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Tailored Material Properties of Polyhydroxyalkanoates through Biosynthesis and Chemical Modification
Author(s) -
Zinn M.,
Hany R.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/adem.200500053
Subject(s) - polyhydroxyalkanoates , biosynthesis , polyester , bioplastic , bioreactor , biochemical engineering , materials science , biochemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , biology , bacteria , engineering , enzyme , ecology , genetics
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are a class of polyesters produced as reserve materials by many archae and eubacteria (gram – and gram + ) in aerobic and anaerobic habitats. Special growth conditions in bioreactors allow the tailored biosynthesis of PHA. It was found that olefinic monomers could be integrated in such PHA during biosynthesis and thus allowed an additional tailoring by mild chemistry to suit particular applications in industry and medicine.