Bedade, Dattatray K.; Edson, Cody B.; Gross, Richard A. (2021) Emergent approaches to efficient and sustainable polyhydroxyalkanoate production, Molecules 26(11), 3463. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26113463

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Totsingan, Filbert; Liu, Fei; Gross, Richard A. (2021) Structure-​activity relationship assessment of sophorolipid ester derivatives against model bacteria strains, Molecules, 26(10), 3021. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26103021

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Ayinla, Zainab A.; Ademakinwa, Adedeji N.; Gross, Richard A.; Agboola, Femi K. (2021) Biochemical and biophysical characterization of a small purified lipase from Rhizopus oryzae ZAC3.  Biocatalysis and Biotransformation (2021), https://doi-org.libproxy.rpi.edu/10.1080/10242422.2021.1883006

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Lang, Kening; Sanchez-Leija, Regina J.; Gross, Richard A.; Linhardt, Robert J (2020) Review on the impact of polyols on the properties of bio-​based polyesters. Polymers (Basel, Switzerland) (2020), 12(12), 2969.  doi:10.3390/polym12122969

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Sarkar, Amrita; Edson, Cody; Tian, Ding; Fink, Tanner D.; Cianciotti, Katherine; Gross, Richard A.; Bae, Chulsung; Zha, R. Helen (2021) Rapid Synthesis of Silk-Like Polymers Facilitated by Microwave Irradiation and Click Chemistry,  Biomacromolecules (2020), 22(1), 95-105. DOI:10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00563

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Li, Changcun; Xu, Weijian; Lu, Yanbing; Gross, Richard A. (2020) Lipase-Catalyzed Reactive Extrusion: Copolymerization of ε-Caprolactone and ω-Pentadecalactone, Macromolecular Rapid Communications (2020), 41(22), 2000417. DOI:10.1002/marc.202000417

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Lang, Kening; Bhattacharya, Somdatta; Ning, Zhuoyuan; Sanchez-Leija, Regina J.; Bramson, Michael T. K.; Centore, Robert; Corr, David T.; Linhardt, Robert J.; Gross, Richard A. (2020) Enzymatic polymerization of poly(glycerol-1,8-octanediol-sebacate): versatile poly(glycerol sebacate) analogues that form monocomponent biodegradable fiber Scaffolds, Biomacromolecules, 21(8), 3197-3206. DOI:10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00641

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Amason, Anna-Christina; Nowak, James F.; Samuel, Johnson; Gross, Richard A. (2020) Effect of Atomized Delivery of Nutrients on the Growth Characteristics and Microstructure Morphology of Bacterial Cellulose, Biomacromolecules, 21(2), 508-516. DOI:10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01249

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Wang, Xue; Lin, Raymond; Gross, Richard A. (2020) Sophorolipid butyl ester: an antimicrobial stabilizer of essential oil-based emulsions and interactions with chitosan and γ-poly(glutamic acid), ACS Applied Bio Materials, 3(8), 5136-5147. DOI:10.1021/acsabm.0c00592

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Peters, Kyle C.; Mekala, Shekar; Gross, Richard A.; Singer, Kenneth D.(2020) Chiral inversion and enhanced cooperative self-assembly of biosurfactant-functionalized porphyrin chromophores, Journal of Materials Chemistry C: Materials for Optical and Electronic Devices, 8(14), 4675-4679.

DOI:10.1021/acsomega.9b03290.

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Yuan, Dian; Bonab, Vahab Solouki; Patel, Ammar; Yilmaz, Talha; Gross, Richard A.; Manas-Zloczower, Ica, (2020) Design strategy for self-healing epoxy coatings, Coatings, 10(1), 50.

DOI:10.3390/coatings10010050

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Yang, Fan; Totsingan, Filbert; Dolan, Elliott; Khare, Sagar D.; Gross, Richard A. (2020) Protease- Catalyzed L-Aspartate Oligomerization: Substrate Selectivity and Computational Modeling ACS Omega (2020), 5(9), 4403-4414.

Su, An; Kiokekli, Serpil; Naviwala, Mariam; Shirke, Abhijit N.; Pavlidis, Ioannis V.; Gross, Richard A. (2020) Cutinases as stereoselective catalysts: Specific activity and enantioselectivity of cutinases and lipases for menthol and its analogs. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 133, 109467. DOI:10.1016/j.enzmictec.2019.109467

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Li, Changcun; Pan, Shuaijun; Xu, Weijian; Lu, Yanbing; Wang, Peipei; Zhang, Fuming; Gross, Richard Alan (2020) Lipase-catalyzed ring-opening copolymerization of ω-pentadecalactone and δ- valerolactone by reactive extrusion. 22(3), 662-668. DOI:10.1039/c9gc04111g

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Centore, Robert; Totsingan, Filbert; Amason, Anna-Christina; Lyons, Samantha; Zha, R. Helen; Gross, Richard A. (2020) Self-Assembly-Assisted Kinetically Controlled Papain-Catalyzed Formation of mPEG-b-Phe(Leu)x, Biomacromolecules, 21(2), 493-507. DOI:10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01237

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Jimenez-Penalver, Pedro; Koh, Amanda; Gross, Richard; Gea, Teresa; Font, Xavier (2020) Biosurfactants from Waste: Structures and Interfacial Properties of Sophorolipids Produced from a Residual Oil Cake. Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, 23(2), 481-486. DOI:10.1002/jsde.12366

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Xu, Guoqiang; Zha, Jian; Cheng, Hui; Ibrahim, Mohammad H. A.; Yang, Fan; Dalton, Hunter; Cao, Rong; Zhu, Yaxin; Fang, Jiahua; Chi, Kaijun; Zheng, Pu; Zhang, Xiaomei; Shi, Jinsong; Xu, Zhenghong; Gross, Richard A.; Koffas, Mattheos A. G. (2019) “Engineering Corynebacterium glutamicum for the de novo biosynthesis of tailored poly-γ-glutamic acid” Metabolic Engineering 56, 39-49. DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2019.08.011

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Patel, Ammar; Mekala, Shekar; Kravchenko, Oleksandr G.; Yilmaz, Talha; Yuan, Dian; Yue, Liang; Gross, Richard A.; Manas-Zloczower, Ica (2019) “Design and Formulation of a Completely Biobased Epoxy Structural Adhesive” 7(19), 16382-16391. DOI:10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b03489

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Ziemba, Alexis M.; Lane, Keith P.; Balouch, Bailey; D'Amato, Anthony R.; Totsingan, Filbert; Gross, Richard A.; Gilbert, Ryan J. (2019) “Lactonic Sophorolipid Increases Surface Wettability of Poly-L- lactic Acid Electrospun Fibers” ACS Applied Bio Materials. 2(8), 3153-3158. DOI:10.1021/acsabm.9b00268.

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Hollande, Louis; Do Marcolino, Izia; Balaguer, Patrick; Domenek, Sandra; Gross, Richard A.; Allais, Florent (2019) “Preparation of renewable epoxy-amine resins with tunable thermo-mechanical properties, wettability and degradation abilities from lignocellulose- and plant oils-derived components” Frontiers in Chemistry, 7, Article 159. DOI:10.3389/fchem.2019.00159

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Michael McMaster, Fei Liu, William Christopherson, Richard A. Gross, and Kenneth Singer (2019) Switchable Liquid Crystal Composite Windows Using Bacterial Cellulose (BC) Mat Substrates. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 1(4), 636-640. DOI:10.1021/acsapm.9b00007

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Jing Hu, Connor Sanders, Shekar Mekala, Tzu-Yin Chen, Michael F. Cunningham, and Richard A. Gross (2019) A Zwitterionic Polymerizable Surfactant from ω-Hydroxyl Tetradecanoic Acid Provides Stimuli Responsive Behavior. Macromolecules, 52(4), 1517-1525. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.8b02541

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Liang Yue, Fei Liu, Mekala Shekar, Ammar Patel, Richard Gross and Ica Manas-Zloczower (2019) High performance biobased epoxy nanocomposite reinforced with bacterial cellulose nanofiber network ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(6), 5986-5992. DOI:10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b06073

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Kyle C. Peters, Shekar Mekala, Richard A. Gross, and Kenneth D. Singer (2019) Cooperative self- assembly and helical growth of a biosurfactant-functionalized porphyrin chromophore. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2(4), 1703-1713. DOI:10.1021/acsabm.9b00086

Diaz-Rodriguez, Patricia; Chen, Hongyu; Erndt-Marino, Joshua; Liu, Fei; Totsingan, Filbert ; Gross, Richard; Hahn, Mariah (2019) “Impact of Select Sophorolipid Derivatives on Macrophage Polarization and Viability" ACS Applied Bio Materials. 2(1), 601-612.

DOI:10.1021/acsabm.8b00799

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Arabiyat, Ahmad S.; Diaz-Rodriguez, Patricia; Erndt-Marino, Josh D.; Totsingan, Filbert; Mekala, Shekar; Gross, Richard A.; Hahn, Mariah S. (2019) Effect of Poly(Sophorolipid) Functionalization on Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Osteogenesis and Immunomodulation. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2(1), 118-126. DOI:10.1021/acsabm.8b00434

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Kim, So Young; Zhang, Fuming; Gong, Wanghua; Chen, Keqiang; Xia, Kai; Liu, Fei; Gross, Richard; Wang, Ji Ming; Linhardt, Robert J.; Cotten, Myriam L. (2018) Copper regulates the interactions of antimicrobial piscidin peptides from fish mast cells with formyl peptide receptors and heparin. Journal of Biological Chemistry 293(40), 15381-15396. DOI:10.1074/jbc.ra118.001904

 

Jones, J. Andrew; Vernacchio, Victoria R.; Collins, Shannon M.; Shirke, Abhijit N.; Xiu, Yu.;

Englaender, Jacob A.; Cress, Brady F.; McCutcheon, Catherine C.; Linhardt, Robert J.; Gross, Richard A.; Koffas, Mattheos A. G. (2018) Complete biosynthesis of anthocyanins using E. coli polycultures. mBio, 8(3), e00621-17/1-e00621-17/9. DOI:10.1128/mbio.00621-17

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Liu, Fei; McMaster, Michael; Mekala, Shekar; Singer, Kenneth; Gross, Richard A. (2018) Grown Ultrathin Bacterial Cellulose Mats for Optical Applications, Biomacromolecules 19(12), 4576-4584. DOI:10.1021/acs.biomac.8b01269.

 

Mekala, Shekar; Peters, Kyle C.; Singer, Kenneth; Gross, Richard (2018) Biosurfactant-functionalized porphyrin chromophore that forms J-aggregates, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, (2018), 16(39), 7178-7190. DOI:10.1021/acs.biomac.8b01269

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Su, An; Tyrikos-Ergas, Theodore; Shirke, Abhijit N.; Zou, Yi; Dooley, Abigail L.; Pavlidis, Ioannis V.; Gross, Richard A. (2018) Revealing Cutinases' Capabilities as Enantioselective Catalysts, ACS Catalysis, 8(9), 7944-7951. DOI:10.1021/acscatal.8b02099

Su, An; Shirke, Abhijit; Baik, Joshua; Zou, Yi; Gross, Richard (2018) Immobilized cutinases: Preparation, solvent tolerance and thermal stability, Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 116, 33-40. DOI:10.1016/j.enzmictec.2018.05.010.

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McMaster, Michael S.; Yilmaz, Talha E.; Patel, Ammar; Maiorana, Anthony; Manas-Zloczower, Ica; Gross, Richard; Singer, Kenneth D. (2018) Dielectric Properties of Bio-Based Diphenolate Ester Epoxies ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(16), 13924-13930. DOI:10.1021/acsami.7b19085

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Ziemba, Alexis M.; Lane, Keith P.; San Segundo, Ignacio M.; DAmato, Anthony R.; Mason, Andrew K.; Sexton, Ryan J.; Casajus, Hubert; Gross, Richard A.; Corr, David T.; Gilbert, Ryan J. (2018) Poly-L- lactic acid-co-poly(pentadecalactone) Electrospun Fibers Result in Greater Neurite Outgrowth of Chick Dorsal Root Ganglia in Vitro Compared to Poly-L-lactic Acid Fibers ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 4(5), 1491-1497. DOI:10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b00013

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Shirke, Abhijit N.; White, Christine; Englaender, Jacob A.; Zwarycz, Allison; Butterfoss, Glenn L.; Linhardt, Robert J.; Gross, Richard A. (2018) Stabilizing Leaf and Branch Compost Cutinase (LCC) with Glycosylation: Mechanism and Effect on PET Hydrolysis. Biochemistry (2018), 57(7), 1190- 1200. DOI:10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01189

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Yue, Liang; Maiorana, Anthony; Khelifa, Farid; Patel, Ammar; Raquez, Jean-Marie; Bonnaud, Leila; Gross, Richard; Dubois, Philippe; Manas-Zloczower, Ica (2018) Surface-modified cellulose nanocrystals for biobased epoxy nanocomposites Polymer, 134, 155-162.

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He, Wenqin; Zhu, Yuanyuan; Shirke, Abhijeet; Sun, Xiaojun; Liu, Jian;.; Koffas, Mattheos A. G.; Linhardt, Robert J.; Li, Ming (2017) Expression of chondroitin-4-O-sulfotransferase in Escherichia coli and Pichia pastoris Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 101(18), 6919-6928.

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Englaender, Jacob A.; Zhu, Yuanyuan; Shirke, Abhijit N.; Lin, Lei; Liu, Xinyue; Zhang, Fuming; Gross, Richard A.; Koffas, Mattheos A. G.; Linhardt, Robert J. (2017) Expression and secretion of glycosylated heparin biosynthetic enzymes using Komagataella pastoris Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 101(7), 2843-2851.

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Jimenez-Penalver, Pedro; Castillejos, Marta; Koh, Amanda; Gross, Richard; Sanchez, Antoni; Font, Xavier; Gea, Teresa (2018) Production and characterization of sophorolipids from stearic acid by solid-state fermentation, a cleaner alternative to chemical surfactants Journal of Cleaner Production 172, 2735-2747.  DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.138

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Koh, Amanda; Todd, Katherine; Sherbourne, Ezekiel; Gross, Richard A. (2017) Fundamental Characterization of the Micellar Self-Assembly of Sophorolipid Esters Langmuir, 33(23), 5760-5768. DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00480

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Shirke, Abhijit N.; Butterfoss, Glenn L.; Saikia, Rakhi; Basu, Aditya; de Maria, Leonardo; Svendsen, Allan; Gross, Richard A. (2017) Engineered Humicola insolens cutinase for efficient cellulose acetate deacetylation Biotechnology Journal 12(8), n/a. DOI:10.1002/biot.201700188

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Totsingan, Filbert; Centore, Robert; Gross, Richard A (2017) CAL-B Catalyzed Regioselective Bulk Polymerization of L-Aspartic Acid Diethyl Ester to α-linked Polypeptides Chemical Communications, 53, 4030-4033 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC01300K

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Yue, Liang; Maiorana, Anthony; Patel, Ammar; Gross, Richard; Manas-Zloczower, Ica (2017) A sustainable alternative to current epoxy resin matrices for vacuum infusion molding Composites, Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing 100, 269-274. DOI:10.1016/j.compositesa.2

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Shirke, Abhijit N.; Su, An; Jones, J. Andrew; Butterfoss, Glenn L.; Koffas, Mattheos A. G.; Kim, Jin Ryoun; Gross, Richard A. (2017) Comparative thermal inactivation analysis of Aspergillus oryzae and Thiellavia terrestris cutinase: Role of glycosylation, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 114(1), 63-73.

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Ziemba, Alexis M.; Gottipati, Manoj K.; Totsingan, Filbert; Hanes, Cheryl M.; Gross, Richard A.; Lennartz, Michelle R.; Gilbert, Ryan J. (2017) Sophorolipid Butyl Ester Diacetate Does Not Affect Macrophage Polarization but Enhances Astrocytic Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Expression at Micromolar Concentrations in Vitro ACS Chemical Neuroscience, ACS Chem. Neurosci., 2017, 8 (4), pp 752–758. DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.6b00451.

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Dawson, Nathan J.; Spinella, Stephen; Peters, Kyle C.; Maiorana, Anthony; Qian, Qian; Hepworth, Victoria; Gross, Richard A.; and Singer, Kenneth D. (2017) Optical interactions of silver nanoparticle decorated cellulose nanocrystals created from a one-pot reduction method J. Appl Phys, 121(9), 095502-1. 10.1063/1.4977872

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Shirke, Abhijit N.; Su, An; Jones, J. Andrew; Butterfoss, Glenn L.; Koffas, Mattheos A. G.; Kim, Jin Ryoun; Gross, Richard A. (2017) Comparative thermal inactivation analysis of Aspergillus oryzae and Thiellavia terrestris cutinase: Role of glycosylation, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 114(1), 63-73.

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Varghai, Daniel; Maiorana, Anthony; Meng, Qingkai; Gross, Richard A.; Manas-Zloczower, Ica (2016) Sustainable, electrically-conductive bioepoxy nanocomposites Polymer, 107:292-301.

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Patel, Ammar; Maiorana, Anthony; Yue, Liang; Gross, Richard A.; Manas-Zloczower, Ica (2016), “Curing Kinetics of Biobased Epoxies for Tailored Applications” Macromolecules 49(15): 5315- 5324.

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Fiorani, Andrea; Totsingan, Filbert; Pollicino, Antonio; Peng, Yifeng; Focarete, Maria Letizia; Gross, Richard A.; Scandola, Mariastella (2017), “Peptide Modified Electrospun Glycopolymer Fibers” Macromolecular Bioscience 17(3) 10.1002/mabi.201600327

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Koh, Amanda; Gross, Richard (2016) “A versatile family of sophorolipid esters: Engineering surfactant structure for stabilization of lemon oil-water interfaces” Colloids and Surfaces, A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 507, 152-163

Koh, Amanda; Gross, Richard (2016) “Molecular editing of sophorolipids by esterification of lipid moieties: Effects on interfacial properties at paraffin and synthetic crude oil-water interfaces” Colloids and Surfaces, A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 507, 170-181.

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Koh, Amanda; Linhardt, Robert J.; Gross, Richard (2016) “Effect of Sophorolipid n-Alkyl Ester Chain Length on Its Interfacial Properties at the Almond Oil-Water Interface” Langmuir, 32(22), 5562- 5572.

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Shirke, Abhijit N.; Basore, Danielle; Holton, Samantha; Su, An; Baugh, Evan; (2016) Butterfoss, Glenn L.; Makhatadze, George; Bystroff, Christopher; Gross, Richard A. Influence of surface charge, binding site residues and glycosylation on Thielavia terrestris cutinase biochemical characteristics Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 100(10), 4435-4446. DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-7254-1

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Shirke Abhijit N; Gross Richard A; Basore Danielle; Bystroff Christopher; Gross Richard A; Basore Danielle; Bystroff Christopher; Butterfoss Glenn L; Bonneau Richard; Bystroff Christopher (2016) Toward rational thermostabilization of Aspergillus oryzae cutinase: Insights into catalytic and structural stability Proteins, 84(1), 60-72.

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Maiorana, Anthony; Subramaniam, Bhagyashree; Centore, Robert; Han, Xiaorui; Linhardt, Robert J.; Gross, Richard A. (2016) “Synthesis and Characterization of an adipic acid-derived epoxy resin” Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry 54(16), 2625-2631.

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Maiorana, Anthony; Reano, Armando F.; Centore, Robert; Grimaldi, Marina; Balaguer, Patrick; Allais, Florent; Gross, Richard A. (2016) “Structure property relationships of biobased n-alkyl bisferulate epoxy resins” Green Chemistry 18(18), 4961-4973.

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Zhang, Xing; Khalidi, Omar; Kim, So Young; Wang, Ruitong; Schultz, Victor; Cress, Brady F.; Gross, Richard A.; Koffas, Mattheos A. G.; Linhardt, Robert J. (2016) “Synthesis and biological evaluation of 5,7-dihydroxyflavanone derivatives as antimicrobial agents” Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 26(13), 3089-3092.

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Eksik, Osman; Maiorana, Anthony; Spinella, Stephen; Krishnamurthy, Ajay; Weiss, Sierra; Gross, Richard A.; Koratkar, Nikhil (2016) Nanocomposites of a Cashew Nut Shell Derived Epoxy Resin and Graphene Platelets: From Flexible to Tough ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 4(3), 1715-1721.

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Spinella, Stephen; Samuel, Cedric; Raquez, Jean-Marie; McCallum, Scott A.; Gross, Richard; Dubois, Philippe (2016) Green and Efficient Synthesis of Dispersible Cellulose Nanocrystals in Biobased Polyesters for Engineering Applications ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 4(5), 2517- 2527

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Maiorana, Anthony; Yue, Liang; Manas-Zloczower, Ica; Gross, Richard (2016) Structure-property relationships of a bio-based reactive diluent in a bio-based epoxy resin Journal of Applied Polymer Science 133(45) 1097-4628 DOI: 10.1002/app.43635

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Englaender, Jacob A.; Zhu, Yuanyuan; Shirke, Abhijit N.; Lin, Lei; Liu, Xinyue; Zhang, Fuming; Gross, Richard A.; Koffas, Mattheos A. G.; Linhardt, Robert J. (2016) Expression and secretion of glycosylated heparin biosynthetic enzymes using Komagataella pastoris, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Ahead of Print

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Spinella, Stephen; Maiorana, Anthony; Qian, Qian; Dawson, Nathan J.; Hepworth, Victoria; McCallum, Scott A.; Ganesh, Manoj; Singer, Kenneth D.; Gross, Richard A. (2016) Concurrent Cellulose Hydrolysis and Esterification to Prepare a Surface-Modified Cellulose Nanocrystal Decorated with Carboxylic Acid Moieties ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 4(3), 1538-1550.

DOI:10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b01489

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Spinella, Stephen; Ganesh, Manoj; Lo Re, Giada; Zhang, S.; Raquez, Jean-Marie; Dubois,

Philippe; Gross, Richard A “Enzymatic reactive extrusion: moving towards continuous enzyme- catalyzed polyester polymerization and processing, Green Chemistry 17(8), 4146-4150. (2015)

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Spinella, Stephen; Lo Re, Giada; Liu, Bo; Dorgan, John; Habibi, Youssef; Leclère, Philippe; Raquez, Jean-Marie; Dubois, Philippe; Gross, Richard A “Polylactide/cellulose nanocrystal nanocomposites: Efficient routes for nanofiber modification and effects of nanofiber chemistry on PLA Reinforcement” Polymer (2015) 65: 9-17.

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Spinella, Stephen; Cai, Jiali; Samuel, Cedric; Zhu, Jianhui; McCallum, Scott A.; Habibi, Youssef; Raquez, Jean-Marie; Dubois, Philippe; Gross, Richard A. “Polylactide/poly(ω- hydroxytetradecanoic acid) reactive blending: a green renewable approach to improving polylactide properties” Biomacromolecules (2015) 16(6), 1818-1826.

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Maiorana, Anthony; Ren, Liyun; Lo Re, Giada; Spinella, Stephen, Ryu, Chang Y.; Dubois, Philippe, Gross, Richard A. (2015) Bio-based epoxy resin toughening with cashew nutshell liquid-derived resin. Green Materials 3(3), 80-92. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jgrma.15.00019

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Todd, Richard; Tempelaar, Sarah; Lo Re, Giada; Spinella, Stephen; McCallum, Scott A.; Gross, Richard A.; Raquez, Jean-Marie; Dubois, Philippe Poly(ω-pentadecalactone)-b-poly(L-lactide) Block Copolymers via Organic-Catalyzed Ring Opening Polymerization and Potential Applications ACS Macro Letters (2015), 4(4), 408-41

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Maiorana, Anthony; Spinella, Stephen M.; Gross, Richard A. Bio-Based Alternative to the Diglycidyl Ether of Bisphenol A with Controlled Materials Properties, Biomacromolecules (2015), 1021-1031.

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Peng, Yifeng; Totsingan, Filbert; Meier, Michael A. R.; Steinmann, Mark, Wurm, Frederik; Kho, Amanda; Gross, Richard A. “Sophorolipids: Expanding structural diversity by ring-opening cross- metathesis” European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology (2015) 117(2), 217-228.

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Mao, Zhantong; Ganesh, Manoj; Bucaro, Michael; Smolianski, Igor; Gross, Richard A.; Lyons, Alan M. “High Throughput, High Resolution Enzymatic Lithography Process: Effect of Crystallite Size, Moisture, and Enzyme Concentration” Biomacromolecules 15(12), 4627-4636 (2014).

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Peng, Yifeng; Munoz-Pinto, Dany J.; Chen, Mingtao; Decatur, John; Hahn, Mariah; Gross, Richard A. “Poly(sophorolipid) Structural Variation: Effects on Biomaterial Physical and Biological Properties” Biomacromolecules 15(11), 4214-4227 (2014).

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Clarson, Stephen J.; Gross, Richard A.; Patwardhan, Siddharth V.; Poojari, Yadagiri Advances in Silicon Science (2014), Issue: Bio-Inspired Silicon-Based Materials, 5:63-72.

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Li, Geng; Wu, Jun; Qin, Xu; Zhu, Jianhui; Viswanathan, Kodandaraman; Dong, He; Somasundaran, P.; Gross, Richard A. “Chemo-enzymatic Routes to Lipopeptides and Their Colloidal Properties” Langmuir, 30(23), 6889-6896 (2014).

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Hu, Jing; Jin, Zhennan; Chen, Tzu-Yin; Polley, Jennifer D.; Cunningham, Michael F.; Gross, Richard A. “Anionic Polymerizable Surfactants from Biobased ω-Hydroxy Fatty Acids” Macromolecules 47(1), 113-120 (2014).

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Ganesh, Manoj; Nachman, Jonathan; Mao, Zhantong; Lyons, Alan; Rafailovich, Miriam; Gross, Richard

“Patterned Enzymatic Degradation of Poly(ε-caprolactone) by High-Affinity Microcontact Printing and Polymer Pen Lithography” Biomacromolecules 14(8), 2470-2476 (2013).​

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Xie, Wenchun; Qin, Xu; Teraoka, Iwao; Gross, Richard A. “Comparison of retention behavior of oligolysine and oligoarginine in ion-pairing chromatography using heptafluorobutyric acid” Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 405(30), 9739-9746 (2013).

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Orski, Sara V.; Kundu, Santanu; Gross, Richard; Beers, Kathryn L. “Design and Implementation of Two- Dimensional Polymer Adsorption Models: Evaluating the Stability of Candida Antarctica Lipase B/Solid- Support Interfaces by QCM-D” Biomacromolecules 14(2), 377-386 (2013).

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Xie, Wenchun; Teraoka, Iwao; Gross, Richard A. “Reversed phase ion-pairing chromatography of an oligolysine mixture in different mobile phases: Effort of searching critical chromatography conditions” Journal of Chromatography A 1304, 127-132 (2013).

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Celli, Annamaria; Marchese, Paola; Sullalti, Simone; Cai, Jiali; Gross, Richard A. “Aliphatic/aromatic copolyesters containing biobased ω-hydroxyfatty acids: Synthesis and structure-property relationships” Polymer, 54(15), 3774-3783 (2013).

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Peng, Yifeng; Decatur, John; Meier, Michael A. R. and Gross, Richard A. “Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization of a Naturally Derived Macrocyclic Glycolipid, Macromolecules, 46(9), 3293-3300 (2013).

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Qin, Xu; Wenchun, Xie; Tian, Sai; Yuan, Han; Yu, Zheng; Butterfoss, Glenn L.; Khuong, Anne C.; Gross, Richard A. “Enzyme-Triggered Hydrogelation via Self-Assembly of Alternating Peptides”, Chem. Commun., 49(42), 4839 – 4841 (2013).

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Zhang, Yu-Rong; Spinella, Stephen; Xie, Wenchun; Cai, Jiali; Yang, Yixin; Wang, Yu-Zhong; Gross, Richard A. “Polymeric triglyceride analogs prepared by enzyme-catalyzed condensation polymerization” European Polymer Journal, 49(4), 793-803 (2013).

Zhu, Jianhui; Cai, Jiali; Xie, Wenchun; Chen, Pin-Hsuan; Gazzano, Massimo; Scandola, Mariastella; Gross, Richard A. “Poly(butylene 2,5-furan dicarboxylate), a Biobased Alternative to PBT: Synthesis, Physical Properties, and Crystal Structure” Macromolecules 46(3), 796-804 (2013).

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Qin, Xu; Khuong, Anne C.; Yu, Zheng; Du, Wenzhe; Decatur, John; Gross, Richard A. “Simplifying alternating peptide synthesis by protease-catalyzed dipeptide oligomerization” Chemical Communications 49(4), 385-387 (2013).

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Bhangale, Atul S.; Beers, Kathryn L.; Gross, Richard A.; “Enzyme-catalyzed polymerizations of end- functionalized polymers in a microreactor” Macromolecules 45:7000−7008 (2012)

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Ganesh, Manoj; Gross, Richard A. Enzymatic biomaterial degradation: Flow conditions & relative humidity, Polymer, 53:3454-3461 (2012)

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Viswanathan, Kodandaraman; Schofield, Mark H.; Teraoka, Iwao; Gross, Richard A. Surprising metal binding properties of phytochelatin-like peptides prepared by protease-catalysis, Green Chemistry, 14, 1020–1029 (2012).

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Baker, Peter James; Poultney, Christopher; Liu, Zhiqiang; Gross, Richard; Montclare, Jin Kim Identification and comparison of cutinases for synthetic polyester degradation, Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 93:229–240 (2012).

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Hunley, Matthew T.; Bhangale, Atul S.; Kundu, Santanu; Johnson, Peter M.; Waters, Michael S.; Gross, Richard A.; Beers, Kathryn L. In situ monitoring of enzyme-catalyzed (co)polymerizations by Raman spectroscopy Polymer Chemistry, 3(2), 314-318 (2012).

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Liu, Chen; Liu, Fei; Cai, Jiali; Xie, Wenchun; Long, Timothy E.; Turner, S. Richard; Lyons, Alan; Gross, Richard A. Polymers from Fatty Acids: Poly(ω-hydroxyl tetradecanoic acid) Synthesis and Physico- Mechanical Studies Biomacromolecules, 12(9), 3291-3298 (2011).

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Qin, Xu; Xie, Wenchun; Su, Qi; Du, Wenzhe; Gross, Richard A. Protease-catalyzed oligomerization of L- lysine ethyl ester in aqueous solution, ACS Catalysis, 1(9), 1022-1034 (2011).

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Liu, Jie; Jiang, Zhaozhong; Zhang, Shengmin; Liu, Chen; Gross, Richard A.; Kyriakides, Themis R.; Saltzman, W. Mark, Biodegradation, biocompatibility, and drug delivery in poly(ω- pentadecalactone-co-p-dioxanone) copolyesters Biomaterials, 32(27), 6646-6654 (2011).

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Xie, Wenchun; Qin, Xu; Teraoka, Iwao; Gross, Richard A. Cooperative effect in ion pairing of oligolysine with heptafluorobutyric acid in reversed-phase chromatography Journal of Chromatography A, 1218, 7765–7770 (2011)

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Cai, Jiali; Hsiao, Benjamin S.; Gross, Richard A. Real-Time Structure Changes during Uniaxial Stretching of Poly(ω-pentadecalactone) by in Situ Synchrotron WAXD/SAXS Techniques Macromolecules , 44(10), 3874-3883 (2011) .

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Kundu, Santanu; Bhangale, Atul S.; Wallace, William E.; Flynn, Kathleen M.; Guttman, Charles M.; Gross, Richard A.; Beers, Kathryn L. “Continuous Flow Enzyme-Catalyzed Polymerization in a Microreactor” Journal of the American Chemical Society 133(15), 6006-6011 (2011)

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Yang, Yixin; Lu, Wenhua; Cai, Jiali; Hou, Yu; Ouyang, Suyang; Xie, Wenchun; Gross, Richard A. “Poly(oleic diacid-co-glycerol): comparison of polymer structure resulting from chemical and lipase catalysis” Macromolecules, 44(7), 1977-1985 (2011).

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Liu, Chen; Jiang, Zhao-Zhong; Decatur, John; Xie, Wen-Chun; Gross, Richard A.

“Chain Growth and Branch Structure Formation during Lipase-Catalyzed Synthesis of Aliphatic Polycarbonate Polyols” Macromolecules 44(6), 1471-1479 (2011) .

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Juais, Danielle; Naves, Alliny F.; Li, Chong; Gross, Richard A.; Catalani, Luiz H “Isosorbide Polyesters from Enzymatic Catalysis” Macromolecules, 43(24), 10315-10319 (2010) .

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Lu, Wen-Hua; Ness, Jon E.; Xie, Wen-Chun; Zhang, Xiao-Yan; Minshull, Jeremy; Gross, Richard A. “Biosynthesis of Monomers for Plastics from Renewable Oils” Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132(43), 15451-15455 (2010).

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Gualandi, Chiara; White, Lisa J.; Chen, Liu; Gross, Richard A.; Shakesheff, Kevin M.; Howdle, Steven M.; Scandola, Mariastella “Scaffold for tissue engineering fabricated by non-isothermal supercritical carbon dioxide foaming of a highly crystalline polyester” Acta Biomaterialia, 6(1), 130-136 (2010).

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Focarete, Maria Letizia; Gualandi, Chiara; Scandola, Mariastella; Govoni, Marco; Giordano, Emanuele; Foroni, Laura; Valente, Sabrina; Pasquinelli, Gianandrea; Gao, Wei; Gross, Richard A. “Electrospun scaffolds of a polyhydroxyalkanoate consisting of ω-hydroxylpentadecanoate repeat units: fabrication and in vitro biocompatibility studies” Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition, 21(10), 1283-1296 (2010).

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Viswanathan, Kodandaraman; Omorebokhae, Ruth; Li, Geng; Gross, Richard A. “Protease-Catalyzed Oligomerization of Hydrophobic Amino Acid Ethyl Esters in Homogeneous Reaction Media Using L-Phenylalanine as a Model System” Biomacromolecules, 11(8), 2152-2160 (2010).

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Gross, Richard A.; Ganesh, Manoj; Lu, Wenhua “Enzyme-catalysis breathes new life into polyester condensation polymerizations” Trends in Biotechnology, 28(8), 435-443 (2010).

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Viswanathan, Kodandaraman; Li, Geng; Gross, Richard A. “Protease catalyzed in situ C-terminal modification of oligoglutamate” Macromolecules, 43(12), 5245-5255(2010).

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Cai, Jiali; Liu, Chen; Cai, Minmin; Zhu, Jie; Zuo, Feng; Hsiao, Benjamin S.; Gross, Richard A. “Effects of molecular weight on poly(ω-pentadecalactone) mechanical and thermal properties” Polymer , 51(5), 1088-1099 (2010) .

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Feder, David; Gross, Richard A. “Exploring Chain Length Selectivity in HIC-Catalyzed Polycondensation Reactions” Biomacromolecules, 11(3), 690-697 (2010).

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Yang, Yi-Xin; Lu, Wen-Hua; Zhang, Xiao-Yan; Xie, Wen-Chun; Cai, Min-Min; Gross, Richard A. “Two-Step Biocatalytic Route to Biobased Functional Polyesters from ω-Carboxy Fatty Acids and Diols” Biomacromolecules, 11(1), 259-268 (2010).

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Liu, Z.; Gosser, Y.; Baker, P.J.; Ravee, Y.; Lu, Z.; Alemu, G.; Li, H.; Butterfoss, G.L. Kong, X.-P. Gross, R.A.; Montclare, J.K. “Structural and Functional Studies of Aspergillus oryzae Cutinase: Enhanced Thermostability and Hydrolytic Activity of Synthetic Ester and Polyester Degradation” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131 (43), pp 15711–15716 (2009)

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Ganesh, M.; Dave, R.N.; L’Amoreaux, W.; Gross, R.A. “Embedded Enzymatic Biomaterial Degradation”

Macromolecules, 42 (18), pp 6836–6839 (2009).

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Ronkvist, A.M.; Lu, W.; Feder, D.; Gross, R.A. “Cutinase-Catalyzed Deacetylation of Poly(vinyl acetate)” Macromolecules, 2009, 42 (16),  6086–6097 (2009)

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Poojari, Y.; Palsule, A.S.; Clarson, S.J.; Gross, R.A. “Immobilization and Activity of Pepsin in Silicone Elastomers” Silicon, 1, 37-45 (2009)

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Cai J.L., Hsiao B.S., Gross R.A.; “Polypentadecalactone prepared by lipase catalysis: crystallization kinetics and morphology” Polymer International 58(8): 944-953 ( 2009).

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Ronkvist, A.M.; Xie, W.; Lu, W.; Gross, R.A. “Cutinase-Catalyzed Hydrolysis of Poly(ethylene terephthalate)” Macromolecules, 2009, 42 (14), pp 5128–5138. 10.1021/ma9005318.

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Gao W, Liu X.M., Gross R.A. “ Determination of molar mass and solution properties of cationic hydroxyethyl cellulose derivatives by multi-angle laser light scattering with simultaneous refractive index detection” Polymer International 58(10): 1115-1119 (2009)

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Sleiman J.N., Kohlhoff S.A., Roblin P.A., Wallner S., Gross R., Hammerschlag M.R., Bluth M.H. “Sophorolipids as Antimicrobials” Ann. Clin. Lab Sci (2009).

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Chen, B., Pernodet, N., Rafailovich, M.H., Bakhtina, A. and Gross, R.A. Protein immobilization on epoxy-activated thin polymer films: Effect of surface wettability and enzyme loading Langmuir 24 (23): 13457-13464(2008).

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Poojari, Y., Palsule, A.S., Cai, M., Clarson, S.J. and Gross, R.A. Synthesis of organosiloxane copolymers using enzymatic polyesterification. European Polymer Journal 44(12): 4139-4145 (2008).

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Zini, E., Gazzano, M., Scandola, M., Wallner, S.R. and Gross, R. A. Glycolipid biomaterials: Solid-state properties of a poly(sophorolipid). Macromolecules 42(20): 7463-7468 (2008).

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Li, G., Raman, V.K., Xie, W.C. and Gross R.A. Protease-catalyzed co-oligomerizations of L-leucine ethyl ester with L-glutamic acid diethyl ester: Sequence and chain length distributions. Macromolecules 41 (19): 7003-7012 (2008).

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Zini, E., Scandola, M., Jiang, Z.Z., Liu, C. and Gross RA, Aliphatic polyester carbonate copolymers: Enzymatic synthesis and solid-state characterization. Macromolecules 41 (13): 4681-4687(2008).

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Fu, S.L., Wallner, S.R., Bowne, W.B., Hagler, M.D., Zenilman, M.E., Gross, R.A. and Bluth, M.H. Sophorolipids and their derivatives are lethal against human pancreatic cancer cells. Journal of Surgical Research 148 (1): 77-82 (2008).

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Hunsen, M., Abul, A., Xie, W.C. and Gross, R.A. Humicola insolens cutinase-catalyzed lactone ring- opening polymerizations: kinetic and mechanistic studies BioMacromolecules 9(2): 518-522 (2008).

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Chen, B., Hu, J., Miller, E.M., Xie, W.H., Cai, M.M. and Gross, R.A. Candida antarctica lipase B chemically immobilized on epoxy-activated micro- and nanobeads: Catalysts for polyester synthesis. Biomacromolecules 9: 463-471(2008).

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Jiang, Z.Z., Liu, C., and Gross, R.A. Lipase-catalyzed synthesis of aliphatic poly(carbonate-co-esters). Macromolecules 41 (13): 4671-4680 (2008).

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Bluth, M.H., Fu, S.L., Fu, A., Stanek, A., Smith-Norowitz, T.A., Wallner, S.R., Gross, R.A., Nowakowski, M. and Zenilman, M.E. Sophorolipids decrease asthma severity and ova-specific IgE production in a mouse asthma model. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 121 (2): Pages: S2-S2, Supplement: Suppl. 1, Meeting Abstract: 6 (FEB 2008)

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Dodds, D. R. and Gross, R. A. Chemicals from biomass. Science 318 (5854): 1250-1251 (2007).

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Sharma, B., Azim, A., Azim, H. and Gross, R. A. Enzymatic synthesis and solid-state properties of aliphatic polyesteramides with polydimethylsiloxane blocks. Macromolecules 40(22): 7919- 7927(2007).

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Jiang, Z. Z., Liu, C., Xie, W. C. and Gross, R. A. Controlled lipase-catalyzed synthesis of poly(hexamethylene carbonate). Macromolecules 40 (22): 7934-7943 (2007).

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Hardin, R., Pierre, J., Schulze, R., Mueller, C. M., Fu, S. L., Wallner, S. R., Stanek, A., Shah, V.,

Gross, R. A., Weedon, J., Nowakowski, M., Zenilman, M. E. and Bluth, M. H. Sophorolipids improve sepsis survival: Effects of dosing and derivatives. Journal of Surgical Research 142 (2): 314-319 (2007).

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Fu, S. L., Mueller, C., Lin, Y. Y., Viterbo, D., Pierre, J., Shah, V., Gross, R., Schulze, R. and Zenilman,

M. Sophorolipid treatment decreases LIPS induced inflammatory responses and NO production in macrophages. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 205 (3): S44-S44 (2007).

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Jiang, Z. Z., Azim, H., Gross, R. A., Focarete, M. L. and Scandola, M., Lipase-catalyzed copolymerization of omega-pentadecalactone with p-dioxanone and characterization of copolymer thermal and crystalline properties. Biomacromolecules 8 (7): 2262-2269 (2007).

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Kulshrestha, A. S., Gao, W., Fu, H. Y. and Gross, R. A. Synthesis and characterization of branched polymers from lipase-catalyzed trimethylolpropane copolymerizations. Biomacromolecules 8 (6): 1794-1801 (2007).

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Chen, B., Miller, M. E. and Gross, R. A. Effects of porous polystyrene resin parameters on Candida antarctica Lipase B adsorption, distribution, and polyester synthesis activity. Langmuir 23 (11): 6467-6474 (2007).

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Hagler, M., Smith-Norowitz, T. A., Chice, S., Wallner, S. R., Viterbo, D., Mueller, C. M., Gross, R., Nowakowski, M., Schulze, R., Zenilman, M. E. and Bluth, M. H., Sophorolipids decrease IgE production in U266 cells by downregulation of BSAP (Pax5), TLR-2, STAT3 and IL-6. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 119 (1): S263-S263 (2007).

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Felse, P. A., Shah, V., Chan, J., Rao, K. J. and Gross, R. A. Sophorolipid biosynthesis by Candida bombicola from industrial fatty acid residues. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 40 (2): 316-323 (2007)

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Chen, B., Miller, E. M., Miller, L., Maikner, J. J. and Gross, R. A. Effects of Macroporous Resin Size on Candida antarctica Lipase B Adsorption, Fraction of Active Molecules, and Catalytic Activity for Polyester Synthesis. Langmuir 23(3): 1381-1387(2007).

Hunsen, M., Azim, A., Mang, H., Wallner, S. R., Ronkvist, A., Xie, W. and Gross, R. A. A Cutinase with Polyester Synthesis Activity. Macromolecules 40(2): 148-150 (2007).

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Gao, W., Hagver, R., Shah, V., Xie, W., Gross, R. A., Ilker, M. F., Bell, C., Burke, K. A. and Coughlin,

E. B. Glycolipid polymer synthesized from natural lactonic sophorolipids by ring-opening metathesis polymerization. Macromolecules 40(2): 145-147 (2007).

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Li, G., Vaidya, A., Viswanathan, K., Cui, J.R., Xie, W.C., Gao, W. and Gross, R.A. Rapid regioselective oligomerization of L-glutamic acid diethyl ester catalyzed by papain, Macromolecules 39 (23): 7915-7921 (2006)

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Bluth, M.H., Kandil, E., Mueller, C.M., Shah, V., Lin, Y.Y., Zhang, H., Dresner, L., Lempert, L., Nowakowski, M., Gross, R.A., Schulze, R. and Zenilman, M.E. Sophorolipids block lethal effects of septic shock in rats in a cecal ligation and puncture model of experimental sepsis. Critical Care Medicine 34 (1): 188-195 (2006)

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Sahoo, B., Bhattacharya, A., Fu, H.Y., Gao, W. and Gross, R.A. Influence of PEG end-group and molecular weight on its reactivity for lipase-catalyzed polyester synthesis BioMacromolecules 7 (4): 1042-1048 (2006).

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Mueller, C.M., Viterbo, D., Murray, P.J., Shah, V., Gross, R.A., Schulze, R., Zenilman, M.E. and Bluth, M.H. Sophorolipid treatment decreases inflammatory cytokine expression in an in vitro model of experimental sepsis. Faseb Journal 20 (4): A204-A204 Part 1, (2006).

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Shah, V., Baldrian, P., Eichlerova, I., Dave, R., Madamwar, D., Nerud, F. and Gross, R.A. Influence of dimethyl sulfoxide on extracellular enzyme production by Pleurotus ostreatus. Biotechnology Letters 28 (9): 651-655 (2006).

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Hu, J., Gao, W., Kulshrestha, A. and Gross, R.A. "Sweet polyesters": Lipase-catalyzed condensation - Polymerizations of alditols. Macromolecules 39 (20): 6789-6792 (2006)

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Azim, A., Shah, V., Doncel, G.F., Peterson, N., Gao, W. and Gross, R.A. Amino acid conjugated sophorolipids: A new family of biologically active functionalized glycolipids. Bioconjugate Chemistry 17 (6): 1523-1529 (2006).

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Azim, H., Dekhterman, A., Jiang, Z.Z. and Gross, R.A. Candida antarctica lipase B-catalyzed synthesis of poly(butylene succinate): Shorter chain building blocks also work. BioMacromolecules 7 (11): 3093-3097 (2006).

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Shah V, Doncel GF, Seyoum T, Eaton KM, Zalenskaya I, Hagver R, Azim A, Gross R. Sophorolipids, microbial glycolipids with anti-human immunodeficiency virus and sperm-immobilizing activities. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy; 49 (10); 4093-4100 (2005).

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Mijovic, J.; Bian, Y.; Gross, R. A.; Chen, B. Dynamics of Proteins in Hydrated State and in Solution As Studied by Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy Macromolecules; 38(26) 10812-10819 (2005).

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Chakraborty. S,Sahoo. B,Teraoka, Gross.RA Solution properties of starch nanoparticles in water and DMSO as studied by dynamic light scattering Carbohydrates polymers; 60(4); 475-481, (2005).

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Nakaoki, T.; Mei, Y.; Miller, L.-M.; Kumar, A; Kalra, B; Miller, E.-M.; Kirk, O.; Christensen, M.; Gross,

R.A. “Candida antartica Lipase B catalyzed polymerization of lactones: Effects of immobilization matrices on polymerization kinetics and Molecular Weight” Industrial Biotechnology; 1(2) 126-134 (2005)

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Sahoo, B.; Brandstadt, K. F.; Lane, T. H.; Gross, R. A. “Sweet Silicones": Biocatalytic Reactions to Form Organosilicon Carbohydrate Macromers Org. Lett.; 7(18); 3857-3860 (2005).

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Loos, K.; Kennedy, S. B.; Eidelman, N.; Tai, Y.; Zharnikov, M.; Amis, E. J.; Ulman, A.; Gross, R. A. Combinatorial Approach To Study Enzyme/Surface Interactions Langmuir; 21(12); 5237-5241 (2005).

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Kulshrestha, A. S.; Sahoo, B., Gao, W.; Fu, H. and Gross, R.A. “Lipase Catalysis. A Direct Route to Linear Aliphatic Copolyesters of Bis(hydroxymethyl)butyric Acid with Pendant Carboxylic Acid Groups”, Macromolecules; 38(8); 3205-3213 (2005)

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Kulshrestha, A. S.; Gao, W.; Gross, R.A. “Glycerol Copolyesters: Control of Branching and Molecular Weight Using a Lipase Catalyst”, Macromolecules, (2005); 38(8); 3193-3204

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Ceccorulli, G.; Scandola, M.; Kumar, A.; Kalra, B.; Gross, R. A., “Cocrystallization of Random Copolymers of -Pentadecalactone and -Caprolactone Synthesized by Lipase Catalysis” Biomacromolecules; 6(2); 902-907 (2005).

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Chakraborty, S.; Sahoo, B.; Teraoka, I.; Miller, L. M.; Gross, R. A. “Enzyme-Catalyzed Regioselective Modification of Starch Nanoparticles” Macromolecules; 38(1); 61-68 (2005).

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Zhang, L., Somasundaran, P., Singh, S. K., Felse, A. P., Gross, R.A. Synthesis and interfacial properties of sophorolipid derivatives Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem.Eng. Aspects; 240; 75-82 (2004)

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Zhou, S., Xu, Chang.., Wang, J., Gao, W., Akhverdiyeva., Shah, V., Gross, R. A. Supramolecular Assembles of a Naturally Derived Sophorolipid. Langmuir; 20; 7926-7932 (2004)

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Kalra, B.; Kumar, A.; Gross, R. A.; Baiardo, M.; Scandola, M. “Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of New Brush Copolymers Comprising Poly( -pentadecalactone) with Unusual Thermal and Crystalline Properties” Macromolecules; 37(4); 1243-1250 (2004).

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Mahapatro, A.; Kumar, A.; Kalra, B.; Gross, R. A. “Solvent-Free Adipic Acid/1,8-Octanediol Condensation Polymerizations Catalyzed by Candida antartica Lipase B” Macromolecules; 37(1); 35-40 (2004).

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Van As, B. A. C.; Thomassen, P.; Kalra, B.; Gross, R. A.; Meijer, E. W.; Palmans, A. R. A.; Heise, A. “One-Pot Chemoenzymatic Cascade Polymerization under Kinetic Resolution Conditions” Macromolecules; 37(24); 8973-8977 (2004).

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Mahapatro, A.; Kumar, A.; Gross, R. A.; “Mild, Solvent-Free -Hydroxy Acid Polycondensations Catalyzed by Candida antarctica Lipase B.” Biomacromolecules; 5(1); 62-68 (2004).

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Loeker, F. C.; Duxbury, C. J.; Kumar, R.; Gao, W.; Gross, R. A.; Howdle, S. M. Enzyme-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of -Caprolactone in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide. Macromolecules; 37(7); 2450-2453 (2004).

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Hyung-Pil, S, Chung, C.H., Kim, S.K., Gross, R.A., Kaplan., D.L. Lee, J.W. Mass Production of Pullulan with Optimized Concentrations of Carbon and Nitrogen sources by Aureobasidium pullulans HP- 2001 in a 100-L Bioreactor” J. Microbol. Biotechnol.; 14,(2), 237-242 (2004)

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Mei, Y., Kumar, A, Gao, W, Gross, R.A., Kennedy, S.B., Washburn, N.R., Amis, E,.J., Elliot, John T. Biocompatibility of sorbitol-containing polyesters. Part 1: Synthesis, surface analysis and cell response in vitro; Biomaterials; 25; 4195-4201 (2004)

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Singh, S,K, Felse, A. P., Nunez, A., Foglia, T.A. and Gross, R.A. Regioselective Enzyme-Catalyzed Synthesis of Sophorolipid Esters, Amides and Multifunctional Monomers. J. Org. Chem.; 68; 5466- 5477 (2003)

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Mei, Y.; Miller, L.; Gao, W.; Gross, R. A.; Imaging the Distribution and Secondary Structure of Immobilized Enzymes Using Infrared Microspectroscopy Biomacromolecules; 4(1); 70-74 (2003).

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Mahapatro, A.; Kalra, B.; Kumar, A.; Gross, R. A.; Lipase-Catalyzed Polycondensations: Effect of Substrates and Solvent on Chain Formation, Dispersity, and End-Group Structure Biomacromolecules; 4(3); 544-551 (2003).

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Fu, H.; Kulshrestha, A. S.; Gao, W.; Gross, R. A.; Baiardo, M.; Scandola, M Physical Characterization of Sorbitol or Glycerol Containing Aliphatic Copolyesters Synthesized by Lipase-Catalyzed Polymerization Macromolecules; 36(26); 9804-9808 (2003)

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Dyal, A., Loos, Katja., Noto, M., Chang, S.W., Spagnoli, C., Shafi, Kurikka V.P.M., Ulman, A., Cowman,M.,Gross. R.A. Activity of Candida rugosa Lipase Immobilized on g-Fe2O3 Magnetic Nanoparticles J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 125; 1684-1685 (2003).

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Mei, Y, Kumar, A, Gross; R.A., “Kinetics and Mechanism of Candida antarctica Lipase B Catalyzed Solution Polymerization of -Caprolactone”, Macromolecules; 36(15); 5530-5536 (2003).

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Gross, R. A., Kalra, B; “Biodegradable Polymers for the Environment”, Science, 297, 803-806 (2002).

 

Focarete, M. L.; Gazzano, M.; Scandola, M.; Kumar, A.; Gross, R. A.; “Copolymers of  ω-Pentadecalactone and Trimethylene Carbonate from Lipase Catalysis: Influence of Microstructure on Solid-State Properties”, Macromolecules; 35(21); 8066-8071, (2002).

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Kumar, A.; Gross, R. A.; Wang, Y.; Hillmyer, M. A.; “Recognition by Lipases of ω-Hydroxyl Macroinitiators for Diblock Copolymer Synthesis” Macromolecules; 35(20); 7606-7611, (2002).

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Kumar, R.; Gao, W.; Gross, R. A.; “Functionalized Polylactides: Preparation and Characterization of [L]- Lactide-co-Pentofuranose” Macromolecules; 2002; 35(18); 6835-6844.

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Bankova, M.; Kumar, A.; Impallomeni, G.; Ballistreri, A.; Gross, R. A.; “Mass-Selective Lipase- Catalyzed Poly(ϵ-caprolactone) Transesterification Reactions”, Macromolecules; 35(18); 6858- 6866, (2002).

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Hu, Shanghui; Gupta, Pankaj; Prasad, Ashok K.; Gross, Richard, A., Parmar, Virinder S. “Selective enzymatic epoxidation of dienes: Generation of Functional Enantiomerically Enriched Diene Monoepoxy Monomers”, Tetrahedron Letters; 43; 6763-6766 (2002).

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Kalra and R.A. Gross, “HRP-Mediated Polymerizations of acrylamide and sodium acrylate”, Green Chemistry; 4; 174-178 (2002).

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Y. Mei, A. Kumar, and Richard A. Gross, “Probing Water-Temperature Relationships for Lipase- Catalyzed Lactone Ring-opening Polymerizations” Macromolecules; 35, 5444-5448 (2002).

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R. Kumar and R.A. Gross, “Biocatalytic Route to Well-Defined Macromers Built around a Sugar Core, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124(9) (2002).

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V Guilmanov, A Ballistreri, G Impallomeni, R.A. Gross, “Oxygen Transfer Rate and Sophorose Lipid Production by Candida bombicola”, Biotechnol. and Bioeng; 77(5), 489-494 (2002)

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R. A. Gross, A Kumar, B Kalra, "In-vitro Enzyme Catalyzed Polymer Synthesis", Chemical Reviews,

101(7), 2097-2124 (2001).

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J.W. Lee, F. Dang, W.G. Yeomans, A.L. Allen, R.A. Gross, D.L. Kaplan, “Acetobacter xylinium ATCC 10245: Production of Chitosan-Cellulose and Chitin-Cellulose Exopolymers, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 67(9), 3970-3975 (2001).

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M. L. Focarete, A. Kumar, M. Scandola, R. A. Gross, "Physical Characterization of Poly(ω- pentadecalactone) Synthesized by Lipase-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization", J of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics, 39(15), 1721-1729 (2001).

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R.A.Gross, B.Kalra, A. Kumar "In-vitro Lipase Catalyzed Polyester and Polycarbonate Synthesis"

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology; 55(6), 655-660 (2001).

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A Kumar, K Garg, R. A. Gross, "Lipase-Catalyzed Copolymerizations of Trimethylene Carbonate and w- Pentadecalactone" Macromolecules; 34; 3527-3533 (2001).

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A Kumar, R.A Gross, “Lipase-Catalyzed Transesterification: New Synthetic Routes To Copolyesters”, J. Am. Chem. Soc.; 122; 11767-11770 (2000).

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A Kumar, B Kalra, A Dekhterman, R. A. Gross, “Efficient Ring-opening Polymerization and Co- polymerization of ϵ-Caprolactone and ω-Pentadecalactone Catalyzed by Candida Antartica Lipase B”, Macromolecules, 33, 6303-6309 (2000).

K.S. Bisht, W Gao, R.A. Gross, “ Glycolipids from Candida Bombicola: Polymerization of 6-O-Acryl Sophorolipid Derivative”, Macromolecules, 33, 6208-6210 (2000).

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A. Kumar, R.A.Gross, J.D.Jenderoseck, “Poly(3-hydroxybutrate)-depolymerase from Pseudomonas Lemoignei: catalysis of esterification in organic media”Journal of Organic Chemistry, 65, 7800- 7806 (2000).

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B Kalra, R.A. Gross, “HRP-Mediated Free Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate”,

Biomacromolecules, 1, 501-505 (2000).

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A Kumar and R.A. Gross, “Candida antartica Lipase B Catalyzed Polycaprolactone Synthesis: Effects of Organic Media and Temperature, Biomacromolecules, 1, 133-138 (2000).

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B Kalra, R.A. Gross, “HRP-Mediated Free Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate”,

Biomacromolecules, 1, 501-505 (2000).

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A Kumar and R.A. Gross, “Candida antartica Lipase B Catalyzed Polycaprolactone Synthesis: Effects of Organic Media and Temperature, Biomacromolecules, 1, 133-138 (2000).

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J.W. Lee, W.G. Yeomans, A.L. Allen, F. Deng, R.A. Gross and D.L. Kaplan, “Biosynthesis of Novel Exopolymers by Aureobasidium pullulans”, Appl. & Env. Microbiol. 65(12), 5265-5271 (1999)

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A. Gorkovenko, J. Zhang, R. A. Gross, D. L. Kaplan, A. L. Allen. Control of unsaturated fatty acid substituents in emulsans. Carbohydrate Polymers. 39,79-84 (1999).

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R. D. Ashby, F.-Y. Shi and R.A. Gross, “A Tunable Switch to Regulate the Synthesis of Low and High Molecular Weight Microbial Polyesters” Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Vol. 62 (1), (1999).

K. Bisht, R. Gross and D. Kaplan, “Enzyme-Mediated Regioselective Acylations of Sophorolipids”, J. Org. Chem., 64:3, 780-789 (1999).

X. Chen and R. Gross, “Versatile Copolymers from [L]-Lactide and [D]-Xylofuranose”,

Macromolecules, 32, 308-314 (1999).

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K. S. Bisht, F. Deng, R. A. Gross, D. L. Kaplan and G. Swift, “Ethyl Glucoside as a Multifunctionl Initiator for Enzyme-Catalyzed regioselective Lactone Ring-opening Polymerization” J. Am. Chem. Soc., Vol. 120, 1363-1367 (1998).

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K. S. Bisht, R. A. Gross and A. L. Cholli, “Enzymatic Polymerization of Poly(ϵ-CL) Containing an Ethyl Glucopyranoside Head Group: An NMR Study” Applied Spectroscopy, 52 (11) 1472-1478, (1998).

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Young Ko and Richard A. Gross, “γ-Poly(glutamic acid) Formation by Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 9945a: Physiological Effects of glucose and glycerol”, Biotechnol. and Bioeng., 57(40), 430-437 (1998).

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D. L. Kaplan, J. Dordick, R. A. Gross, G. Swift. In Enzymes in Polymer Science, R. Gross, D. Kaplan, G. Swift, Editors; American Chemical Society Symposium Series 684: 2-17 (1998).

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Wang, L; Ma, W; Gross, RA; McCarthy, SP Reactive compatibilization of biodegradable blends of poly(lactic acid) and poly(e-caprolactone) Polymer Degradation and Stability, 59(1-3), Special Issue SI, 161-168 (1998)

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Kirpal S. Bisht, Lori A. Henderson, Yuri Y. Svirkin and Richard A. Gross, David L. Kaplan and Graham Swift, “Monomer and Polymer Synthesis by Lipase-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Reactions”, In, Enzymes in Polymer Synthesis, Eds. R.A. Gross, D.L. Kaplan and G. Swift, ACS Symposium Series 684, ACS, Washington, 90-111 (1998).

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Xianhai Chen, Stephen P. McCarthy and Richard A. Gross, “Preparation and Characterization of Polycarbonates from 2,4,8,10-Tetraoxaspiro[5,5]undecane-3-one (DOXTC)-Trimethylenecarbonate (TMC) Ring-Opening Polymerizations, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., Vol. 67, 547-557 (1998).

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Xianhai Chen, Stephen P. McCarthy and Richard A. Gross, “Synthesis, Characterization and Epoxidaion of an Aliphatic Polycarbonate from 2,2-[4,4-cyclohexene-1]-trimethylene tcarbonate (cHTC) Ring- Opening Polymerization”, Macromolecules; 30, 3470-3476 (1997).

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Fengying Shi, Richard D. Ashby and Richard A. Gross, “Formation by Alcaligenes species of Microbial Polyesters Containing 3-Hydroxybutyrate and 4-Hydroxybutyrate Repeat Units: Investigation of Product Homogeneity”, Macromolecules, Vol. 30, 2521-2523 (1997).

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Richard Ashby, Feng-Ying Shi, and Richard A. Gross, “Use of poly(ethylene glycol) to control the end group structure and molecular weight of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) formed by Alcaligenes latus DSM 1122,” Tetrahedron, Vol 53, No. 45, 15209-115223 (1997).

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Kirpal S. Bisht, Yuri Y. Svirkin, Lori A. Henderson, Richard A. Gross, David L. Kaplan and Graham Swift, “Lipase-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of Trimethylene Carbonate, Macromolecules, Vol. 30, 7735-7742 (1997).

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Jin W. Lee, Water G. Yeomans, Alfred L. Allen, David L. Kaplan, and Richard A. Gross, “Microbial production of water-soluble non curdlan type exopolymer-B with controlled composition by Agrobacterium sp. ATCC 31749” Biotechnol. Lett., 19(12), 1217-1221 (1997).

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Jin W. Lee, Water G. Yeomans, Alfred L. Allen, David L. Kaplan, and Richard A. Gross. “Production of zoogloea gum by Zoogloea ramigera with glucose analogs” Biotechnol. Lett. 19(8), 799-802 (1997).

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Sheth, M; Kumar, RA; Dave, V; Gross, RA; McCarthy, SP Biodegradable polymer blends of poly(lactic acid) and poly(ethylene glycol) Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 66(8) 1495-1505 (1997)

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Kirpal S. Bisht, Lori A. Henderson, Richard A. Gross, David L. Kaplan and Graham Swift, “Enzyme- Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of Poly(w-pentadecalactone)”, Macromolecules, Vol. 30, 2705-2711 (1997).

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Jin W. Lee, Water G. Yeomans, Alfred L. Allen, David L. Kaplan, Frank Deng, and Richard A. Gross. Exopolymers from curdlan production-incorporation of glucose-related sugars by Agrobacerium sp. ATCC 31749. Can. J. Microbiol. 43:149-156. (1997).

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Jinwen Zhang, Alexander Gorkovenko, Richard A. Gross, Alfred L. Allen and David L. Kaplan “Incorporation of 2-Hydroxyl Fatty Acids by Acinetobacter calcoaceticus RAG-1 to Tailor Emulsan Structure, Intern. J. Biol. Macromol.,Vol. 20, 9-21 (1997).

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Alexander Gorkovenko, Jinwen Zhang, Richard A. Gross, Alfred L. Allen and David L. Kaplan, “Bioengineering of Emulsifier Structure: Emulsan Analogs”, Can. J. Microbiol, Vol. 43, 384-390 (1997).

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Labrecque, LV; Kumar, RA; Dave, V; Gross, RA; McCarthy, SP Citrate esters as plasticizers for poly(lactic acid) Journal of Applied Polymer Science 66 (8) 1507-1513 (1997)

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Renée T. Macdonald, Stephen P. McCarthy and Richard A. Gross, “Enzymatic Degradability of Poly(lactide): Effects of Chain Stereochemistry and Material Crystallinity”, Macromolecules, Vol. 29, 7356-7361 (1996).

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Lori A. Henderson, Yuri, Y. Svirkin, Richard A. Gross, David L. Kaplan and Graham Swift, “Enzyme Catalyzed Polymerizations of e-caprolactone: Effects of Initiator on Product Structure, Propagation Kinetics, and Mechanism”, Macromolecules, Vol. 29, 7759-7766 (1996).

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David S. Roesser, Stephen P. McCarthy, Richard A. Gross and David L. Kaplan, "Effects of Substitution Site on Acetyl Amylose Biodegradability by Amylase Enzymes", Macromolecules, Vol. 29, No. 1, 1-9 (1996).

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Feng-Ying Shi, Richard Ashby and Richard A. Gross, "Use of Poly(ethylene glycol)s to Regulate Poly(3- hydroxybutyrate) Molecular Weight during Alcaligenes eutrophus Cultivations", Macromolecules, Vol. 29, 17753-7758 (1996).

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Feng-Ying Shi, Denise Rutherford and Richard A. Gross, "Microbial Polyester Synthesis: Effects of Poly(ethylene glycol) on Product Composition, Repeat Unit Sequence and End Group Structure", Macromolecules, Vol. 29, 10-17 (1996).

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Richard A. Gross, Oh-young Kim, Denise R. Rutherford and Richard A. Newmark, “Cyanophenoxy- Containing Microbial Polyesters: Structural Analysis, Thermal Properties, Second Harmonic Generation and In-Vivo Biodegradability”, Polym. International, Vol. 39, 205-213 (1996).

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Jin Xu, Stephen P. McCarthy and Richard A. Gross, “Racemic α-Methyl-β-propiolactone Polymerization by Organometallic Catalyst Systems”, Macromolecules, Vol. 29, No. 13, 4565-4571 (1996).

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Anne-Marie Cromwick, Gregory A. Birrer and Richard A. Gross, “Effects of pH and Aeration on γ- Poly(glutamic acid) Formation by Bacillus licheniformis in Controlled Batch Fermenter Cultures”, Biotechnol. Bioeng., Vol. 50, 222-227 (1996).

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Oh-young Kim, Richard A. Gross, W. James Hammar and Richard A. Newmark, “Microbial Synthesis of Poly(β-hydroxyalkanoates) Containing Fluorinated Side-Chain Substituents”, Macromolecules, Vol. 29, No. 13, 4572-4581 (1996).

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Jin Xu, Richard A. Gross, David L. Kaplan and Graham Swift, “Chemoenzymatic Synthesis and Study of Poly(α-Methyl-β-propiolactone) Stereocopolymers”, Macromolecules, Vol. 29, No. 13, 4582-4590 (1996).

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Jin Xu, Richard A. Gross, David L. Kaplan and Graham Swift, “Chemoenzymatic Route to Poly(3- hydroxybutyrate)”, Macromolecules, Vol. 29, 3857-3861 (1996).

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Jin Xu, Stephen P. McCarthy, Richard A. Gross and David L. Kaplan “Chitosan Film Acylation and Effects on Biodegradability”, Macromolecules, Vol. 29, 3436-3440 (1996).

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Yuri Y. Svirkin, Jin Xu, Richard A. Gross, David L. Kaplan and Graham Swift, “Enzyme-Catalyzed Stereoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of α-Methyl-β-propiolactone”, Macromolecules, Vol. 29, No. 13, 4591-4597 (1996).

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Gajria, AM; Dave, V; Gross, RA; McCarthy, SP Miscibility and biodegradability of blends of poly(lactic acid) and poly(vinyl acetate) Polymer 37(3), 437-444 (1996)

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Cai, H; Dave, V; Gross, RA; McCarthy, SP Effects of physical aging, crystallinity, and orientation on the enzymatic degradation of poly(lactic acid) Journal of Polymer Science Part B, Polymer Physics 34(16) 2701-2708 (1996)

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Zbigniew Jedlinski, Marek Kowalczuk, Piotr Kurcok, Grazyna Adamus, Andrzej Matuszowicz, Wanda Sikorska, Richard A. Gross, Jin Xu, and Robert W. Lenz, “Stereochemical Control in the Anionic Polymerization of β-Butyrolactone Initiated with Alkali-Metal Alkoxides”, Macromolecules, Vol. 29, 3773-3777 (1996).

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Oh-young Kim, Richard A. Gross and Denise R. Rutherford, “Bioengineering of Poly(β- hydroxyalkanoates) for Advanced Material Applications: Incorporation of Cyano- and Nitrophenoxy Side Chain Substituents”, Can. J. Microbiol., Vol. 41, supplement 1, 32-43 (1995).

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Ferdinando F. Bruno, Joseph A. Akkara, Madhu Ayyagari, David L. Kaplan, Richard A. Gross, Graham Swift and Jonathan S. Dordick, “Enzymatic Modification of Insoluble Amylose in Organic Solvents”, Macromolecules, Vol. 28, 8881-8883 (1995).

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Renée T. Macdonald, Satish K. Pulapura, Yuri Y. Svirkin and Richard A. Gross, "Enzyme Catalyzed e- Caprolactone Ring-Opening Polymerization", Macromolecules, 28, 73-78 (1995).

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Anne-Marie Cromwick and Richard A. Gross, "Effects of Manganese (II) on Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 9945A Physiology and γ-Poly(glutamic acid) Formation, Int. J. Biol. Macromol., Vol 17, No. 5, 259-267 (1995).

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Anne-Marie Cromwick and Richard A. Gross, "Investigation by NMR of Metabolic Routes to Bacterial

g-Poly(Glutamic Acid) Using 13C Labeled Citrate and Glutamate as Media Carbon sources, Can. J. Microbiol., Vol 41: 902-909 (1995).

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Richard A. Gross, Ji-Dong Gu, David Eberiel and Stephen P. McCarthy, "Laboratory Scale Composting Test Methods to Determine Polymer Biodegradability: Model Studies on Cellulose Acetate, J Macromol. Sci.-Pure & Appl. Chem., V A32, No. 4, 613-628 (1995).

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John E. Kemnitzer, Stephen P. McCarthy, Richard A. Gross, John Liggat, David J. Blundell and Mike Cox, "Crystallization Behavior of Predominantly Syndiotactic Poly(β-hydroxybutyrate)", J. Environ. Polym. Deg. Vol. 3(1), 37-47 (1995).

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Gregory A. Birrer, Anne-Marie Cromwick and Richard A. Gross, "γ-Poly(glutamic acid) Formation by Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 9945A: Physiology and Biochemical Studies, Int. J. Biol. Macromol. ; 16(5) 265-275 (1994).

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Ji-Dong Gu, Shunjuan Yang, Robert Welton, David Eberiel, Stephen P. McCarthy and Richard A. Gross, "Effect of Environmental Parameters on the Degradability of Polymer Films in Laboratory Scale Composting Reactors", J. Environ. Polym. Deg., Vol 2, No. 2, 129-135 (1994).

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Deeleep K. Rout, Shikha P. Barman, Satish K. Pulapura, and Richard A. Gross, "Cholesteric Mesophases Formed by the Modified Biological Macromolecule 3,6-O-(Buyl Carbamate)-N-phthaloyl Chitosan, Macromolecules, Vol. 27, 2945-2950 (1994).

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Michael S. Reeve, Stephen P. McCarthy, Milton J. Downey and Richard A. Gross, "Polylactide Stereochemistry: Effect on Enzymatic Degradability, Macromolecules, Vol. 27, 825-831 (1994).

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Richard A. Gross, "Bacterial Polyesters: Structural Variability in Microbial Synthesis", in Biomedical Polymers: Designed-to-Degrade Systems, Ed. S. Shalaby, Hanser Publishers, NY, pgs. 2-19 (1994).

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Herbert W. Ulmer, Richard A. Gross, Mario Posada, Paul Weisbach, R. Clinton Fuller and Robert W. Lenz, "Bacterial Production of Poly(β-hydroxyalkanoates) Containing Unsaturated Repeating Units by Rhodospirillum rubrum, Macromolecules, Vol 27, 1675-1679 (1994)

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