane, Érica Mendes Lopes,, João Carlos Campanharo and Eliana Gertrudes de Macedo Lemos

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• Biodegradation of mulching films

  Sedki Ben Ali, Richard Gattin and Nathalie Leblanc

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• Development of active edible coating and biodegradable packaging for food application

  Monique Lacroix

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• Electrospinning of biodegradable drug-eluting nanofibers for medical applications

  Shih-Jung Liu

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• Structure of cellulose nanofibers and its composite formation

  Benjamin Chu

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• Formulation and characterization of PHB/NFC blends for potential thermoforming applications

  Pieter Samyn, Tilmann Herberger and Vibhore K Rastogi

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• Moisture sorption and isosteric heat of sorption properties of PVP-CMC hydrogel based food packaging material

  Nabanita Saha1, Dipali S Shinde2, Madhusweta Das2 and Petr Saha1

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• Application of biobased plastics as food packaging material

  Nanou Peelman

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• A green plastic formed directly from carbon dioxide and sunlight

  Jian Yu

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• Greening Plastics: Modifying plastics with functional additives based on condensed tannin esters

  Warren J Grigsby, James H Bridson, Cole Lomas, Carmen Schrade and Jaime-Anne Elliot

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• Calcium-hyaluronic acid hybrid film for the promotion of skin regeneration

  Woo-Kul Lee, Jusung Kim and Ji-Young Shin

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• Synthesis, properties, and structure of alternating copolymers of 3-hydroxybutyrate and lactate units

  Hideki Abe

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• The regulatory landscape for novel polymers

  Richard E Engler

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• Group IV complexes of tridentate salicylaldiminato ligands and their catalytic activity in ringopening polymerizations of ε-caprolactone, lactides and epoxides

  Dipa Mandal and Debashis Chakraborty

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• Group IV complexes as initiators for the ring opening polymerization studies: Ligand and metal screening

  Sreenath Pappuru1, Vijaya Sundar3, Vinodh Subramanian3, Dillip Kumar Chand1, Chakraborty Debashis2 and Ramkumar Venkatachalam1

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• Novel phenolic derivatives of pectin: Enzymatic synthesis and properties

  Karaki Nadine, Aljawish Abdulhadi, Humeau Catherine, Muniglia Lionel and Jasniewski Jordane

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• Innovations and developments towards advanced biomanufacturing of bio-based chemicals

  Peter L Keeling

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• New development of application of nanocellulose for food packaging application

  Monique Lacroix

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• Biomineralized (CaCO3) bacterial cellulose: A novel functional biomaterial

  Nabanita Saha, Radek Vyroubal and Petr Saha

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• Compatibilization of microfibrillated cellulose for bio-based nano-composites through functionalized interface engineering

  Pieter Samyn

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• Physical-mechanical properties of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose films as affected by molecular weight and methoxyl content

  Caio G. Otoni1,3, Marcos V. Lorevice2,3, Márcia R. de Moura4, Daniel S. Corrêa3, Luiz H. C. Mattoso1,3

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• Sugarcane based polyethylene - The transition from fossil to plants

  Joe Jankowski

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• Characterisation of nanocelluloses from banana pseudo-stem as biomaterial in biodegradable food packaging

  RH Fitri Faradilla, George Lee, JayashreeArcot and Martina Stenzel

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• Cellulose nanocrystals: Potential nanofiller for food packaging and catalytic applications

  Vimal Katiyar, Prodyut Dhar and Amit Kumar

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• Microalgal engineering aspects of biopolymer production

  Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa

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