Bio-Based Polymers: Recent Progress

Preface (S. Im, et al.).Microbial Poly(hydroxy alkanoate)s1. Systems Biological Approach for the Production of Various Polyhdroxyalkanoates by Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli (S. Park & S. Lee).2. Mechanical Properties of Uniaxially Cold-Drawn Films of Poly (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] and Its copolymers (T. Iwata & Y. Doi).3. Poly(3-hydroxybutrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) Production in recombinanat Aeromonas Hydrophila 4AK4 Harboring PhbA, PhbB and vgb Genes (S. Ouyang, et al.).4. Abiotic Hydrolysis of Poly(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] in Acidic and Alkaline Media (L. Chen & J. Yu).5. Structure, Properties and Biodegradation of Some Bacterial Copoly(hydroxyalkanoate)s (K. Ishida, et al.).6. Cocrystallization and Phase Segregation in Blends of Two Bacterial Polyesters (N. Yoshie & Y. Inoue).Poly(lactic acids)s7. Thermodynamic and Kinetic Polymerizability of Cyclic Esters (A. Duda, et al.).8. Ring-Opening Polymerization of L-Lactide in Supercritical Chlorodifluoromethane (J. Pack, et al.).9. Hydrostatic Extrusion of Poly(L-Lactide) (F. Jin, et al.).10. Living Polymerization of Lactide Using Titanium Alkoxide Catalysts (Y. Kim & J. Verkade).11. Stereocomplex Mediated Gelation of PEG-(PLA)2 and PEG-(PLA)8 Block Copolymers (C. Hiemstra, et al.).12. A Novel Syntheitic Approach to Stereo-Block Poly(lactic acid) (K. Fukushima & Y. Kimura).13. Morphological Characterization of Electrospun Nano-Fibrous membranes of Biodegradable Poly (L-lactide) and Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (H. Kim, et al.).14. Isolation and Characterization of Bacte4ria that Degrade Poly(Lactic Acid-Glycerol Ester)-Type Time-release Electron Donors for Accelerated Biological reductive Dechlorination (H. Jin, et al.).Biodegradable Polyesters and Polyurethanes15. Poly(lactic acid) Polymerized by Aluminum Triflate (M. Kunioka, et al.).16. Biodegradable Polycarbonate Synthesis by Copolymerization of Carbon Dioxide with Epoxides Using a Heterogeneous Zinc Complex (I. Kim, et al.).17. Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Monomers with Aluminum Triflate (Y. Wang & M. Kunioka).18. Characterization of Novel Biodegradable Segmented Polyurethanes Prepared from Amino-Acid Based Diisocyanate (A. Takahara, et al.).19. Environmentally Compatibvle Hybrid-Type Polyurethane Foams containing Saccharide and Lignin Components (H. Hatakeyama & T. Hatakeyama). 20. Zinc Glutarate Catalyzed Synthesis and Biodegradability of Poly(carbonate-co-ester)s from CO2 Propylene Oxide, and E-Caprolactone (Y. Hwang, et al.).Hydrogels and Biomedical Applications21. Synthesis and Characterization of New Biodegradable Polymers for Biomodeling and Biomedical Applications (Y. Sung & D. Song).22. Locust Bean Gum Hydrogels Formed by Freezing and Thawing (T. Hatakeyama, et al.).23. Influence of Heat Treatment on Biological Porpetrties of Chitosan toward Vascular Cells in Vitro (S. Lim, et al.).24. Thermosensitive Chitosans as Novel Injectable Biomaterials (H. Chung, et al.).Blends and Processing25. Novel Carbon Nanotuve/Poly(L-Lactic acid) Nanocomposites; their Modulus, thermal Stability, and Electrical Conductivity (S. Moon, et al.).26. Rheological, Thermal, and Morphological Characteristics of Plasticized Cellulose Acetate Composite with Natural Fibers (J. Choi, et al.).27. Biodegradable Composites of Poly(lactic acid) with Cellulose Fibers Polymerized by Aluminum Triflate (M. Funabashi & M. Kunioka). 28. Soil and Microbial Degradation Study of Poly(E-caprolactone) - Poly(vinyl butyral) Blends (D. Rohindra, et al.).29. Synthesis of Starch-g-Poly(glycidyl methacrylate) and Its Blending with Poly(E-caprolactone) and Nylon 610 (G. Kim, et al.).30. Curing and Glass Transition of Epoxy Resins from Ester-Carboxylic Acid Derivatives of Mono- and Disaccharides, and Alcoholysis Lignin (S. Hirose, et al.).Microbial Degradation31. Biodegradationof Plastics in Compost Prepared at Different Composting Conditions (S. Joo, et al.).32. Accelerated Microbial Degradation of Poly(L-lactide) (Y. Tokiwa & A. Jarerat).