Sustainable Bioplastic Made from Biomass DNA and Ionomers

• Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 143; no. 46; pp. 19486 - 19497
• Main Authors: Han, Jinpeng, Guo, Yanfei, Wang, Hang, Zhang, Kunyu, Yang, Dayong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 24.11.2021
• Subjects: Biomass; bioplastics; DNA; DNA - chemistry; hydrogels; materials life cycle; Molecular Structure; Particle Size; Plastics - chemistry

Plastics play important roles in modern life and currently the development of plastic recycling is highly demanding and challenging. To relieve this dilemma, one option is to develop new sustainable bioplastics that are compatible with the environment over the whole material life cycle. We report a...