Credit: NDSU, Dan Koeck
Researchers at North Dakota State University, Fargo, have developed a process using biomass to create plastic which can broken down by exposing it to ultraviolet light at 350 nanometers for three hours. Published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, the proof of concept experiment outlines the work of researchers in the Center for Sustainable Materials Science at NDSU. The research team includes: L-R Angel Ugrinov, staff scientist in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at NDSU, graduate student Ramya Raghunathan, and Retheesh Krishnan, postdoctoral fellow. The research group also includes Mukund Sibi, university distinguished professor and Sivaguru Jayaraman, James A. Meier professor in the Department of Chemistry and Bioschemistry; postdoctoral fellow Saravana Rajendran; as well as Dean Webster, professor and chair of the Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials and postdoctoral fellow Ivan Hevus.