Ukuba ne-antibacterial kanye ne-biodegradable enye ifilimu yokudla evamile kungasiza ekunciphiseni ukungcola futhi kuthuthukise ukuphepha kokudla.
Abacwaningi baseHarvard T.H. I-Chan kanye ne-Nanyang Technological University e-Singapore basungule iphakheji entsha ebolayo.
Ihloselwe ukudla okufana nenyama, inhlanzi, imifino nezithelo ezintsha, kanye nokudla osekulungele ukudliwa.
USolwazi Mary Chen, umqondisi weCentre for Antimicrobial Bioengineering, umholi wephrojekthi, uthi inhloso yomsebenzi wethimba labacwaningi ukufaka esikhundleni sokupakishwa kwepulasitiki okujwayelekile kufakwe into entsha evikela imvelo ezophinda iphindwe kabili impilo yeshalofu lokudla.
Ukupakishwa kokudla kwepulasitiki okusanda kuthuthukiswa kwenziwa ngephrotheni yommbila ebizwa ngokuthi i-zein, isitashi samazambane kanye namanye ama-biopolymers enzeke ngokwemvelo afakwe ingxube yezinhlanganisela zemvelo ezilwa namagciwane okuhlanganisa uwoyela we-thyme ne-citric acid.
Lapho evezwe kumswakama ophezulu noma ama-enzyme akhiqizwa amagciwane ayingozi, imicu yokupakisha ikhulula izinhlanganisela zemvelo ezilwa namagciwane, ezibulala amagciwane.
Kuze kube manje, le nto yokupakisha izobiza cishe ngamaphesenti angama-50 ngaphezu kokufakwa kwepulasitiki evamile.