Recognition of Polymer Degradation It was not until the late 1980s that attention was paid to the fact that plastics artefacts had been physically changing, showing signs of acid vapour, tackiness, ...

This was exactly what we measured! Further, we could successfully extend this combined approach of using HPP-EIS to measure the rate of degradation of a polymer coating on a thin layer of ...

Today her research is focused on the degradation of blended polymers provided by the Packaging Science Department at RIT. Plastic waste is generated at an unprecedented rate globally, leading to its ...

As soon as degradation starts, the conversation inevitably turns to how it occurred. It might be thought that the solution to this question is commonly known. However, it is not so. The good news is ...

The reactions are based on basic hydrolysis of the ester moieties in the polymer framework and occur under mild reaction conditions with low-cost reagents. They report end-use PET depolymerization in ...

Progress in Understanding Degradation Mechanisms and Improving Stability in Organic Photovoltaics, W.R. Mateker, M.D. McGehee, Advanced Materials, 1603940 (2016) Assessing the Stability of High ...

Research funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) has found that the use of a hybrid polymer material in perovskite solar cells could limit the effects of weather-based degradation on the cells ...