Processing Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Waste into Functional Carbon Materials by Mechanochemical Extrusion.
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DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202201576
Abstract: With the plastic pollution becoming worse, the upcycling of plastic waste into functional materials is a great challenge. Herein, a mechanochemical extrusion approach is developed for processing poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) waste into porous carbon materials.… read more here.
Keywords: carbon; waste functional; waste; extrusion ... See more keywords
Marine waste to a functional biomaterial: Green facile synthesis of modified-β-chitin from Uroteuthis duvauceli pens (gladius).
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.11.041
Abstract: Chitin is the second most abundant biomass on earth but exploited the least. In this study, wastes from Uroteuthis duvauceli was utilized to extract 38.79 ± 1.38% dry weight of β-chitin using a new combination of decolorization,… read more here.
Keywords: modified chitin; uroteuthis duvauceli; chitin; waste functional ... See more keywords