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• TITLE: Mathematical Modeling and Inverse Analysis for Microbial Depolymerization Processes of Xenobiotic Polymers

  AUTHORS: Masaji Watanabe, Fusako Kawai

  KEYWORDS: Microbial Depolymerization, Polyetylene Glycol 4000, Mathematical Model, Inverse Problem, Numerical Simulation

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Vol.7 No.12, December 20, 2019

  ABSTRACT: Microbial depolymerization processes of xenobiotic polymers are discussed. A mathematical model is formulated and inverse problems for a time factor and a molecular factor of a degradation rate are described. Experimental outcomes are introduced in inverse analyses. Once the time factor and the molecular factor are obtained, the microbial depolymerization process is simu-lated. Numerical techniques are illustrated and numerical results are presented.