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Letter
Nature Materials 5, 966–970 (1 December 2006) | doi:10.1038/nmat1778
Environmentally degradable, high-performance thermoplastics from phenolic phytomonomers
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Abstract
Aliphatic polyesters, such as poly(lactic acid), which degrade by hydrolysis, from naturally occurring molecules form the main components of biodegradable plastics. However, these polyesters have become substitutes for only a small percentage of the currently used plastic materials because of their poor thermal and mechanical properties.
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