Nature or petrochemistry? - Biologically degradable materials

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1078-1085

  Mecking, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental chemistry; Green chemistry; Petrochemistry; Plastics; Polymers

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; DEGRADATION; FEEDSTOCKS; FOSSIL FUELS; PLASTICS; POLYESTERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIODEGRADABILITY; LACTIC ACIDS; MICROBIAL SYNTHESIS; THERMOPLASTIC PROCESSABILITY;

POLYMERS;

AMIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; LACTIC ACID; PLASTIC; POLYESTER; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY; FERMENTATION; GERMANY; GREENHOUSE GAS; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SHORT SURVEY; SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; FERMENTATION; HEAT; LACTIC ACID; PETROLEUM; PLASTICS; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMERS;

EID: 4544228312     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200301655     Document Type: Short Survey

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