Research Catalog

Title

Enzymes in polymer synthesis / Richard A. Gross, editor, David L. Kaplan, editor, Graham Swift, editor.

Publication

Washington, DC : American Chemical Society, [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors

• Gross, Richard A., 1957-
• Kaplan, David, 1953-
• Swift, Graham, 1939-
• American Chemical Society. Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering.
• American Chemical Society. Meeting (211th : 1996 : New Orleans, La.)

Description

viii, 216 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

ACS symposium series, 0097-6156 ; 684

Uniform Title

ACS symposium series ; 684.

Subjects

• Enzymes > Biotechnology > Congresses
• Polymerization > Congresses
• Polymers > Congresses

Note

• "Developed from a symposium sponsored by the Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering at the 211th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, New Orleans, LA, March 24-28, 1996."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• 1. Enzymes in Polymer Science: An Introduction / David L. Kaplan, Jonathan Dordick and Richard A. Gross [et al.] -- 2. Enzymes for Polyester Synthesis / Apurva K. Chaudhary, Eric J. Beckman and Alan J. Russell -- 3. Enzymatic Polymerization for Synthesis of Polyesters and Polyaromatics / Shiro Kobayashi and Hiroshi Uyama -- 4. Enzyme-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of Four-Membered Lactones: Preparation of Poly([beta]-propiolactone) and Poly([beta]-malic acid) / Shuichi Matsumura, Hideki Beppu and Kazunobu Toshima -- 5. Monomer and Polymer Synthesis by Lipase-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Reactions / Kirpal S. Bisht, Lori A. Henderson and Yuri Y. Svirkin [et al.] -- 6. Solvent-Enzyme-Polymer Interactions in the Molecular-Weight Control of Poly(m-cresol) Synthesized in Nonaqueous Media / Madhu Ayyagari, Joseph A. Akkara and David L. Kaplan -- 7. A Biocatalytic Approach to Novel Phenolic Polymers and Their Composites / Sukanta Banerjee, Premchandran Ramannair and Katherine Wu [et al.] --
• 8. Hydrolysis of the Dimethyl Ester of N-Succinylphenylalanine, a Model of Polyesteramides, in the Presence of Papain: Kinetic Study and Computer Simulation / C. David, F. G. O. Lefebvre and R. Brasseur [et al.] -- 9. Regioselective Enzymatic Transesterification of Polysaccharides in Organic Solvents / Ferdinando F. Bruno, Jonathan S. Dordick and David L. Kaplan [et al.] -- 10. Biocatalytic Modification of Alginate / Donal F. Day, R. D. Ashby and J. W. Lee -- 11. Enzymatic Modification of Chitosan by Tyrosinase / Joseph L. Lenhart, Mahesh V. Chaubal and Gregory F. Payne [et al.] -- 12. Chemoenzymatic Synthesis and Modification of Monomers and Polymers / Helmut Ritter.

ISBN

0841235430 (alk. paper)

LCCN

97038746

OCLC

• 37813496
• ocm37813496

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries