Degradable Polymers and Materials Principles and Practice

by Khemani, Kishan; Scholz, Carmen

• ISBN13: 9780841239722
• ISBN10: 084123972X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-23
• Publisher: American Chemical Society

Summary

This book is an excellent guide to biobased and biodegradable polymeric materials. It summarizes current knowledge on polymer degradation mechanisms and provides insight into recent, state of the art syntheses of (bio)degradable polymers. The book captures the shift that is currently observedin polymer industries, which takes the industry from a strict petroleum-based business to an industry that starts to incorporate biobased raw materials and seeks actively to manufacture materials that are environmentally benign. The book describes various aspects of current polymer research withspecial emphasis on natural polymers, syntheses and modifications of polyesters and characterization technologies that allow to elucidate degradation mechanisms. The understanding of polymer degradation is not limited anymore to hydrolytic processes, this book captures new approaches to thedegradation of plastic materials ranging from photodegradation to the regulation of genes of polymer-degrading microorganisms. A profound part of the book is dedicated to poly(lactic acid) a polymer that is now produced in large scale from renewable resources, the modification, copolymerization,application and engineering of this material is discussed in detail and a comprehensive review is provided.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Overview	xiii
Introduction
1. Introduction	2	(12)
Carmen Scholz and Kishan Khemani
Natural Polymers
2. Emulsan—Alginate Microspheres as a New Vehicle for Protein Delivery	14	(16)
Guillermo R. Castro, Emilia Bora, Bruce Panilaitis, and David L. Kaplan
3. Metabolic Engineering of Escherichia coli for Short Chain Length—Medium Chain Length Polyhydroxyalkanoate Biosynthesis	30	(15)
Christopher T. Nomura and Yoshiharu Doi
4. Physical Properties, Structure Analysis, and Enzymatic Degradation of Poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-(R)-3-hydroxyvalerate] Films and Fibers	45	(16)
Tadahisa Iwata, Toshihisa Tanaka, Norihito Adachi, Masashi Hasegawa, Shinya Teramachi, and Yoshiharu Doi
5. Bacterial Poly(1-hydroxybutyrate): Hydrophilized and Colored	61	(15)
K. Busse, H. Budde, C. Scholz, and J. Kressler
6. Modifications of Soybean Oil Using Novel Ozone-Based Chemistry	76	(26)
Daniel Graiver, Phuong Tran, Laura Patrick, Ken Farminer, and Ramani Narayan
Synthetic Polyesters
7. Poly(lactic acids): A Brief Review	102	(24)
J.R. Dorgan, B. Braun, J.R. Wegner, and D.M. Knauss
8. Biocatalytic Synthesis of Ricinoleic Acid Star Polymers: "Green" Manufacturing of Potentially Valuable Lubricant Additives and Drug Delivery Materials	126	(14)
Douglas G. Hayes
9. Multifunctional Polyester-Based Materials with Controlled Degradability	140	(16)
Daniel Grande, Estelle Renard, Valérie Langlois, Géraldine Rohman, Laurianne Timbart, and Philippe Guérin
10. Poly(lactide)–Poly(ethylene oxide)–Poly(lactide) Triblock Copolymers: Synthesis and Thermal Properties	156	(12)
Naomi Sanabria-DeLong, Khaled A. Aamer, Sarvesh K. Agrawal, Surita R. Bhatia, and Gregory N. Tew
11. Degradable Poly(ethylene oxide)-block-Polycaprolactone Worm Micelles	168	(16)
Yan Geng and Dennis E. Discher
Polymer Synthesis
12. Functional Degradable Polymeric Materials Prepared by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization	184	(17)
Nicolay V. Tsarevsky, Ke Min, Nazeem M. Jahed, Haifeng Gao, and Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
13. Assembly of Bioactive, Heparin-Derivatized Polymer Hydrogels for Protein Delivery	201	(15)
Nori Yamaguchi and Kristi L. Kiick
14. Thermo-Sensitive Gels: Biodegradable Hydrogels from Enantiomeric Copolymers of Poly(lactide) and Poly(ethylene glycol)	216	(18)
Tomoko Fujiwara and Yoshiharu Kimura
15. Aromatic–Aliphatic Block Copolyesters Based on AA/BB Polymers and Poly(lactic acid)	234	(14)
Tim R. Cooper, Nathaniel Nix, and Robson F. Storey
16. Strategies in Aliphatic Polyester Synthesis for Biomaterial and Drug Delivery Applications	248	(19)
Bryan Parrish and Todd Emrick
17. Degradable Polymers as Tools for Polyelectrolyte Complex Analysis	267	(15)
L. Leclercq, M. Boustta, and M. Vert
Characterization
18. Biobased and Biodegradable Polymer Materials: Rationale, Drivers, and Technology Exemplars	282	(25)
Ramani Narayan
19. Chromatographic Analysis and Total Luminescence Intensity as Tools for Early Degradation Detection and Degradation State Estimation	307	(13)
Minna Hakkarainen, Lina Burman, and Ann-Christine Albertsson
20. Characterization of Biodegradable Polymer Blends by Inverse Gas Chromatography: Amylopectin and Its Blends	320	(30)
Zeki Y. Al-Saigh
Degradation Mechanisms
21. Dependence of In Vitro Degradation of an Experimental Poly(glycolide-co-L-lactide) Multifilament on Preloading and Temperature	350	(17)
Meng Deng, Jack J. Zhou, Gavin G. Chen, and Daniel Burkley
22. Organization and Expression of the Genes Involved in the Metabolism of Poly(ethylene glycol) and Poly(vinyl alcohol)	367	(17)
Fusako Kawai, Akio Tani, and Kazuhide Kimbara
23. Factors Controlling the Rate of Photodegradation in Polymers	384	(14)
Bevin C. Daglen and David R. Tyler
24. Biodegradable Polymers: Are Sources and Structures Important	398	(15)
Graham Swift and Radu Baciu
Indexes
Author Index	413	(1)
Subject Index	414