title: Supercritical CO2: an effective medium for the chemo-enzymatic synthesis of block copolymers?
abstract: In this review, we describe the combination of enzymatic polymerisation and controlled free radical polymerisation in supercritical carbon dioxide. This combination facilitates the preparation of a range of block and graft copolymers, some of which cannot easily be obtained by conventional polymer synthesis. Biocatalysis in polymer science provides significant new opportunities and will open up a very broad range of new polymeric materials.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Villarroya
authors.forename: Kristofer J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Thurecht
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heise
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Howdle
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008049:Lipase / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004800:Enzymes, Immobilized; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D011108:Polymers; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; C093667:Novozyme 435; D008049:Lipase