Enzymes' power for plastics degradation

V Tournier, S Duquesne, F Guillamot… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Plastics are everywhere in our modern way of living, and their production keeps increasing
every year, causing major environmental concerns. Nowadays, the end-of-life management …

Progress and perspective for conversion of plastic wastes into valuable chemicals

K Zheng, Y Wu, Z Hu, S Wang, X Jiao, J Zhu… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Today, discarded plastics in nature have caused serious “white pollution”, however these
plastic wastes contain abundant carbon resources that could serve as the feedstock to …

Photocontrolled RAFT polymerization: past, present, and future

Y Lee, C Boyer, MS Kwon - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we provide a brief history, progress, and applications, and discuss the
remaining challenges of photocontrolled reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer …

Sustainable polymers

AK Mohanty, F Wu, R Mincheva… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Sustainable polymers are materials derived from renewable, recycled and waste carbon
resources and their combinations, which at the end of life can be recycled, biodegraded or …

Depolymerization of polyesters by a binuclear catalyst for plastic recycling

S Zhang, Q Hu, YX Zhang, H Guo, Y Wu, M Sun… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Plastics play an essential role in modern society; however, the relentless growth of their
production is threatening both human health and ecosystems. As a result, there are …

How to build a microplastics‐free environment: strategies for microplastics degradation and plastics recycling

J Chen, J Wu, PC Sherrell, J Chen, H Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microplastics are an emergent yet critical issue for the environment because of high
degradation resistance and bioaccumulation. Unfortunately, the current technologies to …

Recent advances in polymers and polymer composites for food packaging

M Zhang, GM Biesold, W Choi, J Yu, Y Deng… - Materials Today, 2022 - Elsevier
The growing world population, evolving urbanization, and globalization have created more
demand for food, which has increased challenges in food safety. Development and …

Upcycling and catalytic degradation of plastic wastes

Q Hou, M Zhen, H Qian, Y Nie, X Bai, T **a… - Cell Reports Physical …, 2021 - cell.com
Various recycling technologies have been developed to deal with plastic problems, but they
face considerable economic and technological challenges in practice. An attractive …

Recovery of epoxy thermosets and their composites

X Zhao, Y Long, S Xu, X Liu, L Chen, YZ Wang - Materials Today, 2023 - Elsevier
As the currently predominant thermoset plastic, epoxy thermoset is widely used in composite
materials, electronic packaging materials, coatings and adhesives. The rapid rise in epoxy …

Recent advances in plastic recycling and upgrading under mild conditions

S Zhang, M Li, Z Zuo, Z Niu - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Plastic depolymerization usually requires rigorous conditions such as high temperature,
high pressure, and caustic bases or acids, resulting in high energy costs and environmental …