Biobased Monomers, Polymers, and Materials

Edited by Patrick B. Smith and Richard B. Gross

ACS Symposium Series

Details the latest research in biobased polymers, monomers, and materials
Includes chapters on new biobased building blocks
Explores recent developments of biobased polymer fibers and oleate-based pressure sensitive adhesives and composites
Several chapters on seed oil-based polyurethanes, one on fibers from soy proteins and composites from starch

Biobased Monomers, Polymers, and Materials

Edited by Patrick B. Smith and Richard B. Gross

Description

This ACS Symposium Series is the product of a symposium held at the 241st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Anaheim, CA on March 27-31, 2011. It includes chapters on new biobased building blocks such as the furandicarboxylic acid, polyesters and polyamides from adipic, succinic and sebacic acids with aliphatic diols such as 1,3-propylene glycol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,12-dodecylenediol and isosorbide. The conversion of hydroxymethylfurfural, the dehydration product of hexose sugars, to succinic acid and 1,4-butanediol to produce poly(butylene succinate) is described in one chapter. Also the synthesis of new polymers from plant-derived olefinic monomers such as tulipalin A and studies of composites from cotton by-products are featured in other chapters. There is a strong emphasis on biocatalytic synthesis and polymerization within the book. Chapter topics include the synthesis of ?-hydroxyfatty acids and polymers therefrom, an interesting discussion on the structural differences of the products of the biocatalytic and chemical catalytic synthesis of polyesters from oleic diacid and glycerol and the ability to produce polylactic acid (PLA) and PLA-PHA copolyesters within a "microbial cell factory".
Other areas of interest explored in other chapters include recent developments of biobased polymer fibers and oleate-based pressure sensitive adhesives and composites. One chapter describes a large increase in cold-drawn fiber tensile strength by the blending of a small amount of ultrahigh molecular weight (MW) poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) with a much lower MW 3-hydroxybutyrate polymer. The addition of a rubber and inorganic fillers to normally brittle PLA was found to dramatically improve its ductility. Finally, there are several chapters on seed oil-based polyurethanes, one on fibers from soy proteins and composites from starch.

Biobased Monomers, Polymers, and Materials

Edited by Patrick B. Smith and Richard B. Gross

ACS Symposium Series

Preface
1. Furandicarboxylic Acid (FDCA), A Versatile Building Block for a Very
Interesting Class of Polyesters
E. de Jong, M. A. Dam, L. Sipos, and G.-J. M. Gruter
2. Biobased Pressure-Sensitive Adhesive Derived from Epoxidized and
Dihydroxylated Oleate with Phosphoric Acid and Its Chemical Pathways
B. Kollbe Ahn, Stefan Kraft, and X. Susan Sun
3. Toughening Modification of Poly(lactic acid) via Melt Blending
Hongzhi Liu and Jinwen Zhang
4. Biobased Polymeric Materials Prepared from Cotton Byproducts
H. N. Cheng, Michael K. Dowd, and Atanu Biswas
5. Processing, Mechanical Properties, and Structure Analysis of Melt-Spun
Fibers of P(3HB)/UHMW-P(3HB) Identical Blend
Taizo Kabe, Takeharu Tsuge, Takaaki Hikima, Masaki Takata, Akio Takemura, and
Tadahisa Iwata
6. Biosynthesis of Monomers for Plastics from Renewable Oils
Wenhua Lu, Jon E. Ness, Wenchun Xie, Xiaoyan Zhang, Fei Liu, Jiali Cai,
Jeremy Minshull, and Richard A. Gross
7. Synthesis of Biomass-Based Monomers from Biomass-Based Furfural for
Polyesters and Evaluation of Their Biomass Carbon Ratios
Yuya Tachibana, Takashi Masuda, Masahiro Funabashi, Ken-ichi Kasuya, and
Masao Kunioka
8. Poly(oleic diacid-co-glycerol): Comparison of Polymer Structure Resulting
from Chemical and Lipase Catalysis
Yu-Rong Zhang, Yi-Xin Yang, Jia-Li Cai, Wen-Hua Lv, Wen-Chun Xie,
Yu-Zhong Wang, and Richard A. Gross
9. Polymers from Fatty Acids: Poly(?-hydroxyl tetradecanoic acid) Synthesis
and Physico-Mechanical Studies
Chen Liu, Fei Liu, Jiali Cai, Wenchun Xie, Timothy E. Long, S. Richard Turner,
Alan Lyons, and Richard A. Gross
10. Long-Chain Polyesters via Chemical Catalytic Conversions of Fatty Acid
Esters
Florian Stempfle, Philipp Roesle, and Stefan Mecking
11. Advances in the Use of BiOH® Polyols in Polyurethanes
Timothy W. Abraham
12. Carbohydrate Hydrogenolysis
Patrick B. Smith
13. Biobased Polymers from Plant-Derived Tulipalin A
Seema Agarwal, Qiao Jin, and Samarendra Maji
14. Biological Lactate-Polymers Synthesized by One-Pot Microbial Factory:
Enzyme and Metabolic Engineering
John Masani Nduko, Ken’ichiro Matsumoto, and Seiichi Taguchi
15. Synthesis of Amylose-Grafted Polysaccharide Materials by
Phosphorylase-Catalyzed Enzymatic Polymerization
Jun-ichi Kadokawa
16. Novel Nanocomposites Reinforced with Polysaccharide (Starch)
Nanocrystals: From Interfacial Ring-Opening Polymerization to
Melt-Processing Implementation
J.-M. Raquez, A.-L. Goffin, E. Duquesne, Y. Habibi, A. Dufresne, and Ph. Dubois
17. Oleic Acid and Undecylenic Acid as Platform Chemicals for Thermoplastic
Polyurethanes
Gerard Lligadas, Juan C. Ronda, Marina Galià, and Virginia Cádiz
18. Novel Biomass-Based Polymers: Synthesis, Characterization, and
Application
Bart A. J. Noordover, Lidia Jasinska-Walc, Inge van der Meulen, Robbert Duchateau,
and Cor E. Koning
19. Thermoplastic Starch Polymer Blends and Nanocomposites
C. M. Chaleat, M. Nikolic, R. W. Truss, I. Tan, S. A. McGlashan, and P. J. Halley
20. Solution Blowing of Soy Protein Fibers
S. Sinha-Ray, Y. Zhang, A. L. Yarin, S. C. Davis, and B. Pourdeyhimi
Editors’ Biographies
Indexes
Author Index
Subject Index

Biobased Monomers, Polymers, and Materials

Edited by Patrick B. Smith and Richard B. Gross

ACS Symposium Series

Author Information

Edited by Patrick B. Smith and Richard B. Gross

Richard A. Gross is affiliated with the Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences at Polytechnic University. Patrick Smith is affiliated with the Michigan Molecular Institute.