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Cover Picture: Macromol. Biosci. 10/2004
Author(s) -
Osanai Yasushi,
Toshima Kazunobu,
Matsumura Shuichi
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
macromolecular bioscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1616-5195
pISSN - 1616-5187
DOI - 10.1002/mabi.200490022
Subject(s) - polyester , adipate , oligomer , lipase , biodegradation , degradation (telecommunications) , cover (algebra) , candida antarctica , chemistry , polymer chemistry , column (typography) , materials science , enzyme , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , computer science , mechanical engineering , telecommunications , frame (networking) , engineering
Cover: The conceptual scheme shows the lipase‐catalyzed green chemical recycling of biodegradable polyesters and the equipment for the continuous enzymatic degradation of biodegradable polyesters, using the enzyme column. The typical chemically‐synthesized biodegradable plastics, such as poly(butylene adipate) and poly( ε ‐caprolactone), were degraded and transformed quantitatively into a repolymerizable cyclic oligomer passing through the enzyme packed column under continuous flow. And it was confirmed that the degradation activity of the enzyme column was maintained for at least six months at 40 °C. Further details can be found in the Full Paper by Y. Osanai, K. Toshima, and S. Matsumura * on page 936.