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Evaluating the Ready Biodegradability of Biodegradable Plastics
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2021Abstract Reducing the environmental burden and assessing the safety of plastics are huge global challenges. However, standard test data on the ready biodegradability of plastics are limited. We evaluated the ready biodegradability of 8 biodegradable plastics using Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) test ...
Ryosuke Nabeoka +4 more
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Accounts of Chemical Research, 2011
All living creatures respond to external stimuli. Similarly, some polymers undergo conformational changes in response to changes in temperature, pH, magnetic field, electrical field, or the wavelength of light. In one type of stimuli-responsive polymer, thermogel polymers, the polymer aqueous solution undergoes sol-to-gel transition as the temperature ...
Min Hee, Park +3 more
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All living creatures respond to external stimuli. Similarly, some polymers undergo conformational changes in response to changes in temperature, pH, magnetic field, electrical field, or the wavelength of light. In one type of stimuli-responsive polymer, thermogel polymers, the polymer aqueous solution undergoes sol-to-gel transition as the temperature ...
Min Hee, Park +3 more
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, 2020
Sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) starch and fibre are considered as a waste product of the agroindustry. The purpose of the current study is to determine the thermal, water barrier, and soil degradation properties of biodegradable plasticised sugar palm ...
R. A. Ilyas +10 more
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Sugar palm (Arenga pinnata) starch and fibre are considered as a waste product of the agroindustry. The purpose of the current study is to determine the thermal, water barrier, and soil degradation properties of biodegradable plasticised sugar palm ...
R. A. Ilyas +10 more
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Biodegradability of Micro/Nanomotors: Challenges and Opportunities
Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2021Micro/nanomotors (MNMs) are miniature machines that can convert chemical or external energy into their own mechanical motions. In previous decades, significant efforts have been made to improve the performance of MNMs.
Shuanghu Wang +8 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, 2019
The explosion of emerging high‐performance 2D MXenes in theranostic nanomedicine is still at the preliminary stage. Despite tremendous efforts devoted to photonic tumor hyperthermia, current photothermal‐conversion nanoagents still suffer from critical ...
Wei Feng +7 more
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The explosion of emerging high‐performance 2D MXenes in theranostic nanomedicine is still at the preliminary stage. Despite tremendous efforts devoted to photonic tumor hyperthermia, current photothermal‐conversion nanoagents still suffer from critical ...
Wei Feng +7 more
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Biodegradability and biodegradation of poly(lactide)
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2006Poly(lactide) (PLA) has been developed and made commercially available in recent years. One of the major tasks to be taken before the widespread application of PLA is the fundamental understanding of its biodegradation mechanisms. This paper provides a short overview on the biodegradability and biodegradation of PLA.
Yutaka, Tokiwa +1 more
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences, 1974
The significance of biodegradability in the treatment and discharge of waste waters to natural bodies of water is discussed. Various methods of assessing biodegradability are described and their limitations illustrated by a consideration of the characteristics of bacterial growth and metabolism, including the phenomenon of co-metabolism.
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The significance of biodegradability in the treatment and discharge of waste waters to natural bodies of water is discussed. Various methods of assessing biodegradability are described and their limitations illustrated by a consideration of the characteristics of bacterial growth and metabolism, including the phenomenon of co-metabolism.
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Biodegradability and Biodegradation of Polyesters
Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 2007A variety of biodegradable plastics have been developed in order to obtain useful materials that do not cause harm to the environment. Among the biodegradable plastics, aliphatic polyesters such as: poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB), poly(e-caprolactone) (PCL), poly(butylene succinate) (PBS), and poly(l-lactide) (PLA) have become the focus of interest ...
Yutaka Tokiwa, Buenaventurada P. Calabia
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Biodegradation of oxo‐biodegradable polyethylene
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2008AbstractBiodegradation of polyethylene and oxo‐biodegradable polyethylene films was studied in this work. Abiotic oxidation, which is the first stage of oxo‐biodegradation, was carried out for a period corresponding to 4 years of thermo‐oxidation at composting temperatures. The oxidation was followed by biodegradation, which was achieved by inoculating
M. M. Reddy +4 more
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Biodegradation data evaluation for structure/biodegradability relations
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 1987Abstract Previous attempts at structure/biodegradability relations (SBRs) and available biodegradation data are reviewed and it is concluded that (1) not enough rate data on large numbers of chemicals are available to develop quantitative SBRs and (2) attempted qualitative SBRs have suffered from either poor documentation of the ...
Philip H. Howard +2 more
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