Turning plastic waste into valuable chemicals with single-atom catalysts

Researchers at Nanjing Forestry University and Tsinghua University recently introduced a new approach to convert polystyrene (PS) into toluene

The rapid accumulation of plastic waste is currently posing significant risks for both human health and the environment on Earth.…

Full text: https://phys.org/news/2025-12-plastic-valuable-chemicals-atom-catalysts.html

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Ingrid Fadelli

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Phys.org, 2025-12-20.

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Nanjing Forestry University
Nature Nanotechnology
Tsinghua University

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