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Polymers from renewable resources : biopolyesters and biocatalysis
- Title
- Polymers from renewable resources : biopolyesters and biocatalysis / Carmen Scholz, editor, Richard A. Gross, editor.
- Publication
- Washington, DC : American Chemical Society : Distributed by Oxford University Press, [2000], ©2000.
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- Description
- xii, 356 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- ACS symposium series ; 764
- Uniform Title
- ACS symposium series ; 764.
- Subjects
- Note
- Based on a symposium on polymers from renewable resources held in conjunction with the 216th American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting in August of 1998.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- 1. Biopolyesters and Biocatalysis Introduction / Carmen Scholz and Richard A. Gross -- Poly([beta]-hydroxyalkanoates). 2. Interesting Carbon Sources for Biotechnological Production of Biodegradable Polyesters: The Use of Rape Seed Oil Methyl Ester (Biodiesel) / A. Steinbuchel, Ingo Voss and V. Gorenflo. 3. Biosynthesis and Properties of Medium-Chain-Length Polyhydroxyalkanoates from Pseudomonas resinovorans / Richard D. Ashby, Daniel K. Y. Solaiman and Thomas A. Foglia. 4. The Structural Organization of Polyhydroxyalkanoate Inclusion Bodies / L. J. R. Foster. 5. Microbial Synthesis, Physical Properties, and Biodegradability of Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] / Tadahisa Iwata, Satoshi Kusaka and Yoshiharu Doi. 6. Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production by Recombinant Escherichia coli: New Genes and New Strains / Sang Yup Lee and Jong-il Choi -- Biodegradable Polyesters: Synthesis and Characterization.
- 7. Introduction to Enzyme Technology in Polymer Science / David L. Kaplan and Richard A. Gross. 8. Lipase-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of [omega]-Pentadecalactone: Kinetic and Mechanistic Investigations / Lori A. Henderson and Richard A. Gross. 9. Enzymatic Polymerization of Natural Phenol Derivatives and Enzymatic Synthesis of Polyesters from Vinyl Esters / Hiroshi Uyama, Ryohei Ikeda and Shigeru Yaguchi / [et al.]. 10. High-Molecular-Weight [L]-Polylactides Containing Pendant Functional Groups / Xianhai Chen, Youqing Shen and Richard A. Gross. 11. Macrocyclic Polymerizations of Lactones: A New Approach to Molecular Engineering / Hans R. Kricheldorf, Soo-Ran Lee and Sven Eggerstedt / [et al.]. 12. Polymerization and Copolymerization of Lactides and Lactones Using Some Lanthanide Initiators / Nicolas Spassky and Vesna Simic. 13. Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and Mechanisms of Cyclic Esters Polymerization / Andrzej Duda and Stanislaw Penczek.
- 14. Can the Glass Transition Temperature of PLA Polymers Be Increased? / K. Marcincinova Benabdillah, M. Boustta and J. Coudane / [et al.]. 15. Solid-State Structure of Poly(lactide) Copolymers / James Runt, Jiang Huang and Melissa S. Lisowski / [et al.]. 16. Degradation Kinetics of Poly(hydroxy) Acids: PLA and PCL / Georgette L. Siparsky -- Biodegradability and Recycling. 17. Broad-Based Screening of Polymer Biodegradability / Thomas M. Scherer, Mary M. Rothermich and Robin Quinteros / [et al.]. 18. Methacrylic Group Functionalized Poly(lactic acid) Macromonomers from Chemical Recycling of Poly(lactic acid) / Joshua A. Wallach and Samuel J. Huang -- Biomedical Application and Polyesters. 19. In Vitro Cellular Adhesion and Proliferation on Novel Bioresorbable Matrices for Use in Bone Regeneration Applications / Cato T. Laurencin, Archel M. A. Ambrosio and Mohamed A. Attawia / [et al.].
- 20. Novel Approaches for the Construction of Functionalized PEG Layer on Surfaces Using Heterobifunctional PEG-PLA Block Copolymers and Their Micelles / Hidenori Otsuka, Yukio Nagasaki and Kazunori Kataok. 21. Poly ([beta]-hydroxyalkanoates) as Potential Biomedical Materials: An Overview / Carmen Scholz.
- ISBN
- 0841236461 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 00028897
- OCLC
- ocm43641332
- SCSB-3943099
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries