Designed to degrade
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Suitably designed degradable polymers can play a role in reducing plastic waste
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Monte Carlo analysis with x degradable co-monomers randomly incorporated into a linear polymer of DP=f and fragment DP after degradation repeated 10^6 times arrived at a fragment dispersity of ~2 when f >> x >> 1.
“We repeated this process 10 6 times to arrive, as expected when f >> x >> 1, 36 a fragment dispersity of ~2.”
From Cleavable comonomers enable degradable, recyclable thermoset plastics (2020) · cites this paper as [36]
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- Authors
- Albertsson, A.-C., & Hakkarainen, M.
- Affiliations
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology (SE)
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2017-11-17
- Volume
- 358
- Issue
- 6365
- Pages
- 872-873
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2769219263
- Cited by
- 344
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 35 · 2024: 66 · 2023: 52 · 2022: 46 · 2021: 48 · 2020: 39 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 1
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer crystallization and properties
- Keywords
- degradable polymers, plastic waste reduction, polymer design, biodegradation
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