Plastic products that can be rapidly degraded on-command
OwnerSrinivasa R. Raghavan, Mahima Srivastava +2inventors
InventorsSrinivasa R. Raghavan, Mahima Srivastava, Hema Choudhary, Ronald N. Goodman
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Abstract
This present disclosure is directed generally to rapidly degradable polymers, for example, on-demand degradable polymers, products thereof, and methods thereof. In some embodiments, the rapidly degradable polymers degrade in 5 minutes or less in the presence of a peroxide.
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A polymeric product, said polymeric product comprising a natural polymer, a synthetic polymer, or any combination thereof, a plasticizer, and a catalyst;
- wherein said catalyst is chosen from microparticles, nanoparticles, soluble chemicals, microorganisms, and enzymes;
- wherein said microparticles are chosen from silver microparticles, gold microparticles, manganese (IV) oxide (MnO2), iron (II) oxide (Fe2O3), iron (II, III) oxide (Fe3O4), and titanium oxide (TiO2);
- wherein said nanoparticles are chosen from gold nanoparticles, and silver nanoparticles;
- wherein said soluble chemicals are chosen from iron chloride, ferrous sulfate (FeSO4), ferrous chloride (FeCl2), manganese sulfate (MnSO4), manganese chloride (MnCl2);
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- wherein said microorganisms is yeast;
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- wherein said enzymes are chosen from catalase, peroxidase, and laccase.
A degradable polymeric product, said polymeric product comprising a natural polymer, a synthetic polymer, or any combination thereof, a plasticizer, and a catalyst;
- wherein said catalyst is chosen from microparticles, nanoparticles, soluble chemicals, microorganisms, and enzymes;
- wherein said microparticles are chosen from silver microparticles, gold microparticles, manganese (IV) oxide (MnO2), iron (II) oxide (Fe2O3), iron (II, III) oxide (Fe3O4), and titanium oxide (TiO2);
- wherein said nanoparticles are chosen from gold nanoparticles, and silver nanoparticles;
- wherein said soluble chemicals are chosen from iron chloride, ferrous sulfate (FeSO4), ferrous chloride (FeCl2), manganese sulfate (MnSO4), manganese chloride (MnCl2);
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- wherein said microorganisms is yeast, and
- wherein said enzymes are chosen from catalase, peroxidase, and laccase.
A bioplastic comprising a natural polymer or a natural polymer and synthetic polymer, a plasticizer, and a catalyst, wherein said catalyst is chosen from microparticles, nanoparticles, soluble chemicals, microorganisms, and enzymes;
- wherein said microparticles are chosen from silver microparticles, gold microparticles, manganese (IV) oxide (MnO2), iron (II) oxide (Fe2O3), iron (II, III) oxide (Fe3O4), and titanium oxide (TiO2);
- wherein said nanoparticles are chosen from gold nanoparticles, and silver nanoparticles;
- wherein said soluble chemicals are chosen from iron chloride, ferrous sulfate (FeSO4), ferrous chloride (FeCl2), manganese sulfate (MnSO4), manganese chloride (MnCl2);
- wherein said microorganisms is yeast;
- wherein said enzymes are chosen from catalase, peroxidase, and laccase;
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- wherein said natural polymer is chosen from protein, gelatin, collagen polysaccharide, chitosan, agar, agarose, and cellulose and its derivatives, alginate, starch, pectin, carrageenan and natural polyesters such as polyhydroxyalkanoates, wherein said collagen is fish, bovine, porcine ovine, or poultry collagen.
A container, said container comprising a degradable polymer product of any of the preceding claims and a peroxide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.