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Biomimetic Polymers

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Charles G. Gebelein

    1. Dept. of Chemistry, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, USA

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Biomimetic Reactions Using Organized Polymeric Supports

    • G. Wulff
    Pages 1-14

  3. Application of Thin-Film Biocatalysts to Organic Synthesis

    • Brent A. Burdick, James R. Schaeffer
    Pages 15-37

  4. Polymeric Biomimetic Catalysts Based on 4-Diallylaminopyridine

    • Lon J. Mathias, Rajeev A. Vaidya, Gustavo Cei
    Pages 39-70

  5. Synthesis of Platinum and Titanium Polyamino Acids

    • Charles E. Carraher Jr., Louis G. Tissinger, Isabel Lopez, Melanie Williams
    Pages 71-80

  6. Zeolites as Inorganic Analogs of Biopolymers

    • Norman Herron
    Pages 81-94

  7. Catalytic Antibodies

    • Donald Hilvert
    Pages 95-113

  8. Generation of Catalytic Activity by Protein Modification

    • Melvin H. Keyes, David E. Albert
    Pages 115-133

  9. Heparin, Heparinoids and Heparin Oligosaccharides: Structure and Biological Activities

    • Robert J. Linhardt, Duraikkannu Loganathan
    Pages 135-173

  10. An Immobilized Protamine System for Removing Heparin in Extracorporeal Blood Circulation

    • Victor C. Yang, Ching-Leou C. Teng
    Pages 175-190

  11. Poly (Vinyl Alcohol)-Polyelectrolyte Blended Membranes-Blood Compatibility and Permeability Properties

    • A. J. Aleyamma, C. P. Sharma
    Pages 191-202

  12. Condensation of Bioactive Compounds into the Membrane Compartment by Conjugation with Synthetic Polypeptides

    • Yukio Imanishi, Shunsaku Kimura
    Pages 203-222

  13. Polyphosphates Mimicing Structures and Functions of Teichoic Acids

    • Stanislaw Penczek, Pawel Klosinski
    Pages 223-241

  14. Polyphosphates Modeling Elements of Nucleic Acids Structure

    • Stanislaw Penczek, Pawel Klosinski
    Pages 243-252

  15. Nucleic Acid Analogs: Their Specific Interaction and Applicability

    • Kiichi Takemoto, Eiko Mochizuki, Takehiko Wada, Yoshiaki Inaki
    Pages 253-267

  16. Potential Medical Applications of Nucleic Acid Analog Polymers

    • Charles G. Gebelein
    Pages 269-275

  17. Growth Rate Increase in Normal Wistar Rats Catalyzed by Insulin

    • Paul W. Wang
    Pages 277-284

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 285-297
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The term biomimetic is comparatively new on the chemical scene, but the concept has been utilized by chemists for many years. Furthermore, the basic idea of making a synthetic material that can imitate the func­ tions of natural materials probably could be traced back into antiquity. From the dawn of creation, people have probably attempted to duplicate or modify the activities of the natural world. (One can even find allusions to these attempts in the Bible; e. g. , Genesis 30. ) The term "mimetic" means to imitate or mimic. The word "mimic" means to copy closely, or to imitate accurately. Biomimetic, which has not yet entered most dictionaries, means to imitate or mimic some specific bio­ logical function. Usually, the objective of biomimetics is to form some useful material without the need of utilizing living systems. In a simi­ lar manner, the term biomimetic polymers means creating synthetic poly­ mers which imitate the activity of natural bioactive polymers. This is a major advance in polymer chemistry because the natural bioactive polymers are the basis of life itself. Thus, biomimetic polymers imitate the life process in many ways. This present volume delineates some of the recent progress being made in this vast field of biomimetic polymers. Chemists have been making biomimetic polymers for more than fifty years, although this term wasn't used in the early investigations.

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  • Dept. of Chemistry, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, USA

    Charles G. Gebelein

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