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Plastic Degradation

Plastic Degradation is a physicochemical process by which plastic materials undergo structural breakdown through the action of environmental factors, distinguishing it from other forms of waste transformation by its specific dependence on polymer chain scission in synthetic organic matrices.

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2017–2026

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Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

Roland Geyer, Jenna Jambeck, Kara Lavender Law · Science Advances · 2017 · 17.6K citations · Full text

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Kinetics of thermal degradation of char‐forming plastics from thermogravimetry. Application to a phenolic plastic

Henry L. Friedman · Journal of Polymer Science Part C Polymer Symposia · 1964 · 3.8K citations

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Degradation Rates of Plastics in the Environment

Ali Chamas, Hyunjin Moon, Jiajia Zheng et al. · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · 2020 · 3.3K citations · Full text

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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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Environmental and health hazard ranking and assessment of plastic polymers based on chemical composition

Delilah Lithner, Åke Larsson, Göran Dave · The Science of The Total Environment · 2011 · 2.5K citations

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Authors

6.1K

  1. YS
    Yusaku Sakata

    Okayama University, Japan

    13 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. RW
    Ren Wei

    Universität Greifswald, Germany

    13 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. MA
    Md. Azhar Uddin

    Okayama University, Japan

    9 publications · 999 citations

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  4. FP
    Francesco Paolo La Mantia

    University of Palermo, Italy

    7 publications · 221 citations

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  5. AM
    Akinori Muto

    Okayama University, Japan

    8 publications · 770 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    23 h-index

    124 publications

    8.3K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    17 h-index

    90 publications

    38.5K citations

  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    16 h-index

    53 publications

    3.6K citations

  4. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

    Stockholm, Sweden

    15 h-index

    58 publications

    5.3K citations

  5. Okayama University

    Okayama, Japan

    14 h-index

    54 publications

    4.7K citations

  6. Sichuan University

    Chengdu, China

    13 h-index

    38 publications

    1.5K citations

  7. Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

    13 h-index

    34 publications

    4.6K citations

  8. Leipzig University

    Leipzig, Germany

    12 h-index

    62 publications

    6.8K citations

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Venues

  1. Polymer Degradation and Stability

    140 publications · 11.2K citations

    59

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  2. The Science of The Total Environment

    51 publications · 6.1K citations

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  3. Journal of Hazardous Materials

    38 publications · 3.5K citations

    31

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  4. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis

    37 publications · 3.5K citations

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  5. Environmental Science & Technology

    26 publications · 4.4K citations

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