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Polymorphism control of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) degradation product via mechanochemistry leads to accelerated microbial degradation
Environmental Development
2024
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Deepika Shingwekar,
Nicholas Lutz,
Delbert S. Botes,
Elani J. Cabrera-Vega,
Gonzalo Campillo‐Alvarado,
Jay L. Mellies,
Jesus Daniel Loya
Summary
Researchers developed a chemo-microbial strategy to degrade polyethylene terephthalate (PET) by using mechanochemistry to control the polymorph of the intermediate BHET, demonstrating that crystal form directly influences how quickly bacteria can break down the degradation product.
Here, we optimized a chemo-microbial degradation of polyethylene terephthalate. Developed a path to mechanochemically interconvert between BHET polymorphs and established that BHET polymorphism influences bacterial biodegradation rate.