Biodegradable Polymers
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The official GTU curriculum for Biodegradable Polymers (subject code BE05026131) as prescribed for Rubber · Semester 5 divides the course into 9 units, covering 58 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (BE05026131)Unit 1 The Basics of Biodegradable Polymers
- General considerations
- Concept of sustainability in polymer and rubber industries
- Concept of biodegradable
- compostable and bio-based polymers
- Classification of biodegradable materials
- Properties of Biodegradable Polymers
- Environmental issues of rubber waste
- Standards for biodegradability (ASTM
Unit 2 Polymer Biodegradation Mechanisms
- Polymer Molecular Size
- Structure and Chemical Composition
- Influence of crystallinity and crosslinking
- oxidative and enzymatic degradation mechanisms
- Biodegradable Polymer Classes
- Natural Biodegradable Polymers
- Synthetic Biodegradable Polymers
- Modified Biodegradable Polymers
Unit 3 Measurement of polymer biodegradation
- Applications and drawbacks : Enzyme Assays
- Plate Tests
- Respiration Tests
- Gas Evolution tests
- Radioactively Labeled Polymers
- Laboratory-scale Simulated Accelerating Environments
- Applications and limitations of test methods
- Evaluation of biodegradability
- environmental impact, and material properties of biodegradable polymers as per relevant BIS standards such as IS/ISO 14855
- IS/ISO 14852, and IS 13360 series
Unit 4 Biodegradable polymer blends
- Basic structure of biodegradable medical polymers
- new concepts of biodegradable polymer blends
- Biodegradable polymer hybrids
- Property modification through blending
Unit 5 Microbial degradation of Natural Rubber (Isoprene)
- biosynthetic pathways
- biological functions, and biotechnological potential
- Microbial cycling of Isoprene
- Anaerobic Biodegradation of cis-1
- Biodegradation of trans-1
- Factors affecting natural rubber biodegradation
Unit 6 Microbial degradation of Synthetic polymers
- Enzymatic activities for Poly (polyol sebacate) (PPS)
- Poly (glycerol sebacate) (PGS)
- Poly (xylitol sebacate) (PXS) and other PPS Elastomers
- Photo polymerised poly (glycerol sebacate-co-acrylate) (PGSA)
- PGS-based elastomeric composites
- Citric acid-based Elastomers
- Other biodegradable soft Elastomers
Unit 7 Environmental Fate and Ecotoxicity Assessment of Biodegradable Polymers
- End of Life Scenarios of Biodegradable Polymers
- Investigation into Polymer Biodegradation
- Environmental Fate of Biodegradation Intermediates
- Ecotoxicological Assessment of Biodegradation Intermediates
- Program Name: Engineering Level: Under Graduate Branch: Rubber Technology Subject Code : BE05026131 Subject Name : Biodegradable Polymers
Unit 8 Applications of Biodegradable Elastomers & Polymers
- Emerging biomaterials for various medical applications
- drug delivery and tissue engineering
- Preparation strategies
- Design considerations
- Degradation rate
- Influence on properties during degradation
Unit 9 Biodegradable polymers from monomers based on vegetable oils
- Monomers from vegetable oils
- vegetable oil based polyesters
- vegetable oil based polyanhydrides
- vegetable oil based polyesteramides
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