The demand for petroleum dependent chemicals and materials has been increasing despite
the dwindling of their fossil resources. As the dead-end of petroleum based industry has …

Poly (ester amide) s have emerged in the last years as an important family of biodegradable
synthetic polymers. These polymers present both ester and amide linkages in their structure …

Functional molecules synthesized by self-assembly between inorganic salts and amino
acids have attracted much attention in recent years. A simple method is reported here for …

Nanosized particles have attractive characteristics, which have received considerable
attention in the last decade. Polymeric nanoparticles (PNP) s are solid particles or …

L-alanine is extensively used in chemical, food, and medicine industries. Industrial
production of L-alanine has been mainly based on the enzymatic process using petroleum …

It is an unquestionable fact that cancer, also called malignancy, has or will soon become the
major global health care problem with an increasing incidence worldwide. Conventional …

Hybrid Polymer Composite Materials: Applications provides a clear understanding of the
present state of-the-art and the growing utility of hybrid polymer composite materials. It …

The use of CO2 as a carbon source in biorefinery is of great interest, but the low solubility of
CO2 in water and the lack of efficient CO2 assimilation pathways are challenges to …

A family of block copolymers with a hydrophobic polyisobutylene segment and another
segment with an alternating sequence of tert-butoxy carbonyl (Boc)-leucine containing …

The applications of amino acid‐based polymers are impeded by their limited structure and
functions. Herein, a small library of methionine‐based polymers (Met‐P) with programmed …