THE MORPHOLOGY OF PHENOLIC POLYMERS ENZYMATICALLY SYNTHESIZED IN SURFACTANT MICROSTRUCTURES

被引：20

作者：

KARAYIGITOGLU, CF

KOMMAREDDI, N

GONZALEZ, RD

JOHN, VT

MCPHERSON, GL

AKKARA, JA

KAPLAN, DL

机构：

[1] TULANE UNIV,DEPT CHEM ENGN,NEW ORLEANS,LA 70118

[2] TULANE UNIV,DEPT CHEM,NEW ORLEANS,LA 70118

[3] USA,NATICK RES DEV & ENGN CTR,NATICK,MA 01760

来源：

MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS SENSORS AND SYSTEMS | 1995年 / 2卷 / 03期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

PHENOLIC POLYMERS; MORPHOLOGY; SURFACTANT MICROSTRUCTURES;

D O I：

10.1016/0928-4931(95)00058-5

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

Currently, there is much interest in materials synthesis through biomimetic pathways [1,2]. Biological and biomimetic routes to polymer and particle synthesis lead to materials with novel structural properties that can be replicated with rather high fidelity [3]. We report morphological characteristics of the enzymatic synthesis of phenolic polymers in the microstructured environment of water-in-oil microemulsions or reversed micelles. The enzyme, horseradish peroxidase, is encapsulated in the micelles. The synthesis appears to be an example of interfacial polymerization as the monomer partitions to the micelle oil-water interface. The final polymer has the interesting morphology of interconnected spherical particles. The microstructured environment appears to play an important role in morphology development, and a high surfactant to monomer ratio (>3:1) allows the formation of spherical morphologies.

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页码：165 / 171

页数：7