Abstract: The micelle contains multiple units, each of which contains a hydrophobic part and a hydrophilic part. A preferred unit is dodecyl benzene sulfonic acid. Borate-containing electrolytes include trifluoroborate, trimethylborate and hydrobis(pyridine)boron. Enzymes include peroxidases such as horseradish peroxidase or lignin peroxidase, and laccase. Monomers include unsubstituted and substituted anilines and unsubstituted and substituted phenols.
A method is provided for enzymatic polymerization which includes (1) obtaining a reaction mixture including a monomer, a template, and an enzyme; and (2) incubating the reaction mixture for a time and under conditions sufficient for the monomer to align along the template and polymerize to form a polymer-template complex. The template can be a micelle, a borate-containing electrolyte, or lignin sulfonate.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 16, 1999
Date of Patent:
May 27, 2003
Assignees:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary
of the Army, University Massachusetts Lowell
Inventors:
Lynne A. Samuelson, Sukant K. Tripathy, Ferdinando Bruno, Ramaswamy Nagarajan, Jayant Kumar, Wei Liu