Green polymer chemistry
Subtitle: biocatalysis and biomaterials
By: H. N. Cheng, Richard A. Gross, editors
Series: ACS symposium series -- 1043
Publisher: American Chemical Society; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 478
ISBN-13: 9780841225817
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Green polymer chemistry: biocatalysis and biomaterials; title: Novel biobased materials; title: Solid or swollen polymer-protein hybrid materials; title: Biofabrication based on the enzyme-catalyzed coupling and crosslinking of pre-formed biopolymers; title: Development of novel soy protein-based polymer blends; title: Thermodynamic and microscopy studies of urea-soy protein composites; title: Extraction and characterization of sugar beet polysaccharides; title: Novel biobased plastics, rubbers, composites, coatings and adhesives from agricultural oils and by-products; title: Enzyme-nanotube-based composites used for chemical and biological decontamination; title: New or improved biocatalysts; title: Hemin-binding aptamers and aptazymes; title: Synthesis of covalently linked enzyme dimers; title: Biotransformations using cutinase; title: Syntheses of polyesters and polycarbonates; title: Biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates from 4-ketovaleric acid in bacterial cells; title: Synthesis of functional polycarbonates from renewable resources; title: Polymers from biocatalysis: materials with a broad spectrum of physical properties; title: Lipase-catalyzed copolymerization of ?-pentadecalactone (pdl) and alkyl glycolate: synthesis of poly(pdl-co-ga); title: Chemo-enzymatic syntheses of polyester-urethanes; title: Enzymatic synthesis and properties of novel biobased elastomers consisting of 12-hydroxystearate, itaconate and butane-1,4-diol; title: Syntheses of polyamides and polypeptides; title: Synthesis of poly(aminoamides) via enzymatic means; title: Mechanistic insight in the enzymatic ring-opening polymerization of ?-propiolactam; title: Syntheses and modifictions of polysaccharides; title: Production of natural polysaccharides and their analogues via biopathway engineering; title: Glycosaminoglycan synthases: catalysts for customizing sugar polymer size and chemistry; title: Development and applications of a novel, first-in-class hyaluronic acid from bacillus; title: Biocatalytic redox polymerizations; title: Enzymatic synthesis of electrically conducting polymers; title: Sustained development in baeyer-villiger biooxidation technology; title: Enzymatic hydrolyses and degradations; title: Embedding enzymes to control biomaterial lifetime; title: Surprisingly rapid enzymatic hydrolysis of poly(ethylene terephthalate); title: Polylactic acid (pla)-degrading microorganisms and pla depolymerases; title: Grafting and functionalization reactions; title: Green polymer chemistry: enzymatic functionalization of liquid polymers in bulk; title: Bio-based and biodegradable aliphatic polyesters modified by a continuous alcoholysis reaction; title: Synthesis of grafted polylactic acid and polyhydroxyalkanoate by a green reactive extrusion process.