TY  - JOUR
AU  - Valle, Stella F.
AU  - Giroto, Amanda S.
AU  - Klaic, Rodrigo
AU  - Guimarães, Gelton G. F.
AU  - Ribeiro, Caue
TI  - Sulfur fertilizer based on inverse vulcanization process with soybean oil
JO  - Polymer degradation and stability
VL  - 162
SN  - 0141-3910
CY  - Amsterdam [u.a.]
PB  - Elsevier Science
M1  - FZJ-2019-01998
SP  - 102 - 105
PY  - 2019
AB  - Sulfur deficiency in soils has become an increasing concern over the past decades. Despite elemental sulfur (S8) vast utilization as a commercial fertilizer, S8 has to be biologically oxidized for plant assimilation, drastically limiting its efficiency. Therefore, we propose a new fertilizer in which S8 structure is more accessible to oxidizing microorganisms by chemical modification via inverse vulcanization technique, a solvent-free copolymerization method, with soybean oil as comonomer. Sulfur oxidation experiments were performed by A. niger submerged cultivation, confirming that the homogeneous rubbery-like material provides enhanced oxidation, with great potential as multifunctional sulfur-fertilizer.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000465055500012
DO  - DOI:10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2019.02.011
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/861544
ER  -