Summary

Biocatalysis refers to the use of enzymes, microbes or higher organisms to carry out chemical or polymer reactions. It is currently a hot research topic with many academic, industrial, and government laboratories doing basic and applied R&D. In polymer science this field is rapidly growing, and many new reactions and new biocatalysts are being discovered and applied. Likewise, biomaterials comprise an equally exciting field of research that finds many applications in dental, surgical, and medical areas. Both fields are highly interdisciplinary, requiring (at various times) knowledge and expertise in organic and polymer chemistry, material science, biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, and chemical engineering. This symposium volume provides state-of-the-art reviews of these exciting fields as well as original research papers. The editors and the authors are all experts and active practitioners of polymer biocatalysis and biomaterials. They include academic, industrial, and government scientists who have brought different expertise and perspectives to these fields. Together, they have provided a most useful book that contains up-to-date developments in fundamental research and industrial R&D efforts. This book will be useful to organic chemists, polymer chemists, material scientists, biochemists, and chemical engineers who desire to learn more about this field. It will be a useful reference book and also suitable either for self-study or as a textbook for an upper level undergraduate or a graduate level course.

Author Biography

H. N. Cheng Currently senior research fellow at Hercules, involved with new product/process development. Richard A. Gross Herman F. Mark Chair Professorship at Polytechnic University and Director of the NSF Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing of Macromolecules.
Books by same author H. N. Cheng H. N. Cheng and T. A. Early (Editors), Macromolecular Symposium No. 86, "NMR Studies of Polymeric Materials"; 1994.
H. N. Cheng, G. L. Cote, and I. C. Baianu (Editors), Macromolecular Symposium No. 140, "Application of Polymers in Foods"; 1999.
H. N. Cheng, "Structural Studies of Polymers by Solution NMR", RAPRA Report 125, 2001.
R. A. Gross and H. N. Cheng (Editors), ACS Symp. Ser., "Biocatalysis in Polymer Science." ACS Symposium Series Number 840, Washington, DC, 2002.
H. N. Cheng and A. D. English (Editors), ACS Symp. Ser., "NMR Spectroscopy of Polymers in Solution and in the Solid State." ACS Symposium Series Number 834, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2002.
H. N. Cheng and R.A. Gross (Editors), ACS Symp. Ser., "Polymer Biocatalysis and Biomaterias." ACS Symposium Series Number 900, Washington, DC, 2005.
Richard A. Gross R. A. Gross, David L. Kaplan, G. Swift (Editors), ACS Symp. Ser., "Enzymes in Polymer Synthesis." ACS Symposium Series Number 684, Washington, DC, 1998.
R. A. Gross, C. Scholz (Editors), ACS Symp. Ser., "Biopolymers from Polysaccharides and Agroproteins." ACS Symposium Series Number, Washington, DC, 2001.
C. Scholz and R. A. Gross (Editors), ACS Symp. Ser., "Polymers from Renewable Sources: Polyesters and Biocatalysis." ACS Symposium Series Number 764, Washington, DC, 2000.
R. A. Gross and H. N. Cheng (Editors), ACS Symp. Ser., "Biocatalysis in Polymer Science." ACS Symposium Series Number 840, Washington, DC, 2002.
H. N. Cheng and R.A. Gross (Editors), ACS Symp. Ser., "Polymer Biocatalysis and Biomaterias." ACS Symposium Series Number 900, Washington, DC, 2005.

Preface	p. xi
Polymer Biocatalysis and Biomaterials: Current Trends and Developments	p. 1
Novel Biorelated Materials
Chemically Reactive Peptides for the Production of Electroactive Conjugates of Specified Conformation and Side-Chain Placement	p. 22
Elastin-Based Protein Polymers	p. 37
Bioartificial Polymer Matrices as Biomaterials with Enzymatically Controlled Functional Properties	p. 52
Enzymatic Products from Modified Soybean Oil Containing Hydrazinoester	p. 76
Reinforcement Effect of Soy Protein and Carbohydrates in Polymer Composites	p. 86
Enzyme Immobilization and Assembly
Green Oxidation of Steroids in Nanoreactors Assembled from Laccase and Linear-Dendritic Copolymers	p. 110
Lipase Immobilization on Ultrafine Poly(acrylic acid)-Poly(vinyl alcohol) Hydrogel Fibers	p. 129
Immobilized Porcine Pancreas Lipase for Polymer Synthesis	p. 144
Effects of Porous Polyacrylic Resin Parameters on Candida antarctica Lipase B Adsorption, Distribution, and Polyester Synthesis Activity	p. 155
Immobilization of Candida antarctica Lipase B on Porous Polystyrene Resins: Protein Distribution and Activity	p. 165
New Synthetic Approaches
Biocatalysis on Surfaces: A Microreview	p. 180
Design and Synthesis of Biorelated Polymers by Combinatorial Bioengineering	p. 194
Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Block Copolymers	p. 216
Ring-Opening of [omega]-Substituted Lactones by Novozym 435: Selectivity Issues and Application to Iterative Tandem Catalysis	p. 230
Polyesters and Polyamides
Enzymatic Degradation of Diol-Diacid Type Polyesters into Cyclic Oligomers and Its Application for the Selective Chemical Recycling of PLLA-Based Polymer Blends	p. 246
Cutinase: A Powerful Biocatalyst for Polyester Synthesis by Polycondensation of Diols and Diacids and ROP of Lactones	p. 263
"Sweet Polyesters": Lipase-Catalyzed Condensation-Polymerizations of Alditols	p. 275
Candida antarctica Lipase B Catalyzed Synthesis of Poly(butylene succinate): Shorter Chain Building Blocks Also Work	p. 285
Enzyme-Catalyzed Oligopeptide Synthesis: Rapid Regioselective Oligomerization of l-Glutamic Acid Diethyl Ester Catalyzed by Papain	p. 294
Enzyme-Catalyzed Polyamides and Their Derivatives	p. 309
Polysaccharides, Glycopolymers, and Sugars
Synthesis of Unnatural Hybrid Polysaccharides via Enzymatic Polymerization	p. 322
Glycopolymers: The Future Antiadhesion Drugs	p. 342
Novel Materials Based on Enzymatically Synthesized Amylose and Amylopectin	p. 362
Sugar-Based Polymers: Overviews and Recent Advances of Vinyl Sugars	p. 379
Silicone-Containing Materials
Synthetic Peptides Derived from the Diatom Cylindrotheca fusiformis: Kinetics of Silica Formation and Morphological Characterization	p. 412
Enzymatic Dihydroxylation of Aryl Silanes	p. 434
Indexes
Author Index	p. 463
Subject Index	p. 465
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