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DESCRIPTION:From our kitchens to our clothes to the delivery of medicines\,
  plastics play an indispensable role in our daily lives. But\, the end-lif
 e of these plastics is not always taken into account. Few types of plastic
 s can be readily recycled\, and durable plastics take centuries to break d
 own in landfills or in the environment. Here at SLAC\, we are designing ch
 emical processes that can break down plastics under controlled conditions 
 while also making useful products. Using X-ray light\, we observe the deta
 ils of this breakdown at the atomic level and use this information to desi
 gn pathways for the degradation of plastics into useful products. We are m
 embers of a consortium that aims to make tomorrow's plastics recyclable an
 d biodegradable by design. In this lecture\, I will describe my work on vi
 sualizing and improving our methods for breaking down plastic waste into u
 seful products.\n\nAbout the Speaker:\n\nOzge Bozkurt is a chemical and bi
 ological engineer\, with bachelor’s of science degrees in molecular biol
 ogy & genetics\, and chemical engineering from the Istanbul Technical Univ
 ersity\, a master’s of science degree from Delft University of Technolog
 y and a PhD from Koc University. She has worked in the oil and gas industr
 y as a research and development engineer with a specialization in biofuels
 . She is currently a research associate at SLAC\, conducting experiments o
 n chemical recycling of plastic waste. Working at the Stanford Synchrotron
  Radiation Lightsource at SLAC\, she uses powerful X-rays to observe polym
 er breakdown and catalysts in action. In her free time she enjoys visiting
  science museums and has volunteered at many STEM outreach activities at S
 LAC.
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LOCATION:SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory\, Kavli Auditorium
SUMMARY:Reinventing the way we break down plastic waste
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/reinventing-the-way-we-brea
 k-down-plastic-waste-832
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