In this study, pineapple leaf fiber and polyethylene terephthalate electrospun nanofibers were produced via electrospinning process. Six ratios of fiber/polyethylene terephthalate, namely 1/10; 1/7,5; 1/5; 1/1 1,3/1 prepared their wetting, structural thermal properties characterised. Wetting sample studied using contact angle measurement. X-Ray Diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry the...

Over 359 million tons of plastics were produced worldwide in 2018, with significant growth expected the near future, resulting global challenge end-of-life management. The recent identification enzymes that degrade previously considered non-biodegradable opens up opportunities to steer plastic recycling industry into realm biotechnology. Here, sequential conversion post-consumer polyethylene te...

The affinity of new di-, tri- and tetrathiourea functionalised fused [3] and [5]polynorbornane based hosts 1-6 towards terephthalate2- was proportional to the size of the preorganised cleft/cavity imparted by the polynorbornane scaffold. Receptors based on the [5]polynobornane framework had greater affinities for the anion due to a higher degree of host:guest size complementarity. Hosts 1-5 for...