Degradability, Renewability and Recycling-Key Functions for Future Materials: 5th International Scientific Workshop on Biodegradable Plastics and Polymers Held in Stockholm, Sweden June 9-13, 1998

by Albertsson, Ann-Christine; Chiellini, Emo; Feijen, Jan; Scott, Gerald; Vert, Michel

• ISBN13: 9783527299041
• ISBN10: 3527299041
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

This book contains most of the contributions from the 5th International Scientific Workshop on Biodegradable Plastics and polymers. The contributions are covering the following subjects: - snythesis of novel degradation polymers - enzymatic polymerization - kinetic and mechanistic aspects of (bio) degradation - industrial development in degradable polymers

Table of Contents

Preface
A.-C. Albertsson
Introduction
Dynamics in prediction of life-time of environmental adaptable polymers	1	(6)
Ann-Christine Albertsson
Sigbritt Karlsson
Degradable Polymers
Biodegradable polymers derived from aminoacids	7	(26)
Samuel J. Huang
Luang-Hua Ho
Inorganic-organic polymers as a route to biodegradable materials	33	(14)
Harry R. Allcock
New alternating poly (amide-ester)s: synthesis and properties	47	(16)
Helmut Keul
Bernd Robertz
Hartwig Hocker
Advances in properties and biodegradability of co-continuous, immiscible, biodegradable polymer blends	63	(10)
Stephen P. McCarthy
Anadakumar Ranganthan
Wenguang Ma
Biodegradability of Scott-Gelead photodegradable polyethylene and polyethylene wax by microorganisms	73	(12)
F. Kawai
M. Shibata
S. Yokoyama
S. Maeda
K. Tada
S. Hayashi
R&D status of biodegradable polymers in Korea	85	(16)
Soo Hyun Kim
Young Ha Kim
Degradable plastic films for agricultural application in Taiwan	101	(12)
Shaw-rong Yang
Chin-hsiang Wu
Degradation and Biodegradation of Polymeric Materials
Antioxidant control of polymer biodegradation	113	(14)
Gerald Scott
Biodegradation of PVA-based formulations	127	(14)
Emo Chiellini
Andrea Corti
Salvatore D'Antone
Roberto Solaro
Degradation by micro-organisms of polymers and model compounds containing ester, amide or urethane groups: kinetic and mechanistic aspects	141	(12)
C. David
I. Dupret
C. Lefevre
Characterization of polymer soil burial degradation by thermal analysis and mechanical spectroscopy	153	(12)
Laura Contat-Rodrigo
Amparo Ribes-Greus
Degradation of oligo(lactone) branches linked to poly (methacrylate) networks	165	(14)
Peter Seidel
Barbara Sandner
Udo Gopp
Martin Schoch
Simone Steurich
Accelerated chemical degradation of polyacrylamide	179	(8)
Jianping Gao
Tong Lin
Wei Wang
Jiugao, Yu
Shaojun Yuan
Shaomin Wang
Kinetics and mechanism of biodegradation of (co) polyglycolide structures	187	(14)
Bronislava G. Belenkaya
Valentina I. Sakharova
Eugene A. Sinevich
Sergej I. Belousov
Albert H. Kuptsov
Sergei N. Chvalun
Influence of metal ion on the degradation of LDPE at the composting temperatures	201	(10)
Jiugao Yu
Hansheng Li
Songzhe Chen
Jianping Gao
Tong Lin
Methodology in studying improvement of polyacrylates biodegradability	211	(8)
Christian Gancet
Rosangela Pirri
Jean Marc Dalens
Bernard Boutevin
Bernard Guyot
Cedric Loubat
Jean Le Petit
Anne Marie Farnet
Simone Tagger
Synthesis of Degradable Polymers Using Enzymes
Novel lipase-catalyzed ring-opening copolymerization of oxiranes and dicarboxylic anhydride forming polyesters bearing carboxyl groups and their physicochemical properties and biodegradability	219	(18)
Shuichi Matsumura
Takeshi Okamoto
Keisuke Tsukada
Noriyuki Mizutani
Kazunobu Toshima
Precision enzymatic polymerization to polyesters with lipase catalysts	237	(10)
Shiro Kobayashi
Hiroshi Uyama
Chemoenzymatic synthesis of biodegradable polymers containing glucobiose branches	247	(10)
Masaru Kitagawa
Panpaka Chalermisrachai
Hong Fan
Yutaka Tokiwa
Synthesis of Degradable Polymers, Ring-opening Polymerization and Stepwise Polymerization
Synthesis of aliphatic polyesters by controlled ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters. Characterization, properties, transesterification reactions	257	(12)
Nicolas Spassky
Vesna Simic
Liliane G. Hubert-Pfalzgraf
Maurizio S. Montaudo
Resorbable initiator for polymerizations of lactones	269	(8)
Hans R. Kricheldorf
Ingrid Kreiser-Saunders
Dirk-Olaf Damrau
Direct Condensation Polymerization of lactic acid	277	(12)
Soo Hyun Kim
Young Ha Kim
New Catalysis for fast bulk ring-opening polymerization of lactide monomers	289	(14)
Philippe Degee
Philippe Dubois
Robert Jerome
Sven Jacobsen
Hans-Gerhard Fritz
Kinetics and mechanism of glycolide and ethylenoxalate copolymerization. Characteristics of the copolymers formed and mechanism of the biodegradation	303	(10)
Tatjana Ovchinnikova
Irina Zhuravleva
Ljudmila Bush
Nicolay Il'in
Modified Polysaccharide and Proteins -- Polymers from Renewable Resources
Synthesis and Thermal Properties of cellulose-based polycaprolactones	313	(10)
Hyoe Hatakeyama
Takanori Yoshida
Yoshinobu Izuta
Shigeo Hirose
Tatsuko Hatakeyama
Degradation of polyethylene containing ferric salt and starch	323	(8)
Jianping Gao
Shaomin Wang
Jiugao Yu
Tong Lin
Xiaodong Wang
Viscosity, sorption of water and biodegradation of starch/copolyamide blends	331	(8)
Anna I. Suvorova
Irina s. Tujkova
Elena I. Trufanova
Dextran as antioxidant's activity carrier	339	(12)
Nina Domnina
Denis Aref'ev
Elena Komarova
Alexander Bilibin
Biodegradable composite films based on waste gelatin	351	(14)
El-Refaie Kenawy
Patrizia Cinelli
Andrea Corti
Stanislav Miertus
Emo Chiellini
Plasticization of corn gluten meal and characterization of the blends	365	(6)
Lodovico di Gioia
Bernard Cuq
Stephane Guilbert
Effect of additives on gelatinization, rheological properties and biodegradability of thermoplastic starch	371	(4)
L. Yu
V. Christov
G. Christie
J. Gray
U. Dutt
T. Harvey
P. Halley
S. Coombs
R. Jayasekara
G. Lonergan
Polyhydroxyalkanoates and Chitosan Polymers from Renewable Resources
Production of PHAs from agricultural waste material	375	(10)
Gerhard Braunegg
Klaus Genser
Rodolfo Bona
Gudrun Haage
Florian Schellauff
Elisabeth Winkler
Development of a closed-loop control system for production of medium-chain-length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) (mcl-PHAs) from bacteria	385	(6)
Michele B. Kellerhals
Birgit Kessler
Bernard Witholt
Characterisation and morphology of biodegradable chitosan/synthetic polymer blends	391	(22)
Maria Mucha
Joanna Piekielna
Anna Wieczorek
Modification of chitosan for construction of efficient antioxidant biodegradable macromolecular systems	413	(10)
V.A. Alexandrova
G.V. Obukhova
N.S. Domina
D.A. Topchiev
Fluorocarbon modified chitin and chitosan. I. Synthesis and characterization of perfluorocarbonyl chitin	423	(4)
Yun-xiang Zhang
Tie-lin Wang
Wei-hong Huang
Ai-hua Da
Evaluation of the transport properties of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and its 3-hydroxyvalerate copolymers for packaging applications	427	(12)
Oscar Miguel
Juan Jose Iruin
Recycling
Ecology and economy of plastic recycling	439	(26)
Johannes Brandrup
Studies on degradation of PET in mechanical recycling	465	(6)
Masoud Frounchi
Degradation of polyolefines during various recovery processes	471
Gundars Teteris