Material-binding peptides (MBPs) are functionalized adhesive materials consisting of a few
to several dozen amino acids. This affinity between MBPs and materials is regulated by …

Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues worldwide
since the vast majority of post-consumer plastics are hard to degrade in the environment …

The accumulation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in the environment has brought an
enormous threat to the global ecosystem. Although the recently reported PET hydrolase …

The development of efficient and environmentally friendly plant protection systems is one of
the major challenges for a sustainable agriculture of the future. Citrus canker caused by the …

Herein we summarize the recent efforts of plastic waste management using homogenous
transition metal catalysis. Pioneering studies involve the use of pincer type noble metal …

Biodegradable polyesters, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), are having a
tremendous impact on biomedicine. However, these polymers lack functional moieties to …

Abstract The 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzyl (Hmb) backbone modification can prevent amide
bond-mediated side-reactions (eg, aspartimide formation, peptide aggregation) by installing …

Remarkably, a hydrolase from Ideonella sakaiensis 201-F6, termed PETase, exhibits great
potential in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste management due to it can efficiently …

Environmental-friendly treatment of poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET) is important for the
circular plastic economy, and enzymatic degradation provided a promising approach …

Polyethylene terephthalate is one of the most widely used synthetic plastics. The
accumulation of abandoned PET has brought an environmental problem. A recently …