Polarographic Behavior of Thiolated Natural and Synthetic Polymers

Natural and Synthetic Biomedical Polymers

Depolymerization of natural and synthetic polymers

NEXAFS Spectroscopy and Microscopy of Natural and Synthetic Polymers

Microbial degradation of natural and of new synthetic polymers.

In landfills, deposited waste material is usually faced with strictly anoxic conditions. This means that the design of new biodegradable polymers must take into consideration that degradation should be possible especially in the absence of molecular oxygen. Poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate is depolymerized by the anaerobic fermenting bacterium Ilyobacter delafieldii through an extracellular hydrolase....

Monolayer characteristics and thermal behavior of natural and synthetic phosphatidylserines.

The monolayer properties and thermal behavior of different phosphatidylserines are presented. At neutral pH and 22 degrees C, saturated phosphatidylserines form condensed monolayers while unsaturated phosphatidylserines form liquid-expanded films. Under similar conditions, dimyristoylphosphatidylserine undergoes a transition from the liquid-expanded to the condensed state. At pH 4 and 22 degree...