Paper to Plastics: An Interdisciplinary Summer Outreach Project in Sustainability
Paper to Plastics: An Interdisciplinary Summer Outreach Project in Sustainability
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从纸张到塑料：可持续发展跨学科夏季推广项目
DOI：
10.1021/ed400892t
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
3
通讯作者：
J. Byers
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作者：
F. Tamburini;T. Kelly;E. Weerapana;J. Byers
纸到塑料（P2P）是一个跨学科的计划，结合了化学和生物学的研究设置。这个项目有两个目标：让学生参与科学研究，并教育他们关于可持续性和可生物降解材料的知识。该项目的科学目标是将无用的办公用纸回收为有用的可生物降解聚合物聚乳酸（PLA）。通过这个项目，学生可以直接学习化学和生物如何相互作用，从废物中形成有用的材料。学生将酶解和发酵等生物技术与蒸馏和催化等化学技术结合起来，完成废纸转化为PLA的过程。通过这个暑期项目，学生们最终会熟悉不同的实验室技术，同时学习如何利用他们的科学兴趣来解决重要的社会问题。
Paper to Plastics (P2P) is an interdisciplinary program that combines chemistry and biology in a research setting. The goal of this project is 2-fold: to engage students in scientific research and to educate them about sustainability and biodegradable materials. The scientific aim of the project is to recycle unwanted office paper to the useful biodegradable polymer poly(lactic acid) (PLA). Through this program, students learn firsthand how chemistry and biology interact to form useful materials from waste. Students combine biological techniques, such as enzymatic digestion and fermentation, with chemical techniques, such as distillation and catalysis, to accomplish the conversion of waste paper into PLA. Through this summer program, students ultimately become familiar with diverse laboratory techniques, while learning how their scientific interests can be used to address important social problems.