Enzymatic Polymerization of Polyester

Biocatalysis in Polymer Chemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 83-129

  Miletić, Nemanja ^a   Loos, Katja ^b   Gross, Richard A ^a  

^a FRUIT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Candida antarctica lipase B; Enzymatic polymerization; Novozyme 435; Polyesters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861457889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527632534.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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