Preface1. Carmen Scholz and Richard A. Gross: Biopolyesters and BiocatalysisIntroductionPoly(B-hydroxyalkanoates)2. A. Steinbuchel, Ingo Voss, and V. Gorenflo: Interesting Carbon Sources forBiotechnological Production of Biodegradable Polyesters: The Use of Rape SeedOil Methyl Ester (Biodiesel)3. Richard D. Ashby, Daniel K.Y. Solaiman, and Thomas A. Foglia: Biosynthesisand Properties of Medium-Chain-Length Polyhydroxyalkanoates from Pseudomonasresinovorans4. L.J.R. Foster: The Structural Organization of Polyhydroxyalkanoate InclusionBodies5. Tadahisa Iwata, Satoshi Kusaka, and Yoshiharu Doi: Microbial Synthesis,Physical Properties, and Biodegradability of Ultra-High-Molecular-WeightPoly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate]6. San Yup Lee and Jong-il Choi: Plyhdroxyalkanoate Production by RecombinantEscherichia coli: New Genes and New StrainsBiodegradable Polyesters: Synthesis and CharacterizationEnzymatic Synthesis7. David L. Kaplan and Richard A. Gross: Introduction to Enzyme Technology inPolymer Science8. Lori A. Henderson and Richard A. Gross: Lipase-Catalyzed Ring-OpeningPolymerization of w-Pentadecalactone: Kinetic and Mechanistic Investigations9. Hiroshi Yuama, Ryohei Ikeda, Shigeru Yaguchi, and Shiro Kobayashi: EnzymaticPolymerization of Natural Phenol Derivatives and Enzymatic Synthesis ofPolyesters from Vinyl EstersChemical Synthesis10. Xianhai Chen, Yoiuqing Shen, and Richard A. Gross: High-Molecular-Weight[L]-Polylactides Containing Pendant Functional Groups11. Hans R. Kricheldorf, Soo-Ran Lee, Sven Eggerstedt, Dennis Langanke, andKarsten Hauser: Macrocyclic Polymerizations of Lactones: A New Approach toMolecular Engineering12. Nicolas Spassky and Vesna Simic: Polymerization and Copolymerization ofLactides and Lactones Using Some Lanthanide Initiators13. Andrzej Duda and Stanislaw Penczek: Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and Mechanismsof Cyclic Esters PolymerizationPolymer Evaluation14. K. Marcincinova Benabdillah, M. Boustta, J. Coudane, and M. Vert: Can theGlass Transition Temperature of PLA Polymers Be Increased?15. James Runt, Jiang Huang, Melissa S. Lisowski, Eric S. Hall, Robert T. Kean,and J.S. Lin: Solid-State Structure of Poly(lactide) Copolymers16. Georgette L. Siparsky: Degradation Kinetics of Poly(hydroxy) Acids: PLA andPCLBiodegradablilty and Recycling17. Thomas M. Scherer, Mary M. Rothermich, Robin Quinteros, Matthew T. Poch,Robert W. Lenz, and Steve Goodwin: Broad-Based Screening of PolymerBiodegradability18. Joshua A. Wallach and Samuel J. Huang: Methacrylic Group FunctionalizedPoly(lactic acid) Macromonomers from Chemical Recycling of Poly(lactic acid)Biomedical Application of Polyesters19. Cato T. Laurencin, Archel M.A. Ambrosio, Mohamed A. Attawaia, Frank K. Ko,and Mark D. Borden: In Vitro Cellular Adhesion and Proliferation on NovelBioresorbable Matrices for Use in Bone Regeneration Applications20. Hidenori Otsuka, Yukio Nagasaki, and Kazunori Kataok: Novel Aproaches forthe Construction of Functionalized PEG Layer on Surfaces UsingHeterobifunctional PEG-PLA Block Copolymers and Their Micelles21. Carmen Scholz: Poly(B-hydroxyalkanoates) as Potential Biomedical Materials:An OverviewAuthor IndexSubject Index