Fast Depolymerization of PET Bottle Mediated by Microwave Pre-Treatment and An Engineered PETase

Boyang Guo; Ximena Lopez-Lorenzo; Yuan Fang; Eva Bäckström; Antonio Jose Capezza; Sudarsan Reddy Vanga; István Furó; Minna Hakkarainen; Per-Olof Syrén

doi:10.1002/cssc.202301237

Fast Depolymerization of PET Bottle Mediated by Microwave Pre-Treatment and An Engineered PETase

ChemSusChem. 2023 Sep 22;16(18):e202301237. doi: 10.1002/cssc.202301237. Epub 2023 Sep 7.

Authors

Boyang Guo^{1

2}, Ximena Lopez-Lorenzo^{1

2}, Yuan Fang³, Eva Bäckström¹, Antonio Jose Capezza¹, Sudarsan Reddy Vanga^{1

2}, István Furó³, Minna Hakkarainen¹, Per-Olof Syrén^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 50-58, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden.
² School of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Science for Life Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Tomtebodavägen 23, 171 65, Solna, Sweden.
³ Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen 30-36, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden.

PMID: 37679097
DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202301237

Abstract

Invited for this month's cover is the groups of Prof. Minna Hakkarainen, Prof. István Furó and Assoc. Prof. Per-Olof Syrén at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. The image shows how microwave irradiation is an efficient pre-treatment method of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) for subsequent biocatalytic depolymerization. The Research Article itself is available at 10.1002/cssc.202300742.