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ChemistryInorganic Chemistry

Novel Bioprocess for Polymer Synthesis and Assembly of New Materials

Authors: Kenneth A. Marx; Richard Gross; Steve McCarthy; Changmo Sung; MASSACHUSETTS UNIV LOWELL
Abstract:
The theme and purpose of the grant research was to investigate a number of new ways in which biological processes could be utilized to create new polymeric materials. In the various funded subsections of the grant, there were a number of separate areas of investigation, each studied by a cluster of investigators. The individual areas were: (1) Synthesis and characterization of polymeric materials enzymatically and chemically, incorporating biological macromolecules, in thin film formats to create biosensors and biomaterials; (2) Chemical and enzymatic biopolymer growth and modification; (3) Biopolymer process engineering of N-acylchitosan derivatives; (4) Organic thin films used as templates for bioceramic growth; and (5) Enzymatic regioselectivity transesterification of polysaccharides.

Limitations: APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Description: Final rept. 27 Sep 94-15 Apr 98
Pages: 14
Report Date: 15 APR 1998
Contract Number: DAAH04-94-2-0003
Report Number: A412853
Keywords relating to this report:
*BIOLOGICAL DETECTION
*BIOMOLECULES
*POLYMERS
*SYNTHESIS(CHEMISTRY)
*SYNTHESIS_CHEMISTRY_
ASSEMBLY
CHEMICALS
DETECTORS
ENGINEERING
ENZYMES
ESTERS
EXCHANGE REACTIONS
FILMS
FORMATS
MACROMOLECULES
MATERIALS
ORGANIC MATERIALS
POLYSACCHARIDES
TEMPLATES
THIN FILMS
TRANSFERASES
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