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Polyol Structure and Ionic Moieties Influence the Hydrolytic Stability and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Bio-Based 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid (FDCA) Copolyesters

Karolina Haernvall,
Sabine Zitzenbacher,
Motonori Yamamoto,
Michael Bernhard Schick,
Doris Ribitsch and
Georg M. Guebitz

Polymers2017, 9(9), 403;https://doi.org/10.3390/polym9090403

30 August 2017

A series of copolyesters based on furanic acid and sulfonated isophthalic acid with various polyols were synthetized and their susceptibility to enzymatic hydrolysis by cutinase 1 from Thermobifida cellulosilytica (Thc_Cut1) investigated. All copolye...

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5 Citations

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13 Pages

Effect of Binding Modules Fused to Cutinase on the Enzymatic Synthesis of Polyesters

Valerio Ferrario,
Anamaria Todea,
Lisa Wolansky,
Nicola Piovesan,
Alice Guarneri,
Doris Ribitsch,
Georg M. Guebitz,
Lucia Gardossi and
Alessandro Pellis

Catalysts2022, 12(3), 303;https://doi.org/10.3390/catal12030303

7 March 2022

In relation to the development of environmentally-friendly processing technologies for the continuously growing market of plastics, enzymes play an important role as green and sustainable biocatalysts. The present study reports the use of heterogeneo...

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Enzymatic Degradation of Star Poly(ε-Caprolactone) with Different Central Units

Catherine J. Blackwell,
Karolina Haernvall,
Georg M. Guebitz,
Michael Groombridge,
Denis Gonzales and
Ezat Khosravi

Polymers2018, 10(11), 1266;https://doi.org/10.3390/polym10111266

14 November 2018

Four-arm star poly(ε-caprolactone) with a central poly(ethylene glycol) PEG unit bridged with 2,2-bis(methyl) propionic acid, (PCL)2-b-PEG-b-(PCL)2, and six-arm star PCL homopolymer with a central dipentaerythritol units were hydrolysed using...

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Biocatalyzed Synthesis of Flavor Esters and Polyesters: A Design of Experiments (DoE) Approach

Filippo Fabbri,
Federico A. Bertolini,
Georg M. Guebitz and
Alessandro Pellis

Int. J. Mol. Sci.2021, 22(16), 8493;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22168493

6 August 2021

In the present work, different hydrolases were adsorbed onto polypropylene beads to investigate their activity both in short-esters and polyesters synthesis. The software MODDE® Pro 13 (Sartorius) was used to develop a full-factorial design of experi...

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Enzymatic Degradation of Poly(ethylene 2,5-furanoate) Powders and Amorphous Films

Simone Weinberger,
Judit Canadell,
Felice Quartinello,
Bahar Yeniad,
Andrea Arias,
Alessandro Pellis and
Georg M. Guebitz

Catalysts2017, 7(11), 318;https://doi.org/10.3390/catal7110318

27 October 2017

Poly(ethylene 2,5-furanoate) (PEF) is arousing great interest as a biobased alternative to plastics like poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) due to its wide range of potential applications, such as food and beverage packaging, clothing, and in the car...

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