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Catalyst-free, microdroplet-mediated waste plastic conversion to diacids PRIMARY_TEXT
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FETCHED at 2026-09-29T04:44:08Z · https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10746-7?error=cookies_not_supported&code=bdea4f74-9a09-4da1-8008-396cb21aed8f · seq 25257
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| Here we report a catalyst-free upcycling strategy that makes use of in situ generation of hydroxyl radicals at microdroplet interfaces to enable oxidative cl... | not found — this server looked at the page and did not find the passage |
| Our method achieves complete conversion of polyethylene (PE) with selectivity to short-chain diacids approaching 69% under relatively mild conditions and dem... | verbatim — the passage is on the page, character for character |
| Replacing H2O with D2O revealed a kinetic isotope effect (kH/kD = 7), confirming water-derived •OH formation as the rate-determining step. | not found — this server looked at the page and did not find the passage |
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QUOTE {} | Here we report a catalyst-free upcycling strategy that makes use of in situ generation of hydroxyl radicals at microdroplet interfaces to enable oxidative cleavage of diverse waste plastics—from polyolefins to rubbers—into carboxylic aci... |
QUOTE {} | Our method achieves complete conversion of polyethylene (PE) with selectivity to short-chain diacids approaching 69% under relatively mild conditions and demonstrated broad applicability to mixed commercial plastics, with scalability dem... |
QUOTE {} | Replacing H2O with D2O revealed a kinetic isotope effect (kH/kD = 7), confirming water-derived •OH formation as the rate-determining step. |