Sentences with word «photodegradation»

The majority of the debris comprises microplastics that are created by the process of photodegradation (in the ocean, the sun breaks down the plastics into ever smaller pieces).

«Photodegradation muddles the dissolved black carbon signature,» said Khan.

Bella et al. show that coating the cells with a water - proof fluorinated polymer that contains pigments to absorb ultraviolet light and re-emit it in the visible range can boost cell efficiency and limit photodegradation.

The group also found that mNeonGreen works well for GFP's typical applications, from tagging proteins to labelling subcellular compartments, and that the protein is as stable against photodegradation as GFP.

A few scientific journals later, I found that wood exposed to sunlight experiences photodegradation.

Over time, this process of oxidation and photodegradation creates the beautiful grey color of reclaimed, aged wood.

This happens through photodegradation and other weathering processes of mismanaged waste such as discarded plastic bags or from unintentional losses such as fishing nets.»

The global scope of the study could help researchers set upper and lower limits for black carbon deposition and better account for the effects of photodegradation, a process by which sunlight alters the molecular composition over time.

Plastic does not biodegrade and it takes hundreds of years for it to break down through a process of photodegradation.