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Year:: 2020
Contributor:: Lucas Sanchez (creator); Casey, Kerry (creator); Robinson, Jerome (creator); Basu, Amit (creator); Amit Basu (advisor); Brown University. Karen T. Romer Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards (research program)
Genre:: posters
Subject:: Polymers; Biodegradation; Enzymes
Extent:: 1 poster

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Abstract:: Plastics are some of the most widely used and discarded materials today. Though convenient, these synthetic polymers have accumulated in soils, oceans, and even our bodies due to their inability to degrade. Novel polycarbonates are promising alternatives to traditional plastics, as they can be sustainably sourced and are more susceptible to degradation. In nature, enzymes are found in even the smallest of microorganisms and act as catalysts for biochemical reactions. This project aims to utilize enzymes to initiate polycarbonate degradation. This research could lead to a new class of degradable polycarbonates with a variety of properties depending on their side chain.

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Lucas Sanchez, Casey, Kerry, Robinson, Jerome, et al., "Denaturing Plastic: The Degradation of Polycarbonates via Enzyme Catalysis" (2020). Summer Research Symposium. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:1139278/

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Summer Research Symposium

Each year, Brown University showcases the research of its undergraduates at the Summer Research Symposium. More than half of the student-researchers are UTRA recipients, while others receive funding from a variety of Brown-administered and national programs and fellowships and go …
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Denaturing Plastic: The Degradation of Polycarbonates via Enzyme Catalysis