IMAGE: Development strategy for pepsin degradable BioNylons from itaconic acid and leucine. view more
Credit: Image courtesy: Tatsuo Kaneko and Mohammad Asif Ali from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
Point:
Chirally interactive BioNylons were prepared.
BioNylon showed thermal/mechanical performances than conventional Nylons.
BioNylons disintegrated and degraded with pepsin.
Summary:
Marine plastic waste problems have been more serious year by year. One of the worst issues is that creatures in ocean are going extinct by mistakenly swallowing them.. Conventional biodegradable plastics are degradable in digestive enzymes, but their performances are too low to use in society. In this study, researchers from JAIST have used bio-derived resources such as itaconic acid and amino acid for the syntheses of high-performance BioNylons having the pepsin degradation function.
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Critics claim environmental regulations hurt productivity and profits, but the reality is more nuanced, according to an analysis of environmental policies in China by a pair of Cornell economists.
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