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Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Properties and Modification for High Volume Applications

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Degradable Polymers

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Polyhydroxy alkanoates (PHAs) comprise a group of biodegradable polyesters produced by bacteria. Their primary function is energy storage and they are used as an energy reserve for bacteria, similar to the role of polysaccharides or polyphosphates in living cells. PHAs can be produced by relative simple and efficient procedure based completely on biotechnology utilizing fully renewable resources (see Chapter 8). Variations in this procedure, mainly consisting in changes in the composition of the food supplied to the bacteria, lead to a production of modified PHAs as homo or copolymers, containing different functional groups. The original or modified PHAs seem to be ideal for applications in various short-term plastic products, especially packaging. In spite of their attractive potential, the applications of PHAs are at present marginal, because they possess several serious drawbacks that prevent high volume production and application.

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Chodak, I. (2002). Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Properties and Modification for High Volume Applications. In: Scott, G. (eds) Degradable Polymers. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1217-0_9

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