Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling

Lucas D. Ellis; Nicholas A. Rorrer; Kevin P. Sullivan; Maike Otto; J.E. McGeehan; Yuriy Román‐Leshkov; Nick Wierckx; Gregg T. Beckham

doi:10.1038/s41929-021-00648-4

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CatalysisDeconstruction (building)Materials scienceEnvironmental pollutionNanotechnologyWaste managementBiochemical engineeringEnvironmental scienceChemistryOrganic chemistryEngineering

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Year: 2021
Type: article
Volume: 4
Issue: 7
Pages: 539-556
Citations: 980
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                                    Lucas D. Ellis, 
                                
                                    Nicholas A. Rorrer, 
                                
                                    Kevin P. Sullivan
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2021). 
                            Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling. 
                            Nature Catalysis
                            , 4
                            (7)
                            , 539-556.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-021-00648-4
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41929-021-00648-4