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EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL
Volume 49, Issue 4, Pages 834-842Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2012.12.010
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Enzyme immobilization; Enzymatic polymerization; Polyamides; Cutinase; CALB
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- Ubbo Emmius Programme of the University of Groningen
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Polyamides, or nylon, are widely used in fiber and engineering plastic materials, due to their good mechanical and thermal properties. Synthesis of oligomers from nylon-4,10, nylon-6,10, and nylon-8,10 were performed via polycondensation of diamines (1,4-butane-diamine, 1,6-hexanediamine, and 1,8-diaminooctane) and diester (diethyl sebacate). These reactions were catalyzed by immobilized cutinase from Fusarium solani pisi on Lewatit beads, cutinase in the form of cross-linked enzyme aggregates (CLEA), or by immobilized Lipase B from Candida antarctica (N435). The highest maximal degree of polymerization (DPmax), up to 16, can be achieved in the synthesis of nylon-8,10 catalyzed by CLEA cutinase in diphenyl ether at 70 degrees C. By performing a reaction at cutinase optimal temperature (70 degrees C), CLEA cutinase in the synthesis of nylons shows good catalytic activity, like N435. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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