Salen Metal Complexes as Catalysts for the Synthesis of Polycarbonates from Cyclic Ethers and Carbon Dioxide, by Donald J. Darensbourg.- Material Properties of Poly(Propylene Carbonates), by Gerrit. A. Luinstra and Endres Borchardt.- Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) from Carbon Monoxide, by Robert Reichardt and Bernhard Rieger. - Ecoflex® and Ecovio®: Biodegradable, Performance-Enabling Plastics, by K. O. Siegenthaler, A. Künkel, G. Skupin and M. Yamamoto.- Biodegradability of Poly(Vinyl Acetate) and Related Polymers, by Manfred Amann and Oliver Minge.- Recent Developments in Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones, by P. Lecomte and C. Jérôme.- Recent Developments in Metal-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactides and Glycolides: Preparation of Polylactides, Polyglycolide, and Poly(lactide-co-glycolide), by Saikat Dutta, Wen-Chou Hung, Bor-Hunn Huang and Chu-Chieh Lin.- Bionolle (Polybutylenesuccinate), by Yasushi Ichikawa, Tatsuya Mizukoshi.- Polyurethanes from Renewable Resources, by David A. Babb.-
Author(s): Donald J. Darensbourg (auth.), Bernhard Rieger, Andreas Künkel, Geoffrey W. Coates, Robert Reichardt, Eckhard Dinjus, Thomas A. Zevaco (eds.)
Series: Advances in Polymer Science 245
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 366
City: Berlin, Heidelberg
Tags: Polymer Sciences; Medicinal Chemistry; Pharmacy; Biochemistry, general; Electrochemistry
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Salen Metal Complexes as Catalysts for the Synthesis of Polycarbonates from Cyclic Ethers and Carbon Dioxide....Pages 1-27
Material Properties of Poly(Propylene Carbonates)....Pages 29-48
Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) from Carbon Monoxide....Pages 49-90
Ecoflex ® and Ecovio ® : Biodegradable, Performance-Enabling Plastics....Pages 91-136
Biodegradability of Poly(vinyl acetate) and Related Polymers....Pages 137-172
Recent Developments in Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones....Pages 173-217
Recent Developments in Metal-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactides and Glycolides: Preparation of Polylactides, Polyglycolide, and Poly(lactide- co -glycolide)....Pages 219-283
Bionolle (Polybutylenesuccinate)....Pages 285-313
Polyurethanes from Renewable Resources....Pages 315-360
Back Matter....Pages 361-364
