American Chemical Society, Macromolecules, 24(30), p. 7641-7643, 1997
DOI: 10.1021/ma971022h
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In the present communication we demonstrate the synthesis of a hybrid block copolymer based on the combination of a biopolymer (amylose) with a synthetic block (polystyrene). To obtain such materials, amino-functionalized polymers were modified with maltoheptaose moieties that serve as initiators for the enzymatic polymerization with potato phosphorylase. The length of the amylose block can be varied in a broad range.