This volume incorporates 13 contributions from renowned experts from the relevant research fields that are related biodegradable and biobased polymers and their environmental and biomedical applications.
 Specifically, the book highlights: 
  - Developments in polyhydroxyalkanoates applications in agriculture, biodegradable packaging material and biomedical field like drug delivery systems, implants, tissue engineering and scaffolds
  - The synthesis and elaboration of cellulose microfibrils from sisal fibres for high performance engineering applications in various sectors such as the automotive and aerospace industries, or for building and construction
  - The different classes and chemical modifications of tannins
  - Electro-activity and applications of Jatropha latex and seed
  - The synthesis, properties and applications of poly(lactic acid)
  - The synthesis, processing and properties of poly(butylene succinate), its copolymers, composites and nanocomposites
  - The different routes for preparation polymers from vegetable oil and the effects of reinforcement and nano-reinforcement on the physical properties of such biobased polymers
  - The different types of modified drug delivery systems together with the concept of the drug delivery matrix for controlled release of drugs and for antitumor drugs
  - The use of nanocellulose as sustainable adsorbents for the removal of water pollutants mainly heavy metal ions, organic molecules, dyes, oil and CO2
  - The main extraction techniques, structure, properties and different chemical modifications of lignins
  - Proteins and nucleic acids based biopolymers 
  - The role of tamarind seed polysaccharide-based multiple-unit systems in sustained drug release