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- Michiel Dusselier
- Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 23, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium.
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- Pieter Van Wouwe
- Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 23, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium.
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- Annelies Dewaele
- Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 23, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium.
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- Pierre A. Jacobs
- Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 23, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium.
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- Bert F. Sels
- Center for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 23, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium.
書誌事項
- 公開日
- 2015-07-03
- 権利情報
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- http://www.sciencemag.org/about/science-licenses-journal-article-reuse
- DOI
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- 10.1126/science.aaa7169
- 公開者
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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<jats:title>Synthesizing more sustainable plastics</jats:title> <jats:p> Zeolites can help synthesize cheaper plastic precursors from biologically sourced feedstocks. Producing sustainable plastics must compete with more cost-effective petrochemical-based synthesis routes. Dusselier <jats:italic>et al.</jats:italic> developed a zeolite-based strategy to catalyze the transformation of microbially produced lactic acid into lactide, a difficult-to-synthesize precursor of biodegradable polylactic acid plastics. The selectivity of nearly 80% is based on active site spatial confinement in the zeolite micropores. This step substantially simplifies current high-cost synthesis routes and generates nearly zero waste using current reactor technologies. </jats:p> <jats:p> <jats:italic>Science</jats:italic> , this issue p. <jats:related-article xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" ext-link-type="doi" issue="6243" page="78" related-article-type="in-this-issue" vol="349" xlink:href="10.1126/science.aaa7169">78</jats:related-article> </jats:p>
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Science 349 (6243), 78-80, 2015-07-03
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)