Mechanistic implications of plastic degradation

By Baljit Singh, N. Sharma. 2008

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Photocatalytic degradation of low density polyethylene (LDPE) films using titania nanotubes (2016, background): “These include incineration, landfills, thermal degradation, bio-degradation and photo-catalysis (Singh and Sharma, 2008).”
Persistence of Plastic Litter in the Oceans (2015, background): “Some of these are properties that are directly relevant to the performance of common products made from them (Singh and Sharma 2008).”
Review on the current status of polymer degradation: a microbial approach (2017, background): “Abiotic factors play an important role in increasing the surface availability for microbial growth on polymers; these factors include photo-oxidation, physical disintegration and hydrolysis that cause decreasing molecular weight (Singh and Sharma 2008).”
Biological Degradation of Polymers in the Environment (2019, background): “The polymer substrate properties are highly important to any colonization of the surface by either bacteria or fungi [29].”
Photodegradation and photostabilization of polymers, especially polystyrene: review (2013, neutral): “Its hardness, hydrophobic nature and chemical composition cause it to persist in nature without any decomposition for long period of time thus cause environmental pollution Singh and Sharma (2008).”