| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Front Matter -- Introduction. Why are Green Polymerization Methods Relevant to Society, Industry, and Academics? / Robert T Mathers, Michael A R Meier -- Integration of Renewable Starting Materials. Plant Oils as Renewable Feedstock for Polymer Science / Michael A R Meier -- Furans as Offsprings of Sugars and Polysaccharides and Progenitors of an Emblematic Family of Polymer Siblings / Alessandro Gandini -- Selective Conversion of Glycerol into Functional Monomers via Catalytic Processes / Francois Jerome, Jol Barrault -- Sustainable Reaction Conditions. Monoterpenes as Polymerization Solvents and Monomers in Polymer Chemistry / Robert T Mathers, Stewart P Lewis -- Controlled and Living Polymerization in Water: Modern Methods and Application to Bio-Synthetic Hybrid Materials / Debasis Samanta, Katrina Kratz, Todd Emrick -- Towards Sustainable Solution Polymerization: Biodiesel as a Polymerization Solvent / Marc A Dub, Somaieh Salehpour -- Catalytic Processes. Ring-Opening Polymerization of Renewable Six-Membered Cyclic Carbonates. Monomer Synthesis and Catalysis / Donald J Darensbourg, Adriana I Moncada, Stephanie J Wilson -- Poly(lactide)s as Robust Renewable Materials / Jan M Becker, Andrew P Dove -- Synthesis of Saccharide-Derived Functional Polymers / Julian Thimm, Joachim Thiem -- Degradable and Biodegradable Polymers by Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization: From Synthesis to Application / Nicolay V Tsarevsky -- Biomimetic Methods and Biocatalysis. High-Performance Polymers from Phenolic Biomonomers / Tatsuo Kaneko -- Enzymatic Polymer Synthesis in Green Chemistry / Andreas Heise, Inge van der Meulen -- Green Cationic Polymerizations and Polymer Functionalization for Biotechnology / Judit E Puskas, Chengching K Chiang, Mustafa Y Sen -- Index |
| Summary |
Annotation. 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.<br />Of high interest to polymer, synthetic and material scientists in academia and industry |
| Notes |
Also available in print |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Subject |
Polymerization -- Environmental aspects.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mathers, Robert T.
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Meier, Michael A. R.
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Wiley InterScience (Online service)
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| ISBN |
3527636161 (electronic bk.) |
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9783527636167 (electronic bk.) |
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