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Degradable Plastics

Degradable Plastics is a category of plastic materials designed to undergo chemical breakdown into natural substances under specific environmental conditions, thereby enabling alignment with principles of Design for Degradation.

896

Publications

70.8K

Citations

3.7K

Authors

1.2K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

516

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Publications

896

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Shosuke Yoshida, Kazumi Hiraga, Toshihiko Takehana et al. · Science · 2016 · 3.2K citations

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Why degradable polymers undergo surface erosion or bulk erosion

Friederike von Burkersroda, Luise Schedl, Achim Göpferich · Biomaterials · 2002 · 1.1K citations

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Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development Goals, and Need to Focus on Circular Economy and Policy Interventions

Rakesh Kumar, Anurag Verma, Arkajyoti Shome et al. · Sustainability · 2021 · 1K citations · Full text

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<i>50th Anniversary Perspective</i>: There Is a Great Future in Sustainable Polymers

Deborah K. Schneiderman, Marc A. Hillmyer · Macromolecules · 2017 · 977 citations

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The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris

Erik van Sebille, Stefano Aliani, Kara Lavender Law et al. · Environmental Research Letters · 2020 · 946 citations · Full text

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Authors

3.7K

  1. AA
    Ann‐Christine Albertsson

    KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

    7 publications · 708 citations

    7

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  2. AL
    Anthony L. Pometto

    Iowa State University, United States

    7 publications · 692 citations

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  3. MD
    Magdalena Daria Vaverková

    Mendel University in Brno, Czechia

    6 publications · 139 citations

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  4. DA
    Dana Adamcová

    Mendel University in Brno, Czechia

    6 publications · 139 citations

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  5. YS
    Yuka Sameshima‐Yamashita

    National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan

    5 publications · 142 citations

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Institutions

1.2K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    18 h-index

    115 publications

    5.6K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    62 publications

    7.1K citations

  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    13 h-index

    27 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    11 h-index

    37 publications

    3K citations

  5. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    10 h-index

    25 publications

    3.7K citations

  6. East China Normal University

    Shanghai, China

    8 h-index

    39 publications

    1.8K citations

  7. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    Stockholm, Sweden

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    1.7K citations

  8. Zhejiang University

    Hangzhou, China

    8 h-index

    29 publications

    854 citations

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Venues

  1. Polymer Degradation and Stability

    31 publications · 1.8K citations

    24

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  2. The Science of The Total Environment

    25 publications · 1.2K citations

    19

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  3. Journal of Hazardous Materials

    20 publications · 1.7K citations

    18

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  4. Polymers

    19 publications · 1.7K citations

    17

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  5. Macromolecules

    16 publications · 1.7K citations

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