Depolymerisation and statistical fragmentation of chains are generally the two different mechanisms of degradation of polymers. The rate and extent of degradation may be monitored by changes in a ...

The degradation of waste plastics into fuel for the recovery of the organic content ... An obstacle to the resource recovery of post-consumer plastics into feedstock chemicals and fuels is the wide ...

reducing radical polymer electrode degradation and increasing output voltages. The study, led by Ekaterina I. Izgorodina from Monash University in Australia, was experimentally verified at Waseda ...

Discover how polymers have transitioned from a history of degradation to a future where mechanical adaptability is opening avenues for materials that heal themselves, warn of high stress or can even ...

Degradation of metals, glasses, minerals, polymers, ceramics, cements and composites in natural and engineered environments, as a result of various stimuli Computational and experimental studies ...

such as the need to use harmful solvents and performance degradation in extreme environments. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has developed a method for synthesizing polymers ...