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Crystallization of Poly(ethylene terephthalate): A Review. [PDF]

Polymers (Basel)
Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is a thermoplastic polyester with excellent thermal and mechanical properties, widely used in a variety of industrial fields.
Di Lorenzo ML.
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Biodegradation of highly crystallized poly(ethylene terephthalate) through cell surface codisplay of bacterial PETase and hydrophobin

Nature Communications, 2022
High-crystallinity poly(ethylene terephthalate) is a major recycling challenge. Here, the authors show an engineered whole-cell biocatalyst showing adhesive hydrophobin and PETase on the surface of cells, for biodegradation of PET.
Zhuozhi Chen, Rongdi Duan, Yunjie Xiao, Yi Wei, Hanxiao Zhang, Xinzhao Sun, Shen Wang, Yingying Cheng, Xue Wang, Shanwei Tong, Yunxiao Yao, Cheng Zhu, Haitao Yang, Yanyan Wang, Zefang Wang   +14 more
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Structural insight into molecular mechanism of poly(ethylene terephthalate) degradation

Nature Communications, 2018
Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is a widely used plastic and its accumulation in the environment has become global problem. Here the authors report the crystal structure of a Ideonella sakaiensis PET-degrading enzyme and propose a molecular mechanism ...
Seongjoon Joo, In Jin Cho, Hogyun Seo, Hyeoncheol Francis Son, Hye-Young Sagong, Tae Joo Shin, So Young Choi, Sang Yup Lee, Kyung-Jin Kim   +8 more
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A New Era in Engineering Plastics: Compatibility and Perspectives of Sustainable Alipharomatic Poly(ethylene terephthalate)/Poly(ethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) Blends

Polymers, 2021
The industrialisation of poly(ethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) for total replacement of poly(ethylene terephthalate) in the polyester market is under question.
Dimitrios Papageorgiou, Dimitrios Bikiaris, Stylianos Exarhopoulos   +2 more
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Enhanced Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Hydrolase Activity by Protein Engineering

Engineering, 2018
Poly(ethylene terephthalate) hydrolase (PETase) from Ideonella sakaiensis exhibits a strong ability to degrade poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) at room temperature, and is thus regarded as a potential tool to solve the issue of polyester plastic ...
Yuan Ma, Mingdong Yao, Bingzhi Li, Mingzhu Ding, Bo He, Si Chen, Xiao Zhou, Yingjin Yuan   +7 more
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Carnivorous plants can decompose the polyesters poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(butylene adipate terephthalate) [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Plants from the Nepenthes genus, which enumerates approximately 120 species, possess specialized pitchers enabling them to capture and digest various preys, mainly arthropods, from which the plants derive nutrients.
Chiara Siracusa, Sebastian Gritsch, Robert Vielnascher, Moritz Dielacher, Milica Krunic, Felice Quartinello, Georg M. Guebitz   +6 more
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Value-Added Products Derived from Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Glycolysis [PDF]

Molecules
Among polymer wastes, poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is the most important commercial thermoplastic polyester. Less than 30% of total PET production is recycled into new products. Therefore, large amounts of waste PET need to be recycled. We describe
Simona Zahova, Pencho Tuleshkov, Kolio Troev, Violeta Mitova   +3 more
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Nano-dimension pore structure analysis of poly(ethylene terephthalate) knitted materials: An insight combining SEM images [PDF]

Nanochemistry Research, 2021
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), an easily acquired and widely applied image acquisition and analysis method, have rarely been used to study the pore structure of poly(ethylene terephthalate) knitted fabrics after ultraviolet irradiation ...
Farnaz Sadat Fattahi
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Sulfonic acid group functionalized Brönsted acidic ionic liquid catalyzed depolymerization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) in water

Journal of Ionic Liquids, 2022
Sulfonic acid group functionalized 1,3-dialkyl imidazolium Brönsted acidic ionic liquids are shown as better catalysts in comparison to sulfuric acid with similar acid concentration for the depolymerization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) in hot ...
Ananda S. Amarasekara, Jay A. Gonzalez, Victor C. Nwankwo   +2 more
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Significance of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) substrate crystallinity on enzymatic degradation.

New Biotechnology, 2023
Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is a semi-crystalline plastic polyester material with a global production volume of 83 Mt/year. PET is mainly used in textiles, but also widely used for packaging materials, notably plastic bottles, and is a major ...
T. B. Thomsen, Kristoffer Almdal, Anne S. Meyer   +2 more
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