Enzymes and Polymers
Functional polymers are gaining increasing importance in everyday life, from medical to electronics and automotive areas. However, despite their high potential for specific and covalent polymer functionalisation (without affecting bulk properties), enzymes so far are under-exploited bioresources for this purpose.
This field aims to extend the existing strong cross-disciplinary expertise in biocatalysis to macromolecules and make enzyme / polymer interactions predictable. This knowledge will consequently allow molecular adaptation of enzymes to non-natural polymeric substrate to increase their efficiency. As a additional project for ACIB, this focus “Enzymes for Polymers” is also addressed within the K-project MacroFun
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Key Researcher |
Prof. Dr. Georg Gübitz |
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| Coordination/Contact |
Dr. Enrique Herrero Acero |
