ArticleNature communications2024
Defining quality by quantifying degradation in the mechanical recycling of polyethylene.
Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Thermoplastic Post-Consumer Recyclates for Buried Infrastructure: Barriers, Classification Gaps, and a Path Toward Quality-Assured Use.Polymers · 2026Review
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- Contaminant-Tolerant Conversion of Polyethylene Waste to α‑Olefins.ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering · 2026Article
- Tuning High-Density Polyethylene Microstructure and Properties from Known Distributions of Dynamic Bonds.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025Article
- The Case for Advanced Recycling as a Path to Sustainable Food Packaging for Specialized Nutrition Products.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- From Circularity to Spirality: An Integrated, Systems-Level Approach to Address the Plastics Problem.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025Review
- Preliminary Analysis of Printed Polypropylene Foils and Pigments After Thermal Treatment Using DSC and Ames Tests.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Towards Sustainable Food Packaging: Mechanical Recycling Effects on Thermochromic Polymers Performance.Polymers · 2025Article
- Identification of Aged Polypropylene with Machine Learning and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy for Improved Recycling.Polymers · 2025Article
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4 authors.
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Abstract
Polyolefins have a multitude of uses across packaging, automotive and construction sectors. Their resistance to degradation during reprocessing enables recyclability, but variability in recycled polymer feedstocks renders it difficult to assure their manufacturing suitability. The lack of quality control methods has disabled circular economy pathways; product failure is costly, wasteful and time-intensive. Using rheology-simulated and extrusion-based recycling experiments, we explore the degradation pathways of high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Chain scission dominates during the initial degradation of HDPE, and increasing exposure to O
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