1 Journal of Engineering Research ISSN 2764-1317 DOI https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.3174192401071 Journal of Engineering Research v. 4, n. 19, 2024 All content in this magazine is licensed under a Creative Com- mons Attribution License. Attri- bution-Non-Commercial-Non- Derivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). USE OF POLYHYDRO- XYALKANOATE (PHA) AS A BIOMATERIAL: A RE- VIEW Nathalia Rodrigues de Oliveira Habib Pereira ``Instituto Militar de Engenharia`` (IME - Military Engineering Institute) Rio de Janeiro – RJ http://lattes.cnpq.br/9711712760898774 Bruno Martins de Souza ``Instituto Militar de Engenharia`` (IME - Military Engineering Institute) Rio de Janeiro – RJ http://lattes.cnpq.br/8507876014716596 Carlos Nelson Elias ``Instituto Militar de Engenharia`` (IME - Military Engineering Institute) Rio de Janeiro – RJ http://lattes.cnpq.br/3220111929133519 Sergio Neves Monteiro ``Instituto Militar de Engenharia`` (IME - Military Engineering Institute) Rio de Janeiro – RJ http://lattes.cnpq.br/2962183322412029