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Gastric carboxylesterases of the edible crab Cancer pagurus (Crustacea, Decapoda) can hydrolyze biodegradable plastics

Emerging Contaminants
A promising strategy to counteract the progressing plastic pollution of the environment can involve the replacement of persistent plastics with biodegradable materials.
Lukas Miksch, Lars Gutow, Reinhard Saborowski   +2 more
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Functionalized blown films of plasticized polylactic acid/chitin nanocomposite: Preparation and characterization

Materials & Design, 2016
Bionanocomposite films prepared with melt compounding and film blowing were evaluated for packaging applications. The nanocomposite masterbatch with 75 wt.% polylactic acid (PLA), 5 wt.% chitin nanocrystals (ChNCs) and 20 wt.% glycerol triacetate ...
Natalia Herrera, Hendrik Roch, Asier M. Salaberria, Maximiliano A. Pino-Orellana, Jalel Labidi, Susana C.M. Fernandes, Deodato Radic, Angel Leiva, Kristiina Oksman   +8 more
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Fully biodegradable and mass-producible conductive fiber based on tungsten–poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) composite

npj Flexible Electronics
Biodegradable electronic fibers offer high flexibility, large surface area, and spatial deformability, enabling conformal tissue contact, efficient signal acquisition, and minimal invasiveness—ideal for sustainable and transient electronics.
Yong-Wu Kim, Kyung-Sub Kim, Joo-Hyeon Park, Woo-Jin Lee, Jae-Young Bae, Seung-Kyun Kang   +5 more
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Study on the degradation performance and mechanism of biodegradable plastics in simulated physiological environments

e-Polymers
Biodegradable plastics have been widely used in medical fields such as sutures, tissue engineering scaffolds, and drug delivery carriers due to their excellent biocompatibility and degradability.
Zhang Ze-Yang, Gao Mei-Chun, Zhou Si-Han, Li Hao-Ran, Zhang Wei-Jia, Zhu Yi-Hong, Yang Xiu-Bin, Huang Dan, Ji Jun-Hui, Wang Ge-Xia   +9 more
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Toughening Enhancement Mechanism and Performance Optimization of Castor-Oil-Based Polyurethane Cross-Linked Modified Polybutylene Adipate/Terephthalate Composites. [PDF]

Materials (Basel), 2023
Zhang Q, Huang J, Zhou N.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Potential of Bioplastic Waste Made From Polybutylene Adipate-Co-Terephthalate (PBAT) as Compost Mixtures

Jurnal Presipitasi
Biodegradable bioplastics offer an environmentally friendly alternative. One type of bioplastic being developed is Polybutylene Adipate-Co-Terephthalate (PBAT), an aliphatic-aromatic polyester capable of decomposing through microbial activity. This study
Siti Rachmawati, Hashfi Hawali Abdul Matin, Sapta Suhardono, Agnar Pradipa Daniswara, Ririn Nur Fadhilah, Siti Nurlita   +5 more
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Use of zinc oxide nanoparticles incorporated in polybutylene adipate terephthalate for food packaging. A focus on the impact in functional and physic-mechanical properties and on migration thereof [PDF]

Polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) and zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NP) are among the most studied when it comes to address biodegradability and antimicrobial properties of materials for food packaging.
Mendes, Ana Rita, Teixeira, Paula, Poças, Fátima   +2 more
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Super elastic and negative triboelectric polymer matrix for high performance mechanoluminescent platforms

Nature Communications
Mechanoluminescence platforms, combining phosphors with elastic polymer matrix, have emerged in smart wearable technology due to their superior elasticity and mechanically driven luminescent properties.
Hong In Jeong, Hye Sung Jung, Milos Dubajic, Gunpyo Kim, Woo Hyeon Jeong, Hochan Song, Yongju Lee, Swarup Biswas, Hyeok Kim, Bo Ram Lee, Jae Woong Yoon, Samuel D. Stranks, Soon Moon Jeong, Jihoon Lee, Hyosung Choi   +14 more
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Effects of Aging Biodegradable Agricultural Films on Soil Physicochemical Properties and Heavy Metal Speciation

Toxics
Through soil incubation experiments, the effects of aged PBAT + PLA (polybutylene adipate terephthalate + polylactic acid) film fragments were analyzed. Surface characteristics and chemical structures of the films changed significantly after one (T2) and
Hao Wu, Tianmu Peng, Xueya Li, Yang Zhao, Fengshuo Huang, Peng Guo, Mingfu Lyu, Junhua Yin, Qin Liu, Shaban Gouda, Ibrahim Mohamed, Qing Huang, Xu Wang   +12 more
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A techno-economic study of Polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) production from molasses in an integrated sugarcane biorefinery

The original publication is available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/The feasibility of producing biobased Polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) or 1,4-butanediol (BDO) as a way for diversification of sugar production facilities, was investigated ...
Farzad, Somayeh, Görgens, Johann F, Ratshoshi, Brankie K   +2 more
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