| Literature DB >> 31151764 |
Rajni Hatti-Kaul1, Lars J Nilsson2, Baozhong Zhang3, Nicola Rehnberg4, Stefan Lundmark5.
Abstract
Several concurrent developments are shaping the future of plastics. A transition to a sustainable plastics system requires not only a shift to fossil-free feedstock and energy to produce the carbon-neutral building blocks for polymers used in plastics, but also a rational design of the polymers with both desired material properties for functionality and features facilitating their recyclability. Biotechnology has an important role in producing polymer building blocks from renewable feedstocks, and also shows potential for recycling of polymers. Here, we present strategies for improving the performance and recyclability of the polymers, for enhancing degradability to monomers, and for improving chemical recyclability by designing polymers with different chemical functionalities.Entities:
Keywords: biobased plastics; biodegradability; chemical recycling; circular economy; glass transition temperature; polymer design
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Year: 2019 PMID： 31151764 DOI： 10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.04.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Biotechnol ISSN： 0167-7799 Impact factor: 19.536