Imperial College London
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ProfessorGeorgeBritovsek

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry

Professor of Chemistry
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 5863g.britovsek Website

 
 
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Location

 

501GMolecular Sciences Research HubWhite City Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Sang:2020:10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2020.109873,
author = {Sang, T and Wallis, CJ and Hill, G and Britovsek, GJP},
doi = {10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2020.109873},
journal = {European Polymer Journal},
pages = {1--13},
title = {Polyethylene terephthalate degradation under natural and accelerated weathering conditions},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2020.109873},
volume = {136},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - This review presents an overview of the state of the art in understanding of the chemistries behind polyethylene terephthalate (PET) degradation under hydrolytic and photolytic conditions, which are the main degradation processes that operate in the natural environment. Laboratory studies, carried out under so-called accelerated weathering conditions, have been reviewed and are compared to findings obtained from field studies through hydrolysis and photolysis from natural exposure. The review concludes by correlating the techniques used to date and our current understanding of the mechanisms and key intermediates involved in PET degradation.
AU  - Sang,T
AU  - Wallis,CJ
AU  - Hill,G
AU  - Britovsek,GJP
DO  - 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2020.109873
EP  - 13
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 0014-3057
SP  - 1
TI  - Polyethylene terephthalate degradation under natural and accelerated weathering conditions
T2  - European Polymer Journal
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2020.109873
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014305720315883?via%3Dihub
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/82034
VL  - 136
ER  -
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