Natural Degradation: Polymer Degradation under Different Conditions

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: agriculture; anaerobic digestion; antimicrobial activity; applications; arterial hypertension; artificial neural networks (ANN); biodegradable; biodegradable polyester; biodegradation; biodegradation rates; biopolymeric nanoparticles; biosorbent; biostimulant; box plot; Box-Behnken design; Chemistry; chitosan; circular testing; closed-loop; composite material; crosslinking; deep eutectic solvents; DSC; electrospinning; enzymatic hydrolysis; epoxy resin; Fe(III); Fick model deviation; gelatin methacryloyl; hydrogel; hydrolytic degradation; hygrothermal ageing; kinetic model; kinetics; magnetite; Mathematics and Science; mechanical recycling; mechanochemical method; medicine; metalloporphyrin complexes; microwave depolymerization; n/a; nanoparticles; orthogonal test; osteoinduction; PCA; photocatalytic degradation; poly(3-hydroxybutyrate); polyethylene terephthalate; polymer degradation; polyolefins; polyvinyl chloride (PVC); pyrolysis; recycled polyurethane foam; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; rhomboid fossa; SEM; silica; Sn(IV); spin probe EPR method; statistical analysis; Sturm’s method; synthesis; tannic acid; tensile strength; tetraphenylporphyrin; thermal conductivity; thermal oxidation; thermodynamics; thermogravimetric analysis (TGA); titania; titanium silicon oxide; ultrafine electrospun fibers; vertebral cartilage; water diffusion; X-ray diffraction
• ISBN: 3036551336; 9783036551340; 3036551344; 9783036551333
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-5134-0

This book focuses on some fundamental issues of polymers’ natural degradation. It is mostly devoted to the different aspects of biodegradation, but some data on the action of water, oxygen, ozone, and UV/Vis light is also included. The consideration of the biodegradation in vivo as the superposition of decay and synthesis provides the opportunity for a fresh look at well-known processes.