Polymer Materials Derived from Plant-based Resources

Mesostructured Polymer Materials Based on Bicontinuous Microemulsions

Starch-based completely biodegradable polymer materials

Starch is a natural polymer which possesses many unique properties and some shortcoming simultaneously. Some synthetic polymers are biodegradable and can be tailor-made easily. Therefore, by combining the individual advantages of starch and synthetic polymers, starch-based completely biodegradable polymers (SCBP) are potential for applications in biomedical and environmental fields. Therefore i...

Conjugated Polymer-Based Hybrid Materials for Turn-On Detection of CO2 in Plant Photosynthesis.

Detection of carbon dioxide (CO2) is of fundamental importance in diverse applications ranging from environmental analysis to agricultural production. In this work, a hybrid probe based on guanidinium-pendent oligofluorene (G-OF) and water-soluble conjugated polythiophene (PTP) has been developed for the turn on detection of CO2 with low background signal, taking advantage of the efficient fluo...

Functional Polymer Nanocomposite Materials from Microfibrillated Cellulose

PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES Testcross Performance of Semiexotic Inbred Lines Derived from Latin American Maize Accessions

from Oh43 (Darrah and Zuber, 1986). Smith (1988) reported that a small number of lines, including B73, Tropical maize (Zea mays L.) represents the most diverse readily A632, Mo17, and Oh43, were the major contributors to available source of germplasm to broaden the limited genetic base of commercial U.S. maize hybrids. Subsequently, Smith et temperate maize in the USA. One objective of this stu...