Methodology in studying improvement of polyacrylates biodegradability

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