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Rethinking plastic waste: innovations in enzymatic breakdown of oil‐based polyesters and bioplastics

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Plastic pollution remains a critical environmental challenge, and current mechanical and chemical recycling methods are insufficient to achieve a fully circular economy. This review highlights recent breakthroughs in the enzymatic depolymerization of both oil‐derived polyesters and bioplastics, including high‐throughput protein engineering, de novo ...
Elena Rosini, Nicolò Antonelli, Gianluca Molla   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Co‐Incorporation of Zn/Cu or Zn/Co Ions Improves the Bone Regeneration Potential of PEOT/PBT–βTCP Composite 3D‐Printed Scaffolds

Advanced NanoBiomed Research
Treatment of critical‐sized bone defects remains challenging despite bone's regenerative capacity. Herein, a combination of a biodegradable polymer possessing bone‐bonding properties with bioactive β‐tricalcium phosphate (βTCP) particles coated with ...
Martyna Nikody, Jiaping Li, David Koper, Elizabeth R. Balmayor, Pamela Habibovic, Lorenzo Moroni   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multi-phase semicrystalline microstructures drive exciton dissociation in neat plastic semiconductors

, 2015
The optoelectronic properties of macromolecular semiconductors depend fundamentally on their solid-state microstructure. For example, the molecular-weight distribution influences polymeric- semiconductor properties via diverse microstructures; polymers ...
Paquin, Francis, Rivnay, Jonathan, Salleo, Alberto, Silva, Carlos, Stingelin, Natalie   +4 more
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FTIR spectroscopic and thermogravimetric characterization of ground tyre rubber devulcanized by microwave treatment [PDF]

, 2016
In this work the phenomena involved with the microwave devulcanization of ground tyre rubber (GTR) were investigated. During studies three types of GTR characterized by different content of organic compounds (elastomers, plasticizers, etc..), carbon ...
Bin Musidin, Anwar Faliq, Cañavate Ávila, Francisco Javier, Colom Fajula, Xavier, Formela, Krzysztof   +3 more
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A general model for analysis of linear and hyperbolic enzyme inhibition mechanisms

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We developed a general enzyme kinetic model that integrates these six basic inhibition mechanism onto a single one. From this model, we deduced a general enzyme kinetic equation that through modulation of simple parameters, γ (the relative inhibitor affinity for two binding sites) and β (the reactivity of the enzyme–substrate–inhibitor complex), is ...
Rafael S. Chagas, Sandro R. Marana
wiley   +1 more source

Density fields for branching, stiff networks in rigid confining regions

, 2019
We develop a formalism to describe the equilibrium distributions for segments of confined branched networks consisting of stiff filaments. This is applicable to certain situations of cytoskeleton in cells, such as for example actin filaments with ...
Azote, Somiéalo, Müller-Nedebock, Kristian K.   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Antibiofilm activity of a chionodracine‐derived peptide by NMR‐based metabolomics of cell‐free supernatant of Acinetobacter baumannii clinical strains

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
KHS‐Cnd peptide is able to impair biofilm formation and disaggregate mature biofilms in Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates. Differences in extracellular metabolites reflect changes in biofilm metabolism due to KHS‐Cnd treatment. Among the differentially represented extracellular metabolites upon KHS‐Cnd treatment, the significantly altered ...
Fernando Porcelli, Enrico Landi, Francesco Maiurano, Irene Paris, Rosanna Papa, Marco Artini, Laura Selan, Stefano Borocci, Francesco Buonocore, Esther Imperlini   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectives on the viscoelasticity and flow behavior of entangled linear and branched polymers

, 2015
We briefly review the recent advances in the rheology of entangled polymers and identify emerging research trends and outstanding challenges, especially with respect to branched polymers. Emphasis is placed on the role of well-characterized model systems,
Olmsted, P. D., Pasquino, R., Snijkers, F., Vlassopoulos, D.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Pioglitazone plus (−)‐epigallocatechin gallate: a novel approach to enhance osteogenic performance in aged bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Aged human bmMSCs are seeded in the scaffold. Osteoblastic induction can slightly increase cell's bone‐forming activity to produce bone‐like tissues, shown as the sporadic xylenol orange‐stained spots (the lower left image). Notably, pioglitazone plus EGCG co‐treatment dramatically increases cell's bone‐forming activity and bone‐like tissue production (
Ching‐Yun Chen, Jia‐Ci Jhang, Chun‐Yi Peng, Quốc Cường Nguyễn, Feng‐Huei Lin, Hung‐Ming Wu, Shankung Lin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enzymatic degradation of biopolymers in amorphous and molten states: mechanisms and applications

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This review explains how polymer morphology and thermal state shape enzymatic degradation pathways, comparing amorphous and molten biopolymer structures. By integrating structure–reactivity principles with insights from thermodynamics and enzyme engineering, it highlights mechanisms that enable efficient polymer breakdown.
Anđela Pustak, Aleksandra Maršavelski
wiley   +1 more source