Green polymerization methods : renewable starting materials, catalysis and waste reduction /
edited by Robert T. Mathers and Michael A. R. Meier
- Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH Verlag, c2011
- xv, 363 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
1.Why are Green Polymerization Methods Relevant to Society, Industry, and Academics? / Michael A. R. Meier -- 2.Plant Oils as Renewable Feedstock for Polymer Science / Michael A. R. Meier -- 3.Furans as Offsprings of Sugars and Polysaccharides and Progenitors of an Emblematic Family of Polymer Siblings / Alessandro Gandini -- 4.Selective Conversion of Glycerol into Functional Monomers via Catalytic Processes / Joel Barrault -- 5.Monoterpenes as Polymerization Solvents and Monomers in Polymer Chemistry / Stewart P. Lewis -- 6.Controlled and Living Polymerization in Water: Modern Methods and Application to Bio-Synthetic Hybrid Materials / Todd Emrick -- 7.Towards Sustainable Solution Polymerization: Biodiesel as a Polymerization Solvent / Somaieh Salehpour -- 8.Ring -- Opening Polymerization of Renewable Six-Membered Cyclic Carbonates. Monomer Synthesis and Catalysis / Stephanie J. Wilson -- 9.Poly(lactide)s as Robust Renewable Materials / Andrew P. Dove -- 10.Synthesis of Saccharide-Derived Functional Polymers / Joachim Thiem -- 11.Degradable and Biodegradable Polymers by Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization: From Synthesis to Application / Nicolay V. Tsarevsky -- 12.High-Performance Polymers from Phenolic Biomonomers / Tatsuo Kaneko -- 13.Enzymatic Polymer Synthesis in Green Chemistry / Inge van Tier Meulen -- 14.Green Cationic Polymerizations and Polymer Functionalization for Biotechnology / Mustafa Y. Sen