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Microwave-assisted Functionalization of Polyethylene glycol and On-resin Peptides for Use in Chain Polymerizations and Hydrogel Formation
Published on: October 29, 2013
Fast Depolymerization of PET Bottle Mediated by Microwave Pre-Treatment and An Engineered PETase
Boyang Guo1,2, Ximena Lopez-Lorenzo1,2, Yuan Fang3
1Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 50-58, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract:
Invited for this month's cover is the groups of Prof. Minna Hakkarainen, Prof. István Furó and Assoc. Prof. Per-Olof Syrén at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. The image shows how microwave irradiation is an efficient pre-treatment method of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) for subsequent biocatalytic depolymerization. The Research Article itself is available at 10.1002/cssc.202300742.

