“Green Polymer Chemistry: Biocatalysis and Biobased Materials"

244th American Chemical Society National Meeting
Philadelphia on August 19 - 23, 2012.

 

Abstract and Preprint Deadline:  March 19, 2012

 
The 6th ACS Symposium on “Green Polymer Chemistry: Polymer Biocatalysis and Biobased Materials” will be held at the Fall 2012 ACS national meeting in Philadelphia, PA (August 19-23, 2012).

 

Green polymer chemistry is a crucial area of research that is related to sustainability, biobased raw materials for new polymeric materials, biocatalysis, and environmentally friendly processes.  The goals of this symposium are to provide updates of the latest developments from active laboratories in the world and to stimulate discussions of the challenges and opportunities of this exciting area.  This symposium will include the following topics that interweave concepts of polymers, materials, and biocatalysis:

 

1.  New biobased materials involving green chemistry and/or biocatalysis
    Novel bioprocesses and biorelated products

    Novel materials from biobased raw materials (polysaccharides, polypeptides, lipids, etc.)

    Silicone bioscience and biomaterials

    Biocatalyzed synthetic and natural polymers
   
2.  New or improved biocatalysts (e.g., enzymes, plant, whole-cell, cell extracts)
    Biocatalyst engineering (enzyme-engineering, metabolic pathway engineering) to prepare monomers and polymers
    Enzyme immobilization and assembly
    Enzyme-polymer bioconjugates

 

3.  Enzymatic, whole cell, plant and cell-extract biotransformations
    Biocatalytic and chemo-enzymatic routes to monomer, macromers and polymers.
    Biocatalyzed grafting and functionalization reactions
    Biocatalyzed hydrolysis, degradation, and remediation

 

4.  Interactions between enzymes and surfaces that influence catalytic properties.
    Enzyme-catalyzed surface modifications
    Fiber bioprocessing (e.g., biopolishing)

 

The organizers kindly invite you to submit oral and/or poster presentations to the symposium. Abstracts and preprints are due on March 19th, 2012 and have to be submitted through the PACS website: http://abstracts.acs.org.  Please send us a short email message if you plan to contribute.  If you have questions or need further information, please feel free to contact one of the organizers.

 

Organizers:

H.N. Cheng

USDA Southern Regional Research Center

1100 Robert E Lee Blvd.

New Orleans, LA 70124

phone: 504-286-4450, email: hncheng100@gmail.com

Richard A. Gross

Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences

Polytechnic Institute of NYU

Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201

phone: 718-260-3024, email: rgross@poly.edu

Patrick B. Smith

Michigan Molecular Institute

1910 West St. Andrews Road

Midland, MI  48640

phone: 989-832-5555, ext. 673, email: smith@mmi.org