Morphology and Enzymatic Degradation of Solution-Grown Single Crystals of Poly(ethylene succinate)
Morphology and Enzymatic Degradation of Solution-Grown Single Crystals of Poly(ethylene succinate)
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DOI:
10.1021/ma010865c
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发表时间:
2001-09
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影响因子:
5.5
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T. Iwata;Y. Doi;Kei Isono;Y. Yoshida
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作者:
T. Iwata;Y. Doi;Kei Isono;Y. Yoshida
Solution-grown lamellar single crystals of poly(ethylene succinate) (PES) were prepared from a 0.025% solution of monochlorobenzene under an isothermal crystallization condition. Lozenge-shaped lamellar crystals with and without spiral growth were obtained at different crystallization temperature. The crystals produced well-resolved electron diffractograms. Polyethylene decoration of the crystals resulted in a “cross-sector” surface morphology and showed that the average direction of chain-folding is parallel to the crystal growth planes. In some cases, the lamellar crystals showed spiral growths originating from screw dislocations with both left-handed and right-handed forms. Two extracellular poly(hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) depolymerases purified from Alcaligenes faecalis T1 and Pseudomonas stutzeri YM1006 were used for the enzymatic degradation of the PES lamellar crystals. Adsorption of both the extracellular PHB depolymerases onto the crystal surface was observed using immuno-gold labeling technique. The...