Through a combination of electrochemical testing, microstructural characterization, and numerical simulations, the paper highlights the pivotal role of residual compressive stress and the nanocrystalline layer in the formation of passive films and the evolution of surface oxide layers, particularly under ...
Sintui mixed LCC with plastic and left it in her lab overnight. She was surprised to return the next morning and find the plastic gone, eaten by the enzyme. The news spread and soon scientists were predicting a major...
Policies regarding the circular economy are noteworthy, as shown in Fig.19, consisting of material input: Bans on non-degradable and non-recyclable plastic, laws and regulation encouraging bio-based material. Product design includes existing impact and packaging regulations. Manufacturing and service pro...
Of the 16 plastic types which had multiple known degraders (polypropylene only had one), there were no material types which we observed to have monophyletic degradation activity. This suggests plastic degradation is not a lineage specific function, but likely evolves due to ecological selection in t...
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work were selected based on our previous experiment looking at the effects of PVC leachate onProchlorococcus[26] and represent equivalent or lower leachate concentrations (both in terms of weight of material used to make the stock solution and the concentrations tested) to what has been used in ...
Sintawee mixed LCC with plastic and left it in her lab overnight. She was surprised to return the next morning and find the plastic gone, eaten by the enzyme! The news spread and soon scientists were predicting a major breakthrough, as William Kremer reported for BBC World Service programme...
The certification process is a complex, time-consuming and tedious process because all the tests conducted involve the same material and is done by the same testing laboratory, so that there is no deviation of laboratory results from the actual conditions. Currently, there are no standard policies...
As one of the most widely used materials in the world, concrete is widely used in infrastructure construction and is a crucial material in the global urbanisation process [1,2,3,4]. The tremendous production of concrete not only emits large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions [5,6], but ...
FTIR analysis would probably help to identify fibres from clothing in contrast to threadlike material derived from fishing gear due to different polymer types used. In data presentations, splitting study results in separate categories of micro-fibres, as opposed to non-fibrous plastic particles ...