Biodegradability of Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate/Bacterial Cellulose Composites under Aerobic Conditions, Measured via Evolution of Carbon Dioxide and Spectroscopic and Diffraction Methods

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 9979-9986

  Ruka, Dianne R ^a,b   Sangwan, Parveen ^a   Garvey, Christopher J ^c   Simon, George P ^b   Dean, Katherine M ^b,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d D3 Consulting Group Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; COMPOSTING; DIFFRACTION; NATURAL POLYMERS; X RAY SCATTERING;

BIODEGRADATION PROCESS; CARBON DIOXIDE EVOLUTION; CELLULOSE COMPOSITES; CRYSTALLINITY CHANGES; DIFFRACTION METHODS; POLY-3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLY3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE (PHB); RELATIVE CRYSTALLINITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; POLY-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYESTER;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; COMPOSTING; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLYMER; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREACTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE EVOLUTION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPOSTING; CRYSTALLIZATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE AREA; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; POLYESTERS; SCATTERING, SMALL ANGLE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84939604940     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5044485     Document Type: Article

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