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Contributors

Martin P Ansell
Department of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK

Maurizio Avella
Istituto di Chimica e Tecnologia dei Polimeri - CNR, Olivetti Area - Building 70, via Campi Flegrei, 34, 80078 Pozzuoli (NA), Italy

James Barber
Metabolix, Inc., 21 Erie Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

Tracy Bhamra
Department of Design and Technology, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK

Roger van Erven
BiPP Biopolymer Products, PO Box 6241, 5600 HE Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Jean-Charles Gayet
BioMatera Inc., 3760 Panet, Jonqui re (Qu bec), G7X 0E5, Canada

Mark Hughes
The BioComposites Centre, University of Wales, Bangor, UK

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