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Search Publications by: McKenzie Coughlin (Fed)

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Evaluating Contaminant Effects and Blend Ratios on the Alkaline Hydrolysis of PET Textile Streams

September 5, 2025

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McKenzie Coughlin, Thomas Forbes, Zois Tsinas, Amanda Forster, Charlotte Wentz, Maxwell Mevorah, allison carranza, Amy Engelbrecht-Wiggans

The increasing amounts of discarded textiles represent a potentially valuable resource that could be reclaimed, for example, by chemical techniques. This work underscores the significance of advancing chemical recycling techniques for multi-component

Composition dependence of flow-induced crystallization in high-density polyethylene/isotactic polypropylene blends

October 2, 2024

Author(s)

McKenzie Coughlin, Derek Huang, Caitlyn Edgar, Anthony Kotula, Kalman Migler

Polyolefins, including high density polyethylene (HDPE) and isotactic polypropylene (iPP), account for over half of the worldwide plastics market and have wide-ranging applications. Recycling of these materials is hindered due to separation difficulties as

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