<?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%">Gandini, Alessandro</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pascoal Neto, Carlos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Silvestre, Armando J. D.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Suberin: A promising renewable resource for novel macromolecular materials</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Progress in Polymer Science</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cork</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">dicarboxylic acids</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">hydroxyacids</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">long-chain aliphatic compounds</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">polyurethanes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">suberin</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0079670006000682</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">31</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">878 - 892</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Suberin, an aliphatic-aromatic cross-linked natural polymer present in the outer tissues of numerous vegetable species, is discussed in terms of (i) its occurrence, particularly where it dominates the bark composition of some trees, (ii) its macromolecular structure and positioning within the cell wall, (iii) its controlled chemical splicing (depolymerization through ester cleavage), (iv) the qualitative and quantitative composition of the ensuing monomeric fragments, and (v) the exploitation of this mixture of monomers in macromolecular science, both as a possible functional additive and as a source of novel materials. The presence of terminal carboxylic and hydroxy groups and of side hydroxy and epoxy moieties on the long chains of suberin ‘‘monomers’’ makes them particularly suited as building blocks for polymers with original architectures and interesting properties</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></issue></record><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%">Gandini, Alessandro</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pascoal Neto, Carlos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Silvestre, Armando J D</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Suberin: A promising renewable resource for novel macromolecular materials</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Progress in Polymer Science</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cork</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">dicarboxylic acids</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">hydroxyacids</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">long-chain aliphatic compounds</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">polyurethanes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">suberin</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">31</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">878-892</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Suberin, an aliphatic-aromatic cross-linked natural polymer present in the outer tissues of numerous vegetable species, is discussed in terms of (i) its occurrence, particularly where it dominates the bark composition of some trees, (ii) its macromolecular structure and positioning within the cell wall, (iii) its controlled chemical splicing (depolymerization through ester cleavage), (iv) the qualitative and quantitative composition of the ensuing monomeric fragments, and (v) the exploitation of this mixture of monomers in macromolecular science, both as a possible functional additive and as a source of novel materials. The presence of terminal carboxylic and hydroxy groups and of side hydroxy and epoxy moieties on the long chains of suberin ‘‘monomers’’ makes them particularly suited as building blocks for polymers with original architectures and interesting properties</style></abstract></record></records></xml>