Natural Degradation: Polymer Degradation under Different Conditions

242 Pages·2022·9.212 MB·English

by  Vetcher A., Iordanskii A. (ed.)

Natural
Degradation
Polymer Degradation under
Different Conditions
Edited by
Alexandre Vetcher and Alexey Iordanskii
Printed Edition of the Special Issue Published in Polymers
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Natural Degradation: Polymer
Degradation under Different
Conditions
Natural Degradation: Polymer
Degradation under Different
Conditions
Editors
AlexandreVetcher
AlexeyIordanskii
MDPI•Basel•Beijing•Wuhan•Barcelona•Belgrade•Manchester•Tokyo•Cluj•Tianjin
Editors
AlexandreVetcher AlexeyIordanskii
Peoples’Friendship RussianAcademyofSciences
UniversityofRussia Russia
Complementaryand
IntegrativeHealthClinicof
Dr.Shishonin
Russia
EditorialOffice
MDPI
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4052Basel,Switzerland
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Contents
AbouttheEditors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Prefaceto”NaturalDegradation:PolymerDegradationunderDifferentConditions” . . . . . ix
AlexandreA.VetcherandAlexeyL.Iordanskii
NaturalDegradation:PolymerDegradationunderDifferentConditions
Reprintedfrom:polymers2022,14,3595,doi:10.3390/polym14173595 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
KirillV.Zhukov,AlexandreA.Vetcher,BagratA.GasparuanandAlexanderY.Shishonin
AlterationofRelativeRatesofBiodegradationandRegenerationofCervicalSpineCartilage
throughtheRestorationofArterialBloodFlowAccesstoRhomboidFossa:AHypothesis
Reprintedfrom:Polymers2021,13,4248,doi:10.3390/polym13234248 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
ArpapornTeamsinsungvon,ChaiwatRuksakulpiwatandYupapornRuksakulpiwat
EffectsofTitanium–SilicaOxideonDegradationBehaviorandAntimicrobialActivityofPoly
(LacticAcid)Composites
Reprintedfrom:Polymers2022,14,3310,doi:10.3390/polym14163310 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
JohannaLangwieser,AndreaSchweighuber,AlexanderFelgel-Farnholz,ChristianMarschik,
WolfgangBuchbergerandJoergFischer
DeterminationoftheInfluenceofMultipleClosedRecyclingLoopsonthePropertyProfileof
DifferentPolyolefins
Reprintedfrom:Polymers2022,14,2429,doi:10.3390/polym14122429 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Svetlana G. Karpova, Natalia A. Chumakova, Anton V. Lobanov, Anatoly A. Olkhov,
AlexandreA.VetcherandAlexeyL.Iordanskii
Evaluation and Characterization of Ultrathin Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)
Fibers Loaded with Tetraphenylporphyrin and Its Complexes with Fe(III)
andSn(IV)
Reprintedfrom:Polymers2022,14,610,doi:10.3390/polym14030610 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Olivia A. Attallah, Muhammad Azeem, Efstratios Nikolaivits, Evangelos Topakas and
MargaretBrennanFournet
Progressing Ultragreen, Energy-Efficient Biobased Depolymerization of Poly(ethylene
terephthalate)viaMicrowave-AssistedGreenDeepEutecticSolventandEnzymaticTreatment
Reprintedfrom:Polymers2022,14,109,doi:10.3390/polym14010109 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
AnatolyA.Olkhov, ElenaE.Mastalygina, VasilyA.Ovchinnikov, TatianaV.Monakhova,
AlexandreA.VetcherandAlexeyL.Iordanskii
Thermo-Oxidative Destruction and Biodegradation of Nanomaterials from Composites of
Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)andChitosan
Reprintedfrom:Polymers2021,13,3528,doi:10.3390/polym13203528 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Ji-BongChoi,Yu-KyoungKim,Seon-MiByeon,Jung-EunPark,Tae-SungBae,Yong-Seok
JangandMin-HoLee
Characteristics of Biodegradable Gelatin Methacrylate Hydrogel Designed to Improve
OsteoinductionandEffectofAdditionalBindingofTannicAcidonHydrogel
Reprintedfrom:Polymers2021,13,2535,doi:10.3390/polym13152535 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
PingHe,HaodaRuan,CongyangWangandHaoLu
Mechanical Properties and Thermal Conductivity of Thermal Insulation Board Containing
RecycledThermosettingPolyurethaneandThermoplastic
Reprintedfrom:Polymers2021,13,4411,doi:10.3390/polym13244411 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
v
GloriaAmo-Duodu, EmmanuelKweinorTetteh, SudeshRathilal, EdwardKwakuArmah,
JeremiahAdedeji,MarthaNoroChollomandMaggieChetty
EffectofEngineeredBiomaterialsandMagnetiteonWastewaterTreatment:BiogasandKinetic
Evaluation
Reprintedfrom:Polymers2021,13,4323,doi:10.3390/polym13244323 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
MohammedAl-YaariandIbrahimDubdub
Pyrolytic Behavior of Polyvinyl Chloride: Kinetics, Mechanisms, Thermodynamics, and
ArtificialNeuralNetworkApplication
Reprintedfrom:Polymers2021,13,4359,doi:10.3390/polym13244359 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Camille Gillet, Ferhat Tamssaouet, Bouchra Hassoune-Rhabbour, Tatiana Tchalla, Vale´rie
Nassiet
Parameters Influencing Moisture Diffusion in Epoxy-Based Materials during Hygrothermal
Ageing—AReviewbyStatisticalAnalysis
Reprintedfrom:Polymers2022,14,2832,doi:10.3390/polym14142832 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Andrey A. Vodyashkin, Parfait Kezimana, Alexandre A. Vetcher and Yaroslav M.
Stanishevskiy
BiopolymericNanoparticles–MultifunctionalMaterialsoftheFuture
Reprintedfrom:Polymers2022,14,2287,doi:10.3390/polym14112287 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
vi
About the Editors
AlexandreVetcher
DeputyDirector(Science)atscientificandeducationalcenter”Nanotechnology”attheInstitute
of Biochemical Technology and Nanotechnology of the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
(RUDN), and Associate Director (Science) at the Complementary and Integrative Health Clinic of
Dr.Shishonin.
Education:
1988—Ph.D.inBiophysics,InstituteofChemicalPhysics,AcademyofSciences,USSR
1983—M.S. in Molecular, Physical and Chemical Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State
Universitybranch,Pustchino-na-Oke
1981—B.S.andM.S.inChemistry,V.I.LeninBelorussianStateUniversity
ScientificInterests:
Polymers natural decay and its management and monitoring; nucleic acids properties, their
characterization(PAGE,AG,PCR,AFM,TEM,etc.),andconstructionofnanoobjectsontheirbasis;
thermodynamicsofirreversibleprocessesinbiodegradationinvivo.
Awardsandachievements:
2010—Themanuscript“Gelmobilitiesoflinking-numbertopoisomersandtheirdependenceon
DNAhelicalrepeatandelasticity”(2010),BiophysicalChemistry,hasbeenselectedandevaluatedby
Dr.Maxwell,aMemberoftheFacultyof1000(F1000),whichplacesitinF1000libraryinthetop2%
ofpublishedarticlesinbiologyandmedicine.
2010—UTDserviceaward
2007—TheGMUApprenticeshipscholarshipawardwasdevotedtoastudentfrommyresearch
group,MSGearheart,R.
1991—Soviet Union Business Convention Award for the development and production of gel
electrophoresisequipment
1990—ByelorussianNationalAcademyofSciencesAwardinMolecularBiology
1990—ByelorussianYCLScientificAwardinBiologicalSciences
1982—USSRMinistryofHigherEducationYearJuniorScientistAwardinChemistry
AlexeyIordanskii
PrincipalInvestigatoratN.N.SemenovFederalResearchCenterforChemicalPhysics,Russian
AcademyofSciences,Moscow.
1998—PTProfessor,M.V.LomonosovMoscowAcademyofFineChemicalTechnology
Education:
1975—Ph.D., N.N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Moscow
1968—M.S.,M.V.LomonosovMoscowStateUniversity
ScientificInterests:
Biopolymerscharacterization;transportphenomenainpolymers;nanofibers;controlledrelease
evaluation;biodegradationandhydrolysisinpolymersandcomposites.
Awardsandachievements:
1997—TheRussianFederationmedalinhonorofthe850thanniversaryofMoscow’sfounding
(forcontributiontosciencedevelopmentinMoscow).
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1990—DSc (Polymer Chemistry), N.N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian
AcademyofSciences.
1988—GoldmedalforbiomedicalresearchattheSovietUnionBusinessConventionAwardfor
thecreationofbiomedicalmaterialsforanartificialheart.
Professionalmembership(s)
1975—D.I.MendeleevSocietyMembership
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Preface to ”Natural Degradation: Polymer
Degradation under Different Conditions”
Nowadays, different issues of natural degradation attract the attention of the research
community.Thisgrowinginterestismostlyassociatedto:
• theconsiderationofatleastinvivobiodegradationasaninteractionofbothsynthesisanddecay;
• thedevelopmentofnovelwaystomanagenaturaldegradationthroughthecreationofspecial
composites;
• the nano-level structural control of composites which allow either increased or decreased
decayspeed,takingintoaccountthatdifferentapplicationsoftenrequireachievementsinboth
directions;
• the application of centralized aerobic–anaerobic energy balance compensation (CAAEBC)
theorytomedicalissuesofbiodegradationofthehumanbody.
AllthesepointsarereflectedatcertainextentinthecurrentSpecialIssue.
AlexandreVetcherandAlexeyIordanskii
Editors
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polymers
Editorial
Natural Degradation: Polymer Degradation under Different
Conditions
AlexandreA.Vetcher1,2,*andAlexeyL.Iordanskii3
1 InstituteofBiochemicalTechnologyandNanotechnology(IBTN)ofthePeoples’FriendshipUniversityof
Russia(RUDN),6Miklukho-MaklayaSt.,117198Moscow,Russia
2 ComplementaryandIntegrativeHealthClinicofDr.Shishonin,5YasnogorskayaSt.,117588Moscow,Russia
3 N.N.SemenovFederalResearchCenterforChemicalPhysics,RussianAcademyofSciences,4KosyginSt.4,
119334Moscow,Russia
* Correspondence:[email protected]
Naturaldegradation(ND)iscurrentlyoneofthemaindirectionsofpolymerresearch.
Thisdirectionisimportantforthetechnologicalapplicationsofbothnaturalandsynthetic
polymersandtheircomposites.Insomecases,weareinterestedinincreasingtheirstability,
e.g.,ifwearetalkingaboutthedecayofintervertebralcartilage,teeth,orthepolymer
coatingsofvehiclesandbuildings.Inothers,weareinterestedinacceleratingtheirdecay.
Themostprominentobjectsofsuchapplicationsarepolymercarriersfortargeteddrug
delivery,usedpackagingmaterials,ornon-recoverablecartires.Thereisathirddirection
ofmanageddegradation,also. Itcouldbeemployedincontrolledreleaseapplications.
Inallthesecases,evenNDcouldoccurinsidecellsorinsidealivingorganismorinthe
environmentundertheinfluenceofthedegradation-causingfactorsinherentinit(e.g.,
ozone,oxygen,andultraviolet,etc.).Itisalsoobviousthatpolymersandcompositesare
involvedindissipativesynthesisdecaytypestructuresthatareatleastinsidealiving
organism. ThecontributionstothisSpecialIssue,althoughnotcoveringthefullrange
oftheNDfield,giveagoodoverviewofsomeimportanttopicsthatarerequiredfora
Citation:Vetcher,A.A.;Iordanskii, sustainablefuture.
A.L.NaturalDegradation:Polymer Thepossibilitytoapplythetheoryofcentralizedaerobic-anaerobicenergybalance
DegradationunderDifferent compensationtothebalanceofthecervicalspinecartilage’spolymericpartinthesystem
Conditions.Polymers2022,14,3595. ofbiodegradationandregenerationisthefocusof[1]. Thiscontributionemploysthe
https://doi.org/10.3390/ thermodynamicsofirreversibleprocessestotheabove-mentionedsystem.
polym14173595 Anotherimportanttopicistheinfluenceofcompositecomponentsandtheirstructure
Received:26August2022 onNDdynamics.InthisSpecialIssue,wehavereportsdevotedtotheinfluenceofTixSiy
oxides on ND of PLA [2], the peculiarities of polyolefins’ ND [3], the effect of small
Accepted:26August2022
additions(1–5wt.%)oftetraphenylporphyrinanditscomplexeswithFe(III)andSn(IV)
Published:31August2022
onthestructure,andsubsequently,theND-associatedpropertiesofultrathinfibersthatare
Publisher’sNote:MDPIstaysneutral basedonpoly(3-hydroxybutyrate)[4],thecombinedultragreenchemicalandbiocatalytic
withregardtojurisdictionalclaimsin
depolymerizationofpolyethyleneterephthalate(PET)usingadeepeutecticsolvent-based
publishedmapsandinstitutionalaffil-
low-energymicrowavetreatmentfollowedbyanenzymatichydrolysistofacilitatePET
iations.
biodepolymerisation[5],thebiodegradationandthermo-destructionoffilmsfromblends
ofpoly(3-hydroxybutyrate)andchitosanbypouringthemfromasolution,andnonwoven
fibrousmaterialsthatareobtainedbyelectrospinning[6], andintherat-transplanted
biodegradationofasingleanddoublecross-linkedGelMAhydrogel[7].
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