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Depolymerization

Depolymerization is a chemical recycling process that belongs to the class of polymer degradation methods, specifically characterized by the breakdown of polymer chains into their constituent monomers through the reversal of polymerization reactions.

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An engineered PET depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles

Vincent Tournier, Christopher M. Topham, A. Gilles et al. · Nature · 2020 · 2.1K citations

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Antibacterial action of chitosan and carboxymethylated chitosan

Xiaofei Liu, Yun Guan, Dong Zhi Yang et al. · Journal of Applied Polymer Science · 2000 · 1.2K citations

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Formic-acid-induced depolymerization of oxidized lignin to aromatics

Alireza Rahimi, Arne Ulbrich, Joshua J. Coon et al. · Nature · 2014 · 1.2K citations

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Arp2/3 Complex and Actin Depolymerizing Factor/Cofilin in Dendritic Organization and Treadmilling of Actin Filament Array in Lamellipodia

Tatyana Svitkina, Gary G. Borisy · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1999 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Machine learning-aided engineering of hydrolases for PET depolymerization

Hongyuan Lu, Daniel J. Diaz, Natalie J. Czarnecki et al. · Nature · 2022 · 1.2K citations

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  1. GT
    Gregg T. Beckham

    National Laboratory of the Rockies, United States

    28 publications · 4.4K citations

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  2. SE
    Stephan Enthaler

    Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

    31 publications · 1K citations

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  3. JS
    Jeffrey S. Moore

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    21 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. RJ
    Robert J. Linhardt

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States

    16 publications · 810 citations

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  5. CA
    Christoph Alberti

    Universität Hamburg, Germany

    17 publications · 688 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    43 h-index

    401 publications

    53.8K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    43 h-index

    364 publications

    32.4K citations

  3. National Laboratory of the Rockies

    Golden, United States

    32 h-index

    188 publications

    28K citations

  4. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    30 h-index

    126 publications

    16.3K citations

  5. South China University of Technology

    Guangzhou, China

    29 h-index

    149 publications

    9.8K citations

  6. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    28 h-index

    132 publications

    11.4K citations

  7. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    28 h-index

    99 publications

    8.5K citations

  8. University of the Basque Country

    Leioa, Spain

    24 h-index

    108 publications

    7.4K citations

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  1. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

    130 publications · 8.4K citations

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  2. The Journal of Cell Biology

    JCB · 65 publications · 8.9K citations

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  3. Green Chemistry

    GC · 66 publications · 6.1K citations

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  4. Journal of the American Chemical Society

    JACS · 49 publications · 5.1K citations

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  5. Macromolecules

    59 publications · 3.5K citations

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