Biodegradability of poly(hydroxyalkanoate) materials

Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1104-1126

  Numata, Keiji ^a,b   Abe, Hideki ^b   Iwata, Tadahisa ^b,c  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; PHA depolymerase; Poly(hydroxyalkanoate) (PHA)

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DEGRADATION RATE; DEPOLYMERASE; ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPATIBLE; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; LAMELLAR CRYSTALS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON FILMS; DEGRADATION; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMERIC FILMS;

MATERIALS;

EID: 84873660418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma2031104     Document Type: Review

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