Green Polymer Chemistry

H. N. Cheng (Ph.D., University of Illinois) is currently a research chemist at the Southern Regional Research Center of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in New Orleans, where he works on projects involving improved utilization of commodity agricultural materials, green chemistry, and polymer reactions. Over the years, his research interests have included green polymer chemistry, biocatalysis and enzymatic reactions, pulp and paper chemistry, functional foods,polymer characterization, and NMR spectroscopy. He is an ACS Fellow and a POLY Fellow and has authored or co-authored 192 papers, 25 patent publications, coedited 11 books, and organized or co-organized 25 symposia at national ACS meetings since 2003.Richard A. Gross (Ph.D., Polytechnic University) holds the Constellation Chaired Professorship at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and is also a member of RPI's Departments of Chemistry and Biology as well as Biomedical Engineering. Previously, he was on the faculty of University of Massachusetts (Lowell) (1988?1998) and occupied the Herman F. Mark Chair Professorship at Polytechnic University (1998-2013). He has over 400 publications in peer-reviewed journals with approximately 7,000citations, has edited six books, and has been granted or filed 26 patents. He has received numerous awards, including the Presidential Green Chemistry Award in the academic category (2003). He also founded SyntheZyme, LLC, (where he serves as Chief Technology Officer) in 2009 to commercializetechnologies developed in his laboratory.Patrick B. Smith (Ph.D, Michigan State University) currently serves as a research scientist at Michigan Molecular Institute. He had a productive and distinguished career at The Dow Chemical Company, rising to the rank of Fellow prior to his retirement in 2007. He was elected as an ACS Fellow in 2013. He has co-authored nearly 500 Dow technical reports, over 75 publications, and has been granted two patents.

• Preface 1. Green Polymer Chemistry: Some Recent Developments and Examples Enzymatic and Chemo-enzymatic Approaches 2. Green Polymer Chemistry: Enzyme-Catalyzed Polymer Functionalization 3. Chemoenzymatic Synthesis and Characterization of Polyester-Urethanes Bearing Amino-Acids Moieties 4. Chemo-enzymatic Synthesis, Derivatizations, and Polymerizations of Renewable Phenolic Monomers Derived from Ferulic Acid and Biobased Polyols: An Access to Sustainable Copolyesters, Poly(ester-urethane)s, and Poly(ester-alkenamer)s5. Emerging Enzyme-Based Technologies for Wastewater Treatment6. Enzymatic Synthesis of Non-Natural Oligo- and Polysaccharides by Phosphorylase-Catalyzed Glycosylations Using Analogue Substrates 7. Water-Insoluble Glucans from Sucrose via Glucansucrases. Factors Influencing Structures and Yields 8. Biosynthesis, Properties, and Biodegradation of Lactate-Based Polymers Other Catalysts and Functional Peptides 9. Combining Sustainable Polymerization Routes for the Preparation of Polyesters, Polycarbonates, and Copolymers 10. Aluminum Salen and Salan Polymerization Catalysts: From Monomer Scope to Macrostructure Control 11. Creation of Functional Peptides by Evolutionary Engineering with Bioorthogonal Incorporation of Artificial Components Biobased Materials from Triglyceride Feedstock 12. Thermoplastic Elastomers from Vegetable Oils via Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerization 13. From Biorefinery to Performance Technology: Transforming Renewable Olefinic Building Blocks into Lubricants and Other High-Value Products 14. Polyacids from Corn Oil as Curing Agents for Epoxy Resins 15. Modifications of Plant Oils for Value-Added Uses16. Soy-Based Building Blocks for Advanced Photocure Coating Systems 17. Solid Lipid Nanoparticle - Functional Template of Meso-Macrostructured Silica Materials Biobased Materials from Carbohydrate Feedstock 18. In Situ Metal-Free Synthesis of Polylactide Enantiomers Grafted from Nanoclays of High Thermostability 19. A Novel Renewable Thermoplastic Polyacetal by Polymerization of Glycolaldehyde Dimer, a Major Product of the Fast Pyrolysis of Cellulosic Feedstock20. Development of Cardanol-Bonded Cellulose Resin with Nonfood Plant Resources: Low Energy Heterogeneous Synthesis Process 21. Phosphorus Flame Retardants from Esters of Isosorbide and 10-Undecenoic Acid Materials from Other Biobased Resources 22. Bio-Based Epoxy Resins from Diphenolate Esters--Replacing the Diglycidyl Ether of Bisphenol A 23. Influence of Furanyl Building Blocks on the Cure Kinetics of a Renewable Epoxy-Amine System24. Polyesters from Bio-Aromatics 25. Development and Characterization of Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives from Dimer Acid and Epoxides26. Structure-Property Relationships for Polycyanurate Networks Derived from Renewable Resources 27. Bio-Based Sources for Terephthalic Acid 28. Green Polymer Aerogels