| Thursday, 3 November 2005: 8:00 AM-10:30 AM | |||
| Regency Ballroom A (Hyatt Regency Cincinnati) | |||
Forest Products Division (17) | |||
| #448 - Biobased/Green Materials: General Session (17002) | |||
| Biobased/Green materials can make important contribution to energy security, rural economic development, and environmental quality. There is a growing urgency to develop novel green materials that can compete with synthetic polymers in performance and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Renewable resource-based green polymers like polyhydroxyalkanoates, polylactides, cellulose esters, starches, three carbon glycol terephthalate, vegetable oil based epoxies, vegetal and animal proteins are receiving increased attention in the academic and industrial sectors. New value-added biobased materials are being produced from green polymers and natural fibers through efficient blends and composites with fossil-resource based plastics like polypropylene, nylon, polyesters, epoxies etc. We are seeking papers addressing the modification, processing, characterization and behavior of biobased/green materials as well as their blends. We also encourage papers dealing with Life Cycle Assessment/Environmental and Economical importance of these developing new materials platforms. | |||
| CoChair: | Christopher L. Verrill | ||
| Chair: | Joseph V. Kurian | ||
| 8:00 AM | 448a | Dendritic Hyperbranched Polymer Modified Bioplastics: a New Hope in Green Material Research Amar K. Mohanty, Rahul Bhardwaj | |
| 8:25 AM | 448b | Factors Influencing the Sustainability of Bio-Based Propanediol Robert W. Sylvester, Carina Alles, Joseph Kurian, Carl Musk, Robin Jenkins, Susanne Veith | |
| 8:50 AM | 448c | Compatibilizing Effect of Epm-G-Ma in Sorona®/Epdm Incompatible Blends Indose Aravind, Sabu Thomas, Joseph V. Kurian | |
| 9:15 AM | 448d | Studies on Wood and Other Natural Fiber Reinforced Poly(Lactic Acid) Composites Manju Misra, Masud Huda, Lawrence T. Drzal, Amar K. Mohanty | |
| 9:40 AM | 448e | Using the Mexican Cactus as a Natural-Based Separating Agent in a Filter for Removing Contaminants in Drinking Water Kevin A. Young, Alessandro Anzalone, Norma A. Alcantar | |
| 10:05 AM | 448f | Evaluation of Compostability of Commercially Available Biodegradable Packages in Real Composting Conditions Kale Gaurav, Sher Paul Singh, Rafael Auras | |
| Sponsor: | Forest Products Division | ||
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