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Opportunities and challenges for plastic depolymerization by biomimetic catalysis

Yanfen Wu, Qikun Hu, Yizhen Che, Zhiqiang Niu

2024Chemical Science30 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

This perspective highlights the challenges and opportunities in achieving sustainable plastic recycling under mild conditions by imitating the active sites and the substrate-binding clefts of enzymes.

Topics & Concepts

DepolymerizationCatalysisPolymer scienceBiochemical engineeringNanotechnologyChemistryMaterials scienceEngineeringOrganic chemistrybiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionAdvanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis