The determination of the safe working life of polymer materials is important for their
successful use in engineering, medicine and consumer-goods applications. An …

The increasing societal concerns about the environmental impact of plastic waste, together
with the depletion of petroleum resources, makes it imperative to develop environmentally …

Using biodegradable instead of conventional plastics in agricultural applications promises to
help overcome plastic pollution of agricultural soils. However, analytical limitations impede …

Chemical identification of microplastics is a crucial step in understanding the sources of
microplastics and studying the effects of microplastic pollution. A major challenge to …

The serious issue of textile waste accumulation has raised attention on biodegradability as a
possible route to support sustainable consumption of textile fibers. However, synthetic textile …

Hydrolysis significantly influences both the properties and degradability of poly (lactic acid),
PLA. This work investigates the hydrolysis kinetics of PLA films as affected by degree of …

Recycling plastics is the key to reaching a sustainable materials economy. Biocatalytic
degradation of plastics shows great promise by allowing selective depolymerization of man …

A mathematical model was developed to relate the degradation trend of bioresorbable
polymers to different underlying hydrolysis mechanisms, including noncatalytic random …

Long-chain aliphatic polyester-18, 18 (PE-18, 18) exhibits high density polyethylene-like
material properties and, as opposed to high density polyethylene (HDPE), can be recycled …

The hydrolysis of poly (lactic acid), PLA, was investigated considering the changes in the
three-phase model structures, the mobile amorphous, crystalline (CF), and rigid amorphous …