Breakthrough in polyurethane bio-recycling: An efficient laccase-mediated system for the degradation of different types of polyurethanes

An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles

(2020) V. Tournier et al.   NATURE

Degradation of MDI-based polyether and polyester-polyurethanes in various environments - Effects on molecular mass and crosslinking

(2019) Philipp Scholz et al.   POLYMER TESTING

Evaluation of biological degradation of polyurethanes

(2019) Audrey Magnin et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Biotechnological upcycling of plastic waste and other non-conventional feedstocks in a circular economy

(2019) Lars Mathias Blank et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Renewable polyols for advanced polyurethane foams from diverse biomass resources

(2018) Pierre Furtwengler et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Enzymatic recycling of thermoplastic polyurethanes: Synergistic effect of an esterase and an amidase and recovery of building blocks

(2018) Audrey Magnin et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Preparation and modification of water-blown porous biodegradable polyurethane foams with palm oil-based polyester polyol

(2017) Wei Seng Ng et al.   INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS

Accelerated ageing and degradation characteristics of rigid polyurethane foam

(2017) Nazdaneh Yarahmadi et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Laccase catalyzed grafting of –N–OH type mediators to lignin via radical–radical coupling

(2017) L. Munk et al.   RSC Advances

Biodegradative Activities of Selected Environmental Fungi on a Polyester Polyurethane Varnish and Polyether Polyurethane Foams

(2016) Joyce Álvarez-Barragán et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Selective laccase-catalyzed dimerization of phenolic compounds derived from lignin: Towards original symmetrical bio-based (bis) aromatic monomers

(2016) Audery Llevot et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS B-ENZYMATIC

Polymer architecture versus chemical structure as adjusting tools for the enzymatic degradation of oligo(ε-caprolactone) based films at the air-water interface

(2016) Anne-Christin Schöne et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Glycolysis of high resilience flexible polyurethane foams containing polyurethane dispersion polyol

(2016) D. Simón et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Improving enzymatic polyurethane hydrolysis by tuning enzyme sorption

(2016) Caroline Gamerith et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

The applicability of Impranil®DLN for gauging the biodegradation of polyurethanes

(2015) Justin C. Biffinger et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Recycling of Polymers: A Review

(2014) Igor A. Ignatyev et al.   ChemSusChem

Study of the properties of the new biodegradable polyurethane PU (TEG-HMDI) as matrix forming excipient for controlled drug delivery

(2013) María Dolores Campiñez et al.   DRUG DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY

Applying Raman spectroscopy to the assessment of the biodegradation of industrial polyurethanes wastes

(2013) Mickael Cregut et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

The role of the copper-binding enzyme – laccase – in the biodegradation of polyethylene by the actinomycete Rhodococcus ruber

(2012) Miriam Santo et al.   INTERNATIONAL BIODETERIORATION & BIODEGRADATION

Effects of flax lignin addition on enzymatic oxidation of poly(ethylene adipate) urethanes

(2011) L. Ignat et al.   INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS

Newly UV-curable polyurethane coatings prepared by multifunctional thiol- and ene-terminated polyurethane aqueous dispersions: Photopolymerization properties

(2010) Zhenglong Yang et al.   POLYMER

Dithiothreitol-based polyurethanes. Synthesis and degradation studies

(2010) Cristina Ferris et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Polymer biodegradation: Mechanisms and estimation techniques – A review

(2008) Nathalie Lucas et al.   CHEMOSPHERE