Towards biodegradable polyolefins: strategy of anchoring minute quantities of monosaccharides and disaccharides onto functionalized polystyrene, and their effect on facilitating polymer biodegradation.
A hypothesis was developed, and successfully tested, to greatly increase the rates of biodegradation of polyolefins, by anchoring minute quantities of glucose, sucrose or lactose, onto functionalized polystyrene (polystyrene-co-maleic anhydride copolymer) and measuring their rates of biodegradation, which were found to be significantly improved.
Galgali
Padmaja
P
Polymer Science & Engineering Group, Chemical Engineering Division, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, India.
Varma
Anjani J
AJ
Puntambekar
Ulka S
US
Gokhale
Digambar V
DV
D001407:Bacillus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental / Q000187:drug effects; D004187:Disaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007700:Kinetics; D009005:Monosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D011090:Polyenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011137:Polystyrenes / Q000737:chemistry; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism
D004187:Disaccharides; D009005:Monosaccharides; D011090:Polyenes; D011137:Polystyrenes; C035051:PL 732