Biopolymers, polymers derived from renewable biomass sources, have gained increasing attention in recent years due to their potential to replace traditional petroleum-based polymers in a range of applications. Among the many advantages of biopolymers can be included their biocompatibility, excellent mechanical properties, and availability from renewable feedstock. However, the development of biopolymers has been limited by a lack of understanding of their properties and processing behaviours. Continuous analysis techniques have the potential to hasten progress in this area by providing real-time insights into the properties and processing of biopolymers. Significant research in polymer chemistry has focused on petroleum-derived polymers and has thus provided a wealth of synthetic and analytical methodologies which may be applied to the biopolymer field. Of particular note is the application of flow technology in polymer science and its implications for accelerating progress towards more sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional petroleum-based polymers. In this mini review we have outlined several of the most prominent use cases for biopolymers along with the current state-of-the art in continuous analysis of polymers in flow, including defining and differentiating atline, inline, online and offline analysis. We have found several examples for continuous flow analysis which have direct application to the biopolymer field, and we demonstrate an atline continuous polymer analysis method using size exclusion chromatography.

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流动中连续聚合物分析的进展及其对生物聚合物的应用

生物聚合物是一种源自可再生生物质资源的聚合物，近年来因其在一系列应用中取代传统石油基聚合物的潜力而受到越来越多的关注。生物聚合物的众多优点包括它们的生物相容性、出色的机械性能以及可再生原料的可用性。然而，由于对其特性和加工行为缺乏了解，生物聚合物的发展受到限制。通过提供对生物聚合物的特性和加工的实时洞察，连续分析技术有可能加快这一领域的进展。高分子化学的重要研究集中在石油衍生的聚合物上，因此提供了大量可应用于生物聚合物领域的合成和分析方法。特别值得注意的是流动技术在聚合物科学中的应用及其对加速朝着更可持续和更环保的传统石油基聚合物替代品方向发展的意义。在这篇简短的评论中，我们概述了生物聚合物的几个最突出的用例以及流动中聚合物连续分析的最新技术水平，包括定义和区分在线、在线、在线和离线分析。我们已经找到了几个直接应用于生物聚合物领域的连续流动分析的例子，

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