Green Polymer Chemistry Biocatalysis and Biomaterials

Green Polymer Chemistry is a crucial area of research and product development that continues to grow in its influence over industrial practices. Developments in these areas are driven by environmental concerns, interest in sustainability, desire to decrease our dependence on petroleum, and commercial opportunities to develop "green" products. Publications and patents in these fields are increasing as more academic, industrial, and government scientists become involved in research and commercial activities. The purpose of this book is to publish new work from a cutting-edge group of leading international researchers from academia, government, and industrial institutions. Because of the multidisciplinary nature of Green Polymer Chemistry, corresponding publications tend to be spread out over numerous journals. This book brings these papers together so that the reader can gain a better appreciation of the breadth and depth of activities in Green Polymer Chemistry. It is based on contributions by oral and poster presenters at the international symposium, Biocatalysis in Polymer Science, held at the ACS National Meeting in Washington D.C. on August 17-20, 2009. Whereas many aspects of Green Polymer Chemistry were covered during the symposium, a particular emphasis was placed on biocatalysis and biobased materials. Many exciting new findings in basic research and applications were reported. In addition, several leaders in these areas who were unable to attend the symposium contributed important reviews of their ongoing work. As a result, this book provides a good representation of activities at the forefront of research in Green Polymer Chemistry emphasizing activities in biocatalysis and biobased chemistry.PREFACE; 1. GREEN POLYMER CHEMISTRY: BIOCATALYSIS AND BIOMATERIALS; H. N. CHENG AND RICHARD A. GROSS; NOVEL BIOBASED MATERIALS; 2. SOLID OR SWOLLEN POLYMER-PROTEIN HYBRID MATERIALS; KASPER RENGGLI AND NICO BRUNS; 3. BIOFABRICATION BASED ON THE ENZYME-CATALYZED COUPLING AND CROSSLINKING OF PRE-FORMED BIOPOLYMERS; YI LIU, XIAOHUA YANG, XIAO-WEN SHI, WILLIAM E. BENTLEY, AND GREGORY F. PAYNE; 4. DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL SOY PROTEIN-BASED POLYMER BLENDS; JINWEN ZHANG AND FENG CHEN; 5. THERMODYNAMIC AND MICROSCOPY STUDIES OF UREA-SOY PROTEIN COMPOSITES; K. VENKATESHAN AND X. S. SUN; 6. EXTRACTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SUGAR BEET POLYSACCHARIDES; MARSHALL L. FISHMAN, PETER H. COOKE, AND ARLAND T. HOTCHKISS JR; 7. NOVEL BIOBASED PLASTICS, RUBBERS, COMPOSITES, COATINGS AND ADHESIVES FROM AGRICULTURAL OILS AND BY-PRODUCTS; YONGSHANG LU AND RICHARD C. LAROCK; 8. ENZYME-NANOTUBE-BASED COMPOSITES USED FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DECONTAMINATION; CERASELA ZOICA DINU, INDRAKANT V. BORKAR, SHYAM SUNDHAR BALE, GUANGYU ZHU, KARL SANFORD, GREGG WHITED, RAVI S. KANE, AND JONATHAN S. DORDICK; NEW OR IMPROVED BIOCATALYSTS; 9. HEMIN-BINDING APTAMERS AND APTAZYMES; MINGZHE LIU, HIROSHI ABE, AND YOSHIHIRO ITO; 10. SYNTHESIS OF COVALENTLY LINKED ENZYME DIMERS; SANNE SCHOFFELEN, LOES SCHOBERS, HANKA VENSELAAR, GERT VRIEND, AND JAN C. M. VAN HEST; 11. BIOTRANSFORMATIONS USING CUTINASE; PETER JAMES BAKER AND JIN KIM MONTCLARE; SYNTHESES OF POLYESTERS AND POLYCARBONATES; 12. BIOSYNTHESIS OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES FROM 4-KETOVALERIC ACID IN BACTERIAL CELLS; JIAN YU; 13. SYNTHESIS OF FUNCTIONAL POLYCARBONATES FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES; KIRPAL S. BISHT AND TALAL F. AL-AZEMI; 14. POLYMERS FROM BIOCATALYSIS: MATERIALS WITH A BROAD SPECTRUM OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MARIASTELLA SCANDOLA, MARIA LETIZIA FOCARETE, AND RICHARD A. GROSS; 15. LIPASE-CATALYZED COPOLYMERIZATION OF ?-PENTADECALACTONE (PDL) AND ALKYL GLYCOLATE: SYNTHESIS OF POLY(PDL-CO-GA); ZHAOZHONG JIANG AND JIE LIU; 16. CHEMO-ENZYMATIC SYNTHESES OF POLYESTER-URETHANES; KARLA A. BARRERA-RIVERA, ANGEL MARCOS-FERNANDEZ, AND ANTONIO MARTINEZ-RICHA; 17. ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF NOVEL BIOBASED ELASTOMERS CONSISTING OF 12-HYDROXYSTEARATE, ITACONATE AND BUTANE-1,4-DIOL; MAYUMI YASUDA, HIROKI EBATA, AND SHUICHI MATSUMURA; SYNTHESES OF POLYAMIDES AND POLYPEPTIDES; 18. SYNTHESIS OF POLY(AMINOAMIDES) VIA ENZYMATIC MEANS; H. N. CHENG AND QU-MING GU; 19. MECHANISTIC INSIGHT IN THE ENZYMATIC RING-OPENING POLYMERIZATION OF ?-PROPIOLACTAM; LEENDERT W. SCHWAB, IRIS BAUM, GREGOR FELS, AND KATJA LOOS; SYNTHESES AND MODIFICATIONS OF POLYSACCHARIDES; 20. PRODUCTION OF NATURAL POLYSACCHARIDES AND THEIR ANALOGUES VIA BIOPATHWAY ENGINEERING; LEI LI, WEN YI, WENLAN CHEN, ROBERT WOODWARD, XIANWEI LIU, AND PENG GEORGE WANG; 21. GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN SYNTHASES: CATALYSTS FOR CUSTOMIZING SUGAR POLYMER SIZE AND CHEMISTRY; PAUL L. DEANGELIS; 22. DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS OF A NOVEL, FIRST-IN-CLASS HYALURONIC ACID FROM BACILLUS; KHADIJA SCHWACH-ABDELLAOUI, BIRGIT LUNDSKOV FUHLENDORFF, FANNY LONGIN, AND JENS LICHTENBERG; BIOCATALYTIC REDOX POLYMERIZATIONS; 23. ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING POLYMERS; RYAN BOULDIN, AKSHAY KOKIL, SETHUMADHAVAN RAVICHANDRAN, SUBHALAKSHMI NAGARAJAN, JAYANT KUMAR, LYNNE A. SAMUELSON, FERDINANDO F. BRUNO, AND RAMASWAMY NAGARAJAN; 24. SUSTAINED DEVELOPMENT IN BAEYER-VILLIGER BIOOXIDATION TECHNOLOGY; PETER C. K. LAU, HANNES LEISCH, BRAHM J. YACHNIN, I. AHMAD MIRZA, ALBERT M. BERGHUIS, HIROAKI IWAKI, AND YOSHIE HASEGAWA; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSES AND DEGRADATIONS; 25. EMBEDDING ENZYMES TO CONTROL BIOMATERIAL LIFETIME; MANOJ GANESH AND RICHARD GROSS; 26. SURPRISINGLY RAPID ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS OF POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); ASA M. RONKVIST, WENCHUN XIE, WENHUA LU, AND RICHARD A. GROSS; 27. POLYLACTIC ACID (PLA)-DEGRADING MICROORGANISMS AND PLA DEPOLYMERASES; FUSAKO KAWAI; GRAFTING AND FUNCTIONALIZATION REACTIONS; 28. GREEN POLYMER CHEMISTRY: ENZYMATIC FUNCTIONALIZATION OF LIQUID POLYMERS IN BULK; JUDIT E. PUSKAS AND MUSTAFA Y. SEN; 29. BIO-BASED AND BIODEGRADABLE ALIPHATIC POLYESTERS MODIFIED BY A CONTINUOUS ALCOHOLYSIS REACTION; JAMES H. WANG AND AIMIN HE; 30. SYNTHESIS OF GRAFTED POLYLACTIC ACID AND POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE BY A GREEN REACTIVE EXTRUSION PROCESS; JAMES H. WANG AND DAVID M. SCHERTZ; EPILOGUE; INDEXES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX