Biodegradable films spectroscopy

Wang, W., Murthy, N.S., Kuzmenko, I., Anderson, N.A., Vaknin, D., 2013. Structure of biodegradable films at aqueous surfaces X-ray diffraction and spectroscopy studies of polylactides and tyrosine-derived polycarbonates. Langmuir 29, 11420— 11430. 

Mid-IR spectroscopy, alongside gravimetric and molecular weight determinations, has also been used to analyse the biodegradation by a thermophilic bacterium (isolated from soil) of an LDPE film [44], The mid-IR studies were undertaken using the ATR sampling technique on control samples, samples that had been UV irradiated, and samples that had been UV irradiated then incubated with bacteria. The study showed that the particular bacterial strain was capable of utilising standard and photo-oxidised polyethylene as the sole carbon source. 

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