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Record W1518581945 · doi:10.1002/0471440264.pst271

Poly(3‐hydroxyalkanoates)

2001· other· en· W1518581945 on OpenAlexaff
Bruce A. Ramsay, Juliana A. Ramsay

Bibliographic record

VenueEncyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology · 2001
Typeother
Languageen
FieldMaterials Science
Topicbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
Canadian institutionsQueen's University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsPolyhydroxyalkanoatesPolyesterElastomerPolymerCopolymerMaterials scienceCompatibility (geochemistry)Polymer scienceHydrolysisBrittlenessComposite materialChemistryOrganic chemistryBacteria

Abstract

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Abstract Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are polyesters, usually of 3‐hydroxycarboxylic acids, accumulated as inclusion bodies by bacteria. At least two classes of PHAs exist. Each is composed of many different homo‐ and copolymers. Most can be produced from renewable resources, are readily environmentally degradable, and are relatively resistant to abiotic hydrolysis. Polymers with reactive groups in their side chains can be synthesized to allow further chemical processing, leading to an even greater selection of polymeric materials. Thermomechanical properties vary from hard and brittle to elastomeric and tough. From the poly(3‐hydroxybutyrate‐co‐3‐hydroxyvalerate) copolymer alone, blow‐molded, injection‐molded, woven fiber, and coated paper products have been fabricated. Other properties of biologically produced PHAs such as optical purity, compatibility with human tissue, and piezoelectric properties make these materials of great commercial interest. They would certainly find wide application if it were not for their present high cost of production.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Other · Consensus signal: Other
Teacher disagreement score0.031
Threshold uncertainty score0.102

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0310.024

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.008
GPT teacher head0.216
Teacher spread0.209 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreOther

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2001
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