Scalable depolymerizing transesterification and amidation of (poly)lactic acid (PLA) enabled by resonant acoustic mixing (RAM)
Антон С. Макаров, Magnus Rueping
Abstract
Efficient, operationally simple, and scalable conversion of post-consumer (poly)lactic acid into lactate esters and lactamides.
Topics & Concepts
Lactic acidMixing (physics)TransesterificationScalabilityCatalysisOrganic chemistryChemistryChemical engineeringMaterials scienceComputer sciencePhysicsBacteriaOperating systemQuantum mechanicsEngineeringBiologyGeneticsbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisChemical Synthesis and Reactions