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Photodegradation of biodegradable plastics in aquatic environments: Current understanding and challenges

Florian Frédéric Vincent Breider, Vinhteang Kaing

Direct photolysis and indirect photolysis are important abiotic processes in aquatic environments through which plastics can be transformed physically and chemically. Transport of biodegradable plastics in water is influenced by vertical mixing and turbule ...

2023

Recycling of Load-Bearing 3D Printable Double Network Granular Hydrogels

Esther Amstad, Matteo Hirsch, Alvaro Lino Boris Charlet, Sanjay Phileas Schreiber

Sustainable materials, such as recyclable polymers, become increasingly important as they are often environmentally friendlier than their one-time-use counterparts. In parallel, the trend toward more customized products demands for fast prototyping methods ...

WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH2022

Quantified Effects of Multiple Parameters on Inputs and Potential Sources of Microplastics from a Typical River Flowing into the Sea

Florian Frédéric Vincent Breider, Yang Liu, Wenxin Liu

As an important connection of terrestrial and marine ecosystems, rivers input multitudinous (micro)plastics into the oceans. However, comparisons of field and estimated riverine inputs of (micro)plastics and contributions of multiple parameters are limited ...

2022

Algal cellulose, production and potential use in plastics: Challenges and opportunities

Christian Ludwig, Horst Pick, Enio Daniel Zanchetta, Tobias Borgmeyer, Adrian Pulgarin

The development of new biodegradable plastic materials from renewable sources is a major challenge for plastic industries to provide sustainable alternatives to petroleum plastic. Bio-based plastics are generally obtained from photosynthetic biomass such a ...

2021

Temperature effect on fatigue behavior of basalt fiber-reinforced polymer composites

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Xing Zhao, Xin Wang

In this study, the temperature effect on the static and tension–tension fatigue behavior of basalt fiber‐reinforced epoxy polymer (BFRP) composites is investigated. The S–N curves, energy dissipation, stiffness degradation, and displacement increment with ...

Wiley2019

Catalytic amino acid production from biomass-derived intermediates

Paul Joseph Dyson, Ning Yan, Yefeng Wang, Shunlin Zhang, Yu Han

Amino acids are the building blocks for protein biosynthesis and find use in myriad industrial applications including in food for humans, in animal feed, and as precursors for bio-based plastics, among others. However, the development of efficient chemical ...

National Academy of Sciences2018

PUTTING CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRINCIPLES INTO PRACTICE

Circular economies produce virtually no waste, as materials are re-used and recycled continuously. It’s a dramatic shift from the current linear economy in which we take, make, consume and dispose – drawing regularly on natural resources to create products ...

A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017

Creating a competing demand for waste resources: a strategy for waste minimization in Nigeria

Solid waste management in Nigeria is a social and public health concern. Waste problems are more serious in cities as the communities lead a non-indigenous lifestyle with respect to resource consumption and wastage. Nigerian municipal waste has organic bio ...

A World Resources Forum Production, PSI2017

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Plastics industry

Photodegradation of biodegradable plastics in aquatic environments: Current understanding and challenges

Acetal-Stabilized Carbohydrates as Novel Platform Molecules for Renewable Polymer Production

Recycling of Load-Bearing 3D Printable Double Network Granular Hydrogels

Quantified Effects of Multiple Parameters on Inputs and Potential Sources of Microplastics from a Typical River Flowing into the Sea

Algal cellulose, production and potential use in plastics: Challenges and opportunities

Temperature effect on fatigue behavior of basalt fiber-reinforced polymer composites

Catalytic amino acid production from biomass-derived intermediates

PUTTING CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRINCIPLES INTO PRACTICE

Creating a competing demand for waste resources: a strategy for waste minimization in Nigeria

Flux de (micro)-plastiques dans le bassin versant du Léman

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Acetal-Stabilized Carbohydrates as Novel Platform Molecules for Renewable Polymer Production

Photodegradation of biodegradable plastics in aquatic environments: Current understanding and challenges

Recycling of Load-Bearing 3D Printable Double Network Granular Hydrogels

Quantified Effects of Multiple Parameters on Inputs and Potential Sources of Microplastics from a Typical River Flowing into the Sea

PUTTING CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRINCIPLES INTO PRACTICE

Flux de (micro)-plastiques dans le bassin versant du Léman

Catalytic amino acid production from biomass-derived intermediates

Temperature effect on fatigue behavior of basalt fiber-reinforced polymer composites

Creating a competing demand for waste resources: a strategy for waste minimization in Nigeria

Algal cellulose, production and potential use in plastics: Challenges and opportunities