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Challenges to Circularity in Mixed Polymer Waste

FOCUS · MAR-G62 · ID: 3097659

Presentations

  • Critical economic and environmental factors in plastics recycling

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: Jason S. DesVeaux, Taylor Uekert, Julia B. Curley, Hoon Choi, Yuanzhe Liang, Avantika Singh, Ofei D. Mante, Gregg T. Beckham, Alan J. Jacobsen, and Katrina M. Knauer, Economic and environmental feasibility of the chemical recycling of mixed and variable polyester waste, in revision.<br><br>Natasha P. Murphy, Stephen H. Dempsey Jason S DesVeaux, Louis Chirban, Taylor Uekert, Allen C. Chang, Swarnalatha Mailaram, Manar Alherech, Hannah M. Alt, Brenna Norton-Baker, Elizabeth L. Bell, Christine A. Singer, Andrew R. Pickford, John E. McGeehan, Margaret J. Sobkowicz, Gregg T. Beckham, Process innovations to enable viable enzymatic poly(ethylene terephthalate) recycling, in review.<br><br>Hyunjin Moon, Jason S. DesVeaux, Hannah Alt, Youngsaeng Avina, Clarissa L. Lincoln, Joel Miscall, Lisa Stanley, Christine Singer, Stefan J. Haugen, Kelsey J. Ramiraz, Jeremy Bussard, Davinia Salvachúa, Shannon S. Stahl, G. T. Beckham, Upcycling polystyrene waste to adipic acid through combined chemical and biological reactions, in preparation.

    Presenters

    • Jason S DesVeaux

      NREL

    Authors

    • Jason S DesVeaux

      NREL

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  • Tracking the segmental dynamics of polymers undergoing scission inside catalytic nanopores: dielectric spectroscopy as a tool to advance waste plastics upcycling

    ORAL

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    Presenters

    • R Bharath Venkatesh

      University of California, Santa Barbara

    Authors

    • R Bharath Venkatesh

      University of California, Santa Barbara

    • Jonathan Bingaman

      University of California, Santa Barbara

    • Susannah L Scott

      University of California Santa Barbara

    • Lynn M Walker

      University of Minnesota

    • Rachel A Segalman

      University of California, Santa Barbara

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  • Selective dissolution and supercritical recovery of barrier layers from multilayer plastic packaging.

    ORAL

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    Presenters

    • Harrish Kumar Senthil Kumar

      Auburn University

    Authors

    • Edward W Davis

      Auburn University

    • Marshall Smith

      Auburn University

    • Daniel A Meadows

      Auburn University

    • Harrish Kumar Senthil Kumar

      Auburn University

    • Ke Zhan

      Auburn University

    • Yucheng Peng

      Auburn University

    • Tanmay Rahman

      Auburn University

    • Yucheng Peng

      Auburn University

    • Virginia A Davis

      Auburn University

    • Bryan S Beckingham

      Auburn University

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  • Microstructural insights near compatibilized semicrystalline interfaces

    ORAL

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    Presenters

    • Robert J Ivancic

      National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

    Authors

    • Robert J Ivancic

      National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

    • McKenzie L Coughlin

      National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

    • Aaron A Burkey

      National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

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  • Electrostatically Mediated Compatibilization of Immiscible Polymer Blends via a Quaternization Approach

    ORAL

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    Presenters

    • Jerrick Edmund

      University of California, Santa Barbara

    Authors

    • Jerrick Edmund

      University of California, Santa Barbara

    • Kseniia M Karnaukh

      University of California, Santa Barbara

    • Elizabeth A Murphy

      University of California, Santa Barbara

    • Haley K Beech

      University of California, Santa Barbara

    • Taejun Eom

      University of California, Santa Barbara

    • Javier Read de Alaniz

      University of California, Santa Barbara

    • Craig J Hawker

      University of California, Santa Barbara

    • Rachel A Segalman

      University of California, Santa Barbara

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  • Improving polyolefin sorting via AI-driven property prediction

    ORAL

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    Presenters

    • Debra J Audus

      National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

    Authors

    • Debra J Audus

      National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

    • Shuaijun Li

      National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

    • Bradley Sutliff

      National Institute of Standards and Technology

    • Robert J Ivancic

      National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

    • Tyler B Martin

      National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

    • Derek E Huang

      Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Air Force Research Laboratory

    • Enrique Blázquez-Blázquez

      Institute of Polymer Science and Technology

    • Kalman B Migler

      National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

    • Sara Orski

      National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

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  • AI Methods for Improving Polymer Sorting

    ORAL

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    Presenters

    • Bradley David Olsen

      Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Authors

    • Bradley David Olsen

      Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    • Alexis Hocken

      Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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