Polymer Biodegradation and Biodegradable Polymers - a Review

By K. Leja, G. Lewandowicz. 2010

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Recent progress in biodegradable polymers and nanocomposite-based packaging materials for sustainable environment (2018, background): “The effects of shortening the polymer chains include shortening of the material, stretching, and breaking.([11]) Fragmentation is the result of distribution mechanism.”
Lifetime prediction of biodegradable polymers (2017, background): “There have been many reviews on biodegradable polymers [25, 33, 34, 54-61], which describe the main classes of polymers and main chain bond types that fall into this category, whether bio-derived, synthetic or modified (Table 1).”
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Biodegradable magnesium alloys for orthopaedic applications: A review on corrosion, biocompatibility and surface modifications. (2016, background): “The composition of (l) LA/GA ranges of 20 to 70 % and of 0 to 70% for (dl) LA/GA are amorphous in nature [91].”
MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF PLASTIC: A REVIEW (2015, unknown): “Plastic are estimated to be 20% munciple solid waste (MSW) in United States and Germany (Leja and Lewandowicz 2010), 7.5% of MSW in Western Europe and 25% in Australia.”
A Review of Natural Fiber Reinforced Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Based Composites: Application and Opportunity (2015, background): “Such PVA-degrading microorganisms are limited (55 species including bacteria, fungi, yeast and mold) compared to polyesters family such as polylactic acid (PLA), polyhydoxyalkaoates (PHA) and so on [60,61].”