Scalable production of mechanically tunable block polymers from sugar

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 8357-8362

  Xiong, Mingyong ^a   Schneiderman, Deborah K ^a   Bates, Frank S ^a   Hillmyer, Marc A ^a   Zhang, Kechun ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Biobased production; Block copolymer; Mevalonate pathway; Rubbery polyester

Indexed keywords

BETA METHYL DELTA VALEROLACTONE; COPOLYMER; ELASTOMER; LACTONE; MEVALONIC ACID; PLASTIC; POLYESTER; POLYLACTIDE; POLYMER; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOCOCCUS VOLTAE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BIOBASED PRODUCTION; BLOCK COPOLYMER; MEVALONATE PATHWAY; RUBBERY POLYESTER;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTOMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEVALONIC ACID; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYESTERS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; PYRONES; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84902186055     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1404596111     Document Type: Article

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