Current methods to recycle plastics often use expensive catalysts, harsh conditions and produce toxic byproducts. New process converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled ...

Fatty acids are organic acids with at least one carboxyl (-C(=O)OH, -COOH or -CO2H) group and a long carbon chain that can be joined by double bonds, as in unsaturated fatty acids, or single bonds ...

Ribonucleic acid, commonly known as RNA, is involved in many biological functions, and some, including gene silencing, are utilized to cure diseases. RNA has recently gained attention as a ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A new light-triggered chemical process enables the breakdown of certain polymers into monomers, facilitating easier and cheaper recycling. This method involves ...

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan ...

Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry (ITCP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe 76131, Germany School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, MIIT Key Laboratory of ...