Natural Polymer Rubber: A Novel Material.

As the second natural rubber resource, rubber (EUR) from Oliver is mainly composed of 1,4-polyisoprene, which is the isomer of natural rubber -1,4-polyisoprene from . In the past few years, the great potential application of EUR has received increasing attention, and there is a growing awareness that the natural polymer EUR could become an emerging research topic in field of the novel materials due to its unique and excellent duality of both rubber and plastic. To gain insight into its further development, in this review, the extraction, structure, physicochemical properties, and modification of EUR are discussed in detail. More emphasis on the potential applications in the fields of the environment, agriculture, engineering, and biomedical engineering is summarized. Finally, some insights into the challenges and perspectives of EUR are also suggested.