Christopher DelRe1,2, Yufeng Jiang1,2, Philjun Kang3

  • 1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.

Nature
|April 22, 2021
PubMed
まとめ

ポリエステルにナノスケールで分散した酵素は プログラム可能な分解を可能にし プラスチックは数日で小さな分子に変換します このアプローチは素材の整合性を保ち,プラスチック廃棄物の管理に持続可能な解決策を提供します.

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