<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pandey, J. K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kumar, A. P.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Misra, M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mohanty, A. K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Drzal, L. T.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Singh, R. P.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Recent advances in biodegradable nanocomposites</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cellulose</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">layered silicates and properties</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nanocomposite</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">poly(caprolactone)s</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">poly(hydroxy alkanoate)s</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">polyiactic acid</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Starch</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">APR</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">26650 THE OLD RD, STE 208, VALENCIA, CA 91381-0751 USA</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">497-526</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;There is growing interest in developing bio-based products and innovative process technologies that can reduce the dependence on fossil fuel and move to a sustainable materials basis. Biodegradable bio-based nanocomposites are the next generation of materials for the future. Renewable resource-based biodegradable polymers including cellulosic plastic (plastic made from wood), corn-derived plastics, and polyhydroxyalkanoates (plastics made from bacterial sources) are some of the potential biopolymers which, in combination with nanoclay reinforcement, can produce nanocomposites for a variety of applications. Nanocomposites of this category are expected to possess improved strength and stiffness with little sacrifice of toughness, reduced gas/water vapor permeability, a lower coefficient of thermal expansion, and an increased heat deflection temperature, opening an opportunity for the use of new, high performance, lightweight green nanocomposite materials to replace conventional petroleum-based composites. The present review addresses this green material, including its technical difficulties and their solutions.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Foreign&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1.338</style></custom4></record></records></xml>