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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2025

An Analytical Workflow to Quantify Biodegradable Polyesters in Soils and Its Application to Incubation Experiments.

Mattia Cerri, Flora Wille, Silvan Arn, Thomas D Bucheli, Franco Widmer, Rhayn Werz, Kristopher McNeill, Alessandro Manfrin, Michael Sander

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Mattia CerriInstitute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9224-4114
Flora WilleInstitute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-7504-7653
Silvan ArnInstitute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0003-8691-1584
Thomas D BucheliEnvironmental Analytics, Agroscope, 8046 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9971-3104
Franco WidmerMolecular Ecology, Agroscope, 8046 Zurich, Switzerland.
Rhayn WerzInstitute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Kristopher McNeillInstitute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2981-2227
Alessandro ManfrinInstitute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Michael SanderInstitute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3383-2041

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soil biodegradable polyesters are designed to undergo to microbial utilization in aerobic soils, forming carbon dioxide and microbial biomass. These polyesters are thus viable substitutes for conventional, persistent polymers (e.g., polyethylene) in specific applications for which the transfer of some of the polymers into the soil is inevitable. While polymer biodegradability is often assessed in laboratory incubations using respirometric analysis of formed CO

Indexed as

PolyestersSoilBiodegradation, EnvironmentalPolyestersSoil1H-NMRbiodegradable polymerbiodegradationmulch filmsoilSoxhlet extraction

Identifiers

PMID40249173
PMCPMC12044702

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