Increased diversification of polyhydroxyalkanoates by modification reactions for industrial and medical applications

B Hazer, A Steinbüchel - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2007 - Springer
A wide range of diverse polyhydroxyalkanoates, PHAs, is currently available due to the low
substrate specificity of PHA synthases and subsequent modifications by chemical reactions …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis and physical properties of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-based block copolymers: A review

J Mai, K Kockler, E Parisi, CM Chan, S Pratt… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are a group of natural polyesters that are synthesised by
microorganisms. In general, their thermoplasticity and (in some forms) their elasticity makes …

Poly (3-hydroxyalkanoate) s: diversification and biomedical applications: a state of the art review

DB Hazer, E Kılıçay, B Hazer - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2012 - Elsevier
Biomaterials have played an important role in the treatment of disease and the improvement
of health care. Synthetic and naturally occurring biodegradable and biocompatible polymers …

Synthesis of poly (3-hydroxy butyrate)-g-poly (ricinoleic acid)-Ag nanocomposite for adsorption of methyl blue with multivariate optimization

R Ullah, M Tuzen, B Hazer, H Wahba… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
A novel material based on Poly (3-hydroxy butyrate)-Polyricinoleic acid-Ag nanocomposite
(PHB-AgPrici) is prepared and used for removing methyl blue (MB) from water. Solid phase …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Properties and chemical modification approaches for their functionalization

ZA Raza, S Riaz, IM Banat - Biotechnology Progress, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) have become an attractive biomaterial in research in the
past few years due to their extensive potential industrial applications. Being long chain …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Chemical modifications toward biomedical applications

D Kai, XJ Loh - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2014 - ACS Publications
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) have attracted great interest in recent years in research due
to their potential wide applicability as biomaterials. However, PHAs are very hydrophobic …

[HTML][HTML] Pilot-scale production of mcl-PHA by Pseudomonas citronellolis using acetic acid as the sole carbon source

M Kacanski, F Stelzer, M Walsh, S Kenny, K O'Connor… - New …, 2023 - Elsevier
Medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (mcl-PHA) are biobased materials with
promising properties for environmentally friendly applications. Due to high production costs …

What has been trending in the research of polyhydroxyalkanoates? A systematic review

M Guzik, T Witko, A Steinbüchel… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Over the past decades, enormous progress has been achieved with regard to research on
environmentally friendly polymers. One of the most prominent families of such biopolymers …

Bioplastics from waste glycerol derived from biodiesel industry

C Zhu, S Chiu, JP Nakas… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are polyesters that can be biologically synthesized by many
microorganisms and engineered plants that have been investigated by microbiologists …

[HTML][HTML] From residues to added-value bacterial biopolymers as nanomaterials for biomedical applications

FG Blanco, N Hernández, V Rivero-Buceta, B Maestro… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bacterial biopolymers are naturally occurring materials comprising a wide range of
molecules with diverse chemical structures that can be produced from renewable sources …