• [Review]
  • Renewable Bio-based Polyesters for Functional Design and Application in Packaging and Printing Fields

  • Yan Zhang, Min Xue, Lijuan He*,† , Mulenga Kasoma**, Lesly Dasilva Wandji Djouonkep**,† , and Zhengzai Cheng**

  • Department of Urban Construction Engineering, Wenhua College, Wuhan 430074, China
    *School of Intelligent Manufacturing, Wuhan Railway Vocational College of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
    **Institute of Fine Organic Chemicals & Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China

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This Article

  • 2026; 50(3): 383-401

    Published online May 25, 2026

  • 10.7317/pk.2026.50.3.383
  • Received on Feb 2, 2026
  • Revised on Feb 24, 2026
  • Accepted on Mar 6, 2026

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  • Lijuan He*, Wandji Djouonkep**

  • *School of Intelligent Manufacturing, Wuhan Railway Vocational College of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
    **Institute of Fine Organic Chemicals & Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China

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