Biodegradability of Polymers: Regulations and Methods for Testing

By R. Müller. 2002

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Subfields: Biomaterials, Environmental Chemistry, Pollution

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In Biomaterials

1. Yu-Zhong Wang
2. N. Nair
3. K. Madhavan Nampoothiri
4. R. P. John
5. J. Bastidas-Oyanedel
6. J. Schmidt

In Pollution

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2. K. Madhavan Nampoothiri
3. R. P. John
4. J. Bastidas-Oyanedel
5. J. Schmidt

Citations in the corpus

• Biodegradation behavior of poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT), poly(lactic acid) (PLA), and their blend under soil conditions (2013, background): “Additionally, the zipper-like structure can be broken from the macromolecular chains to form a low molecular chain, and then decomposed into small molecules of carbon dioxide and water [24].”
• An overview of the recent developments in polylactide (PLA) research. (2010, background): “, enzymes), oxidation, photolysis, or radiolysis (Muller, 2008).”
• Production of biodegradable plastic from agricultural wastes (2015, background): “The mixture consisted of leaves, paper waste, cow manure, food waste, composting seeds, urea, wood waste and water (Mu¨ller, 2005).”