The modification of poly (ethylene terephthalate) fibers with graft copolymerization a review

Enzymatic surface modification of poly(ethylene terephthalate).

This study unambiguously confirms hydrolysis using cutinase of the persistent synthetic polymer poly(ethylene terephthalate), the most important synthetic fiber in the textile industry by direct measurement and identification of the different hydrolysis products. In this aqueous heterogeneous system, dissolved cutinase from Fusarium solani pisi acts on different solid poly(ethylene terephthalat...

Plasma-Induced Graft Polymerization of Acrylic Acid onto Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Films: Hydrophilic Modification

A complete and permanent hydrophilic modification of poly (ethyleneterephthalate) (PET) films is achieved by argon-plasma irradiation, subsequently grafting acrylic acid (AA) in vapor phase onto their surface. Both Ar plasma irradiation alone and post grafting AA rendered a complete hydrophilicity to PET surfaces. However, the hydrophilicity of the PET surface, only treated with the Ar plasma, ...

Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Film Recycling

Chemical Degradation of Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate)

The possibility of converting polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste into terephthalic acid as a primary material by using different techniques through trans-esterification, with an alcohol and through hydrolysis in basic medium, has been investigated. In addition, utilization of activating agents such as inorganic salts and phase transfer catalysts has been investigated. Mineral water and beve...

Organocatalytic Depolymerization of Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

We describe the organocatalytic depolymerization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), using a commercially available guanidine catalyst, 1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene (TBD). Postconsumer PET beverage bottles were used and processed with 1.0 mol % (0.7 wt %) of TBD and excess amount of ethylene glycol (EG) at 190 C for 3.5 hours under atmospheric pressure to give bis(2-hydroxyethyl) tere...