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In this chapter a study of biopolymer is presented. Biopolymer is classified into five categories in this book namely polylactide, thermoplastic starch, cellulose, polyhydroxyalkanoates and synthetic biopolymer.

This chapter is written together with J. Sahari and Mohd Kamal Mohd Shah of Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia.

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Salit, M.S. (2014). Biopolymer. In: Tropical Natural Fibre Composites. Engineering Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-155-8_3

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