Hydrolytic depolymerization of PET in a microwave reactor by Mohammad N. Siddiqui, Dimitris S. Achilias, Halim H Redhwi, Dimitris N. Bikiaris, Konstantinos Katsogiannis, George P. Karayannidis

“…Recycling of PET was examined using hydrolytic depolymerization in an alkaline solution under microwave irradiation. …”
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Chromophores from hexeneuronic acids: identification of HexA-derived chromophores by Thomas Rosenau, Antje Potthast, Nele Sophie Zwirchmayr, Hubert Hettegger, Felix Plasser, Takashi Hosoya, Markus Bacher, Karin Krainz, Thomas Dietz

“…These results disprove the frequent assumption that HexA-derived or furfural-derived chromophores are linear furanoid polymers, and might have a direct bearing on structure elucidation studies of “humins”, which are formed as dark-colored byproducts in depolymerization of pentosans and hexosans in different biorefinery scenarios.…”
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