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Compostable Materials

Compostable Materials is a category of biomaterials that undergo complete biodegradation under controlled composting conditions, yielding carbon dioxide, water, inorganic compounds, and biomass at a rate consistent with known compostable materials, leaving no visible or toxic residue.

645

Publications

36.2K

Citations

2.4K

Authors

792

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

278

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Publications

645

Evaluating toxicity of immature compost

F. Zucconi, A. Pèra, Mariana Forte et al. · Biocycle · 1981 · 1.1K citations

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Compostability of Bioplastic Packaging Materials: An Overview

Gaurav Kale, Thitisilp Kijchavengkul, Rafael Auras et al. · Macromolecular Bioscience · 2007 · 589 citations

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Environmental Deterioration of Biodegradable, Oxo-biodegradable, Compostable, and Conventional Plastic Carrier Bags in the Sea, Soil, and Open-Air Over a 3-Year Period

Imogen E. Napper, Richard C. Thompson · Environmental Science & Technology · 2019 · 460 citations

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New Polylactide/Layered Silicate Nanocomposites. 3. High-Performance Biodegradable Materials

Suprakas Sinha Ray, Kazunobu Yamada, Masami Okamoto et al. · Chemistry of Materials · 2003 · 446 citations

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Polylactide-Layered Silicate Nanocomposite:  A Novel Biodegradable Material

Suprakas Sinha Ray, Kazunobu Yamada, Masami Okamoto et al. · Nano Letters · 2002 · 443 citations

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1–5 of 645

Authors

2.4K

  1. DA
    Dana Adamcová

    Mendel University in Brno, Czechia

    12 publications · 309 citations

    11

    h-index

  2. MD
    Magdalena Daria Vaverková

    Mendel University in Brno, Czechia

    12 publications · 309 citations

    11

    h-index

  3. MP
    Marina P. Arrieta

    Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

    9 publications · 605 citations

    9

    h-index

  4. WS
    Wanda Sikorska

    Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Poland

    7 publications · 316 citations

    7

    h-index

  5. MB
    M. Barletta

    University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

    6 publications · 194 citations

    6

    h-index

1–5 of 2.4K

Institutions

792

  1. Mendel University in Brno

    Brno, Czechia

    12 h-index

    48 publications

    1.3K citations

  2. Universitat Politècnica de València

    Valencia, Spain

    10 h-index

    37 publications

    2.7K citations

  3. University of Bologna

    Bologna, Italy

    9 h-index

    35 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. Sapienza University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    8 h-index

    22 publications

    718 citations

  5. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    529 citations

  6. University of Pisa

    Pisa, Italy

    8 h-index

    32 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Novamont (Italy)

    Novara, Italy

    7 h-index

    21 publications

    1K citations

  8. National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology

    Florence, Italy

    7 h-index

    21 publications

    1.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Bioresource Technology

    39 publications · 3.3K citations

    29

    h-index

  2. Polymer Degradation and Stability

    28 publications · 2.3K citations

    24

    h-index

  3. Waste Management

    34 publications · 2.3K citations

    23

    h-index

  4. Journal of Cleaner Production

    19 publications · 1K citations

    17

    h-index

  5. Journal of Applied Polymer Science

    18 publications · 1K citations

    17

    h-index

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