Methodology in studying improvement of polyacrylates biodegradability

The biodegradability of polyacrylic acid derivatives may be improved through introduction of some fragility points within the main carbon chains. These weakness points can be either hydrolizable bonds or oxidizable sites. Enzymatic hydrolysis and oxydative biomimetic degradation tests have been set up in order to quickly evaluate new polymeric structures, before their possible evaluation through microbial degradation by Candida tropicalis.