Green Polymerization Methods: Renewable Starting Materials, Catalysis and Waste Reduction

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This first book to cover the topic in such great detail summarizes and evaluates the latest developments in green polymerization methods. Leading experts in the field discuss new every aspect -- from renewable materials to waste reduction, and from biocatalysis to solvent-free methods.
Of high interest to polymer, synthetic and material scientists in academia and industry.

Year: 2011

Language: English
Pages: 365
Tags: Химия и химическая промышленность;Высокомолекулярные соединения;


Content:
Chapter 1 Why are Green Polymerization Methods Relevant to Society, Industry, and Academics? (pages 1–7): Prof. Dr. Robert T. Mathers and Prof. Dr. Michael A. R. Meier
Chapter 2 Plant Oils as Renewable Feedstock for Polymer Science (pages 9–27): Prof. Dr. Michael A. R. Meier
Chapter 3 Furans as Offsprings of Sugars and Polysaccharides and Progenitors of an Emblematic Family of Polymer Siblings (pages 29–56): Alessandro Gandini
Chapter 4 Selective Conversion of Glycerol into Functional Monomers via Catalytic Processes (pages 57–87): Francois Jerome and Joel Barrault
Chapter 5 Monoterpenes as Polymerization Solvents and Monomers in Polymer Chemistry (pages 89–128): Prof. Dr. Robert T. Mathers and Stewart P. Lewis
Chapter 6 Controlled and Living Polymerization in Water: Modern Methods and Application to Bio?Synthetic Hybrid Materials (pages 129–142): Debasis Samanta, Katrina Kratz and Todd Emrick
Chapter 7 Towards Sustainable Solution Polymerization: Biodiesel as a Polymerization Solvent (pages 143–161): Marc A. Dube and Somaieh Salehpour
Chapter 8 Ring?Opening Polymerization of Renewable Six?Membered Cyclic Carbonates. Monomer Synthesis and Catalysis (pages 163–200): Donald J. Darensbourg, Adriana I. Moncada and Stephanie J. Wilson
Chapter 9 Poly(lactide)s as Robust Renewable Materials (pages 201–220): Jan M. Becker and Andrew P. Dove
Chapter 10 Synthesis of Saccharide?Derived Functional Polymers (pages 221–234): Julian Thimm and Joachim Thiem
Chapter 11 Degradable and Biodegradable Polymers by Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization: From Synthesis to Application (pages 235–261): Nicolay V. Tsarevsky
Chapter 12 High?Performance Polymers from Phenolic Biomonomers (pages 263–290): Tatsuo Kaneko
Chapter 13 Enzymatic Polymer Synthesis in Green Chemistry (pages 291–311): Andreas Heise and Inge van der Meulen
Chapter 14 Green Cationic Polymerizations and Polymer Functionalization for Biotechnology (pages 313–347): Judit E. Puskas, Chengching K. Chiang and Mustafa Y. Sen