Lacquer Chemistry and Applications

*Lacquer Chemistry and Applications* explores the topic of lacquer, the only natural product polymerized by an enzyme that has been used for a coating material in Asian countries for thousands of years.

Although the human-lacquer-culture, including cultivation of the lacquer tree, harvesting, and the use of lacquer sap, has a long history of more than thousand years, there is very little information available on the modern scientific methods to study lacquer chemistry.

This book, based on the results of the authors' 30 years of research on lacquer chemistry, offers lacquer researchers a unique reference on the science and applications of this extremely important material.

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Dr. Rong Lu is a senior researcher at Meiji University, Japan. He received his Master's degree from Wuhan University of China in 1995, specializing in organic chemistry and Ph.D. from Hokkaido University of Japan in 1999, specializing in polymer chemistry. His research interests in organic and polymer chemistry, including synthesis of low molecular weight of pharmaceutical intermediates, analysis and improvement of lacquer, and development of composite and functional coatings. He is a co-principal investigator in a project, led by Prof. Dr. Miyakoshi, Meiji University, and funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, to establish a scientific evaluation system of lacquer and investigation of lacquer culture.

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Lacquer Chemistry and Applications explores the topic of lacquer, the only natural product polymerized by an enzyme that has been used for a coating material in Asian countries for thousands of years.

Although the human-lacquer-culture, including cultivation of the lacquer tree, harvesting, and the use of lacquer sap, has a long history of more than thousand years, there is very little information available on the modern scientific methods to study lacquer chemistry.

This book, based on the results of the authors' 30 years of research on lacquer chemistry, offers lacquer researchers a unique reference on the science and applications of this extremely important material.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction............................................................... 1

Chapter 2 History of lacquer chemistry..................................... 15

Chapter 3 Main compositions of lacquer................................... 25

Chapter 4 Lacquer polysaccharide........................................... 63

Chapter 5 Glycoprotein............................................................ 89

Chapter 6 Laccase.................................................................. 95

Chapter 7 Lacquer aroma components.................................... 105

Chapter 8 Lacquer allergy...................................................... 109

Chapter 9 Synthesis of Lacquer.............................................. 123

Chapter 10 Modification of lacquer........................................ 171

Chapter 11 Lacquerware....................................................... 215

Chapter 12 Use of lacquer..................................................... 267