A road map on synthetic strategies and applications of biodegradable polymers

Title

A road map on synthetic strategies and applications of biodegradable polymers

Creator

Meghana M.C.; Nandhini C.; Benny L.; George L.; Varghese A.

Description

Biodegradable polymers have emerged as fascinating materials due to their non-toxicity, environmentally benign nature and good mechanical strength. The toxic effects of non-biodegradable plastics paved way for the development of sustainable and biodegradable polymers. The engineering of biodegradable polymers employing various strategies like radical ring opening polymerization, enzymatic ring opening polymerization, anionic ring opening polymerization, photo-initiated radical polymerization, chemoenzymatic method, enzymatic polymerization, ring opening polymerization and coordinative ring opening polymerization have been discussed in this review. The application of biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles in the biomedical field and cosmetic industry is considered to be an emerging field of interest. However, this review mainly highlights the applications of selected biodegradable polymers like polylactic acid, poly(?-caprolactone), polyethylene glycol, polyhydroxyalkanoates, poly(lactide-co-glycolide) and polytrimethyl carbonate in various fields like agriculture, biomedical, biosensing, food packaging, automobiles, wastewater treatment, textile and hygiene, cosmetics and electronic devices. 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

Source

Polymer Bulletin, Vol-80, No. 11, pp. 11507-11556.

Date

2023-01-01

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

Subject

Biodegradable polymers; Biomedical applications; Chemoenzymatic method; Polyethylene glycol

Coverage

Meghana M.C., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Nandhini C., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Benny L., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Bengaluru, 560029, India; George L., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Varghese A., Department of Chemistry, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Hosur Road, Bengaluru, 560029, India

Rights

All Open Access; Bronze Open Access; Green Open Access

Relation

ISSN: 1700839; CODEN: POBUD

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Review

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-022-04565-9

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