Issue 22, 2017

Enzymatic surface hydrolysis of poly(ethylene furanoate) thin films of various crystallinities

Abstract

This work reports on the successful production of poly(ethylene furanoate) (PEF) thin films and a comparison of the enzymatic hydrolysis of PEF and poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) films with three different crystallinities (0, 10 and 20%). The data suggest that the PEF films are enzymatically hydrolyzed 1.7 times faster than the commonly investigated PET films. QCM-D and SEM/AFM analyses fully confirm the observed reaction trend. The results also show a negative dependence of the hydrolysis rates with the increasing of the film crystallinity.

Graphical abstract: Enzymatic surface hydrolysis of poly(ethylene furanoate) thin films of various crystallinities

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Sep 2017
Accepted
23 Oct 2017
First published
23 Oct 2017

Green Chem., 2017,19, 5381-5384

Enzymatic surface hydrolysis of poly(ethylene furanoate) thin films of various crystallinities

S. Weinberger, K. Haernvall, D. Scaini, G. Ghazaryan, M. T. Zumstein, M. Sander, A. Pellis and G. M. Guebitz, Green Chem., 2017, 19, 5381 DOI: 10.1039/C7GC02905E

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