• Comparison of Biodegradation Behavior of Poly(butylene succinate) Filaments under Different Seawater Conditions

  • Chaeeun Kim, Jungkyu Kim, Gyeom Heo*, Hyoung-Joon Jin**, ***† , and Hyo Won Kwak****,†

  • Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Bioresources, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Korea
    *Fisheries Engineering Division, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Busan 46083, Korea
    **Program in Environmental and Polymer Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea
    ***Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea
    ****Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Korea

  • 해수 조건에 따른 Poly(butylene succinate) 섬유의 생분해 거동 비교

  • 김채은 · 김정규 · 허 겸* · 진형준**, ***,† · 곽효원****,†

  • 서울대학교 농림생물자원학부, *국립수산과학원 수산공학과, **인하대학교 고분자환경융합공학전공, ***인하대학교 고분자공학과, ****서울대학교 농업생명과학연구원

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This Article

  • 2026; 50(2): 288-294

    Published online Mar 25, 2026

  • 10.7317/pk.2026.50.2.288
  • Received on Oct 1, 2025
  • Revised on Nov 3, 2025
  • Accepted on Nov 14, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Hyoung-Joon Jin**, *** , and Hyo Won Kwak****

  • **Program in Environmental and Polymer Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea
    ***Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea
    ****Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Korea

  • E-mail: hjjin@inha.ac.kr, bk0502@snu.ac.kr