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High-efficiency enzymatic biodegradation of polypropylene-based melt-blown fabric debris

Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: , respectively, under physiological conditions at 1 atm. Chemical multi-fingerprinting analysis revealed that the mechanisms of MBFD degradation included oxidation and unreported nitridation pathways. Molecular dynamics simulations demonstrated the stability of the enzyme-PP complex system, primarily attributed to hydrophobic interactions. This enzymatic method was also successfully applied to degrade MBFD from disposable activated carbon masks, PP industrial particles, and polyethylene (PE) industrial particles. Finally, we demonstrated the potential of this enzymatic method in biodegradation of MBFD and PP industrial particles in real environmental wastewaters and human serum.
Language: English
Subfield: Pollution
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411803779
FWCI: 0.445
Cites: 74
Cited by: 2
Related to: 10