The influence of biotic and abiotic factors on the rate of degradation of poly(lactic) acid (PLA) coupons buried in compost and soil
By Mehlika Karamanlioglu, G. Robson. 2013
277 citations recorded by the source corpus.
Subfields: Biomaterials, Organic Chemistry, Pollution
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In Biomaterials
- G. Gorrasi
- Mehlika Karamanlioglu
- G. Robson
- D. Levin
- M. Nikolic
- R. Preziosi
- John M. Colwell
- B. Laycock
In Organic Chemistry
In Pollution
- G. Gorrasi
- Mehlika Karamanlioglu
- G. Robson
- D. Levin
- M. Nikolic
- R. Preziosi
- John M. Colwell
- B. Laycock
Citations in the corpus
- A comprehensive review on biodegradable polymers and their blends used in controlled-release fertilizer processes (2015, background): “2011), backbone chain breakage and subsequent reduction in the molecular weight (MW) (Karamanlioglu and Robson 2013, Shah et al.”
- Lifetime prediction of biodegradable polymers (2017, background): “Karamanlioglu and Robson [295] compared the degradation of PLA coupons in sterile water, soil and compost at different temperatures with degradation in microorganism-rich soil and compost, and found that there was an acceleration of degradation in the microorganism-rich environments.”
- The “Plastisphere” of Biodegradable Plastics Is Characterized by Specific Microbial Taxa of Alpine and Arctic Soils (2020, background): “Another study showed little degradation of PLA after a 1-year incubation in compost and soil at 25◦C, but significant degradation in compost at 45◦C after only 3 weeks of incubation (Karamanlioglu and Robson, 2013).”
- Hydrolysis and Biodegradation of Poly(lactic acid) (2017, background): “Up to date, only few reports give evidence of the ability of microorganisms or enzymes to cleave high molecular weight PLA directly [23,133,134] The ability of PLA degradation by several actinomycetes [135] and thermophilic PLAdegrading bacteria such as Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus brevis, Bacil”
- Abiotic and biotic environmental degradation of the bioplastic polymer poly(lactic acid): A review (2017, background): “PLA again showed no signs of degradation [89,90].”
- Microbial and Enzymatic Degradation of Synthetic Plastics (2020, background): “Though several groups have reported on biodeterioration and biofragmentation (Albertsson and Karlsson, 1990; Ammala et al., 2011), studies on bioassimilation and complete mineralization of PE are very limited (Yang et al.”