Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Micro-organism – tissue cell culture or enzyme using process...
Patent
1991-12-31
1992-09-01
Lilling, Herbert J.
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Micro-organism, tissue cell culture or enzyme using process...
435128, 435156, 435189, 435190, 435191, 435192, 435310, C12P 722, C12P 100, C12N 902, C12N 904
Patent
active
051438283
ABSTRACT:
A method for synthesizing enzyme-catalyzed polymers using the Langmuir-Blodgett technique. In one embodiment, the process comprises spreading one or more enzyme-polymerizable monomers on a water-miscible solvent. The monomers are sufficiently surface active that they align themselves on the air-solvent interface. Next, pressure is applied to the interface to form a monolayer made up of the monomers. An enzyme is then introduced into the solvent, causing polymerization of the monomers in the monolayer. The polymeric monolayers produced by the present method are easier to process and have reduced cross-linking and branching as compared to similar polymers produced in bulk by enzyme-catalyzed reactions.
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Akkara Joseph A.
Bruno Ferdinando F.
Kaplan David L.
Mandal Braja K.
Marx Kenneth A.
Donahue Richard J.
Lilling Herbert J.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
University of Massachusetts Lowell
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