PET Enzymes (IMAGE)
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PET is one of the most widely used plastics. In principle, PET molecules can be broken down into their basic building blocks using suitable enzymes. In practice, however, these approaches are difficult to transfer to an industrial scale. A new study shows how raising the bar in laboratory experiments could help identify promising enzymes for up-scaling and thus accelerate the development of industrial enzymatic plastics degradation.
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Frank Lennartz / Gert Weber /HZB
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