Structure-property correlations and environmental impact assessment of sustainable antibacterial food packaging films reinforced with fungal chitin nanofibrils
Food Hydrocolloids,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown, С. 110987 - 110987
Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2024
Язык: Английский
Evaluation of Pretreatment Strategies and Combinations of Enzymes for Degradation of Polyethylene Terephthalate
Journal of Polymer Science,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Май 23, 2025
ABSTRACT
Polyethylene
Terephthalate
(PET)
is
one
of
the
most
widely
used
thermoplastic
polymers,
renowned
for
its
exceptional
physical,
chemical,
and
mechanical
properties,
making
it
a
popular
choice
various
applications.
On
other
hand,
PET
major
part
plastic
waste,
therefore,
research
devoted
to
degradation
at
forefront
developing
recycling
methods.
This
fundamental
study
focuses
on
enzymatic
model
substrate
using
range
established
cutinases
(PHL‐7,
HiC,
LCC
WT
,
ICCG
)
alongside
IsPETase
under
varying
conditions.
A
comprehensive
evaluation
was
conducted
investigate
impact
reaction
temperatures,
polymer
pretreatment
methods,
dual‐enzyme
systems
enhancing
biodegradation.
The
techniques
employed,
targeting
crystallinity
reduction,
adsorption,
exchange‐surface
modifications,
proved
pivotal
in
accelerating
process
improving
yield
monomers.
novelty
this
work
lies
systematically
studying
effects
combined
strategies
degradation.
Furthermore,
integration
multiple
enzymes
enhances
overall
efficiency
hydrolysis.
These
findings
provide
comparative
framework
that
integrates
enzyme
performance
with
effects.
Язык: Английский
Upcycling waste polyethylene terephthalate for enhanced Na-ion storage
Journal of Energy Storage,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
118, С. 116127 - 116127
Опубликована: Март 22, 2025
Язык: Английский
Efficient and Selective Catalytic Oxidation of Ethylbenzene over Co-MOF Synthesized from Waste PET
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Март 24, 2025
Язык: Английский
The catabolism of ethylene glycol by Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 and its dependence on mycofactocin
Applied and Environmental Microbiology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
90(7)
Опубликована: Июнь 5, 2024
Ethylene
glycol
(EG)
is
a
widely
used
industrial
chemical
with
manifold
applications
and
also
generated
in
the
degradation
of
plastics
such
as
polyethylene
terephthalate.
Язык: Английский
Exploring yeast biodiversity and process conditions for optimizing ethylene glycol conversion into glycolic acid
FEMS Yeast Research,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
24
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024
Plastics
have
become
an
indispensable
material
in
many
fields
of
human
activities,
with
production
increasing
every
year;
however,
most
the
plastic
waste
is
still
incinerated
or
landfilled,
and
only
10%
new
recycled
even
once.
Among
all
plastics,
polyethylene
terephthalate
(PET)
produced
polyester
worldwide;
ethylene
glycol
(EG)
one
two
monomers
released
by
biorecycling
PET.
While
research
focuses
on
bacterial
EG
metabolism,
this
work
reports
ability
Saccharomyces
cerevisiae
nine
other
common
laboratory
yeast
species
not
to
consume
EG,
but
also
produce
glycolic
acid
(GA)
as
main
by-product.
A
two-step
bioconversion
GA
S.
was
optimized
a
design
experiment
approach,
obtaining
4.51
±
0.12
g
l-1
conversion
94.25
1.74%
from
6.21
0.04
EG.
To
improve
titer,
screening
biodiversity
identified
Scheffersomyces
stipitis
best
producer,
23.79
1.19
(yield
76.68%)
bioreactor
fermentation,
single-step
bioprocess.
Our
findings
contribute
laying
ground
for
upcycling
strategies
yeasts.
Язык: Английский
Editorial overview: Chemical biotechnology paving the way for a sustainable future
Current Opinion in Biotechnology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
90, С. 103215 - 103215
Опубликована: Сен. 28, 2024
Язык: Английский
Design of polyurethane composite foam obtained from industrial PET wastes and MXenes for EMI shielding applications
RSC Advances,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
14(50), С. 37202 - 37215
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024
The
primary
aim
of
this
study
was
to
synthesize
and
characterize
polyurethane
(PUR)
foams
derived
from
the
depolymerization
products
poly(ethylene
terephthalate)
(PET)
MXenes
(Nb
2
AlC).
Язык: Английский
The Application of a Sodium Benzoate Salt-Nucleating Agent in Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate: Crystallization Behavior and Mechanism
Molecules,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
30(1), С. 37 - 37
Опубликована: Дек. 26, 2024
The
molecular
chains
of
recycled
polyethylene
terephthalate
(rPET)
show
breakage
during
daily
use,
causing
poor
crystallization
and
leading
to
mechanical
properties
that,
when
blended
with
the
nucleating
agent,
become
an
effective
method
solving
this
problem.
salt-nucleating
agent
sodium
benzoate
(SB),
disodium
(DT),
trisodium
1,3,5benzene
tricarboxylic
(TBT)
were
synthesized,
rPET/nucleating
blend
was
prepared.
intrinsic
viscosity
(η)
results
showed
that
η
rPET/SB
decreased,
which
indicated
rPET
chains.
FTIR
a
chemical
reaction
occurred
between
Na+
SB.
Moreover,
content
DT
TBT
higher
than
SB,
increased
opportunity
for
low-molecular-weight
reattach
organic
carboxylic
acid
portion
thereby
increasing
rPET/DT
rPET/TBT.
greatly
improved
rPET,
resulting
in
half-crystallization
time
decreasing,
temperature
increasing,
effect
SB
being
better
TBT.
This
because
caused
nucleation
ionic
groups
acted
as
sites,
while
rPET/TBT,
had
high
weights,
hindered
improvement
properties.
prove
decreased
due
severe
degradation
rPET/TBT
effectively
refining
grain
size
weight.
But
stacking
multitudinous
can
form
structure
resembling
physical
cross-linking,
slight
decrease
compared
rPET/DT.
Язык: Английский