Thermosetting polymers possess excellent environmental resistance and mechanical
properties but cannot be reprocessed due to their covalently cross-linked structures …

A promising solution to address the challenges in plastics sustainability is to replace current
polymers with chemically recyclable ones that can depolymerize into their constituent …

Reversible transformations in bulk polymers offer numerous possibilities for materials
remodeling and reprocessing. While reversible systems based on dynamic covalent …

Covalently cross-linked polymers have many technological applications for their excellent
properties, but they suffer from the lack of processability and adaptive properties. We report …

The development of degradable polymers has commanded significant attention over the
past half century. Approaches have predominantly relied on ring-opening polymerization of …

Covalent adaptable networks (CANs) often make use of highly active external catalysts to
provide swift exchange of the dynamic chemical bonds. Alternatively, milder species can act …

Olefin metathesis has revolutionized synthetic approaches to carbon–carbon bond
formation. With a rich history beginning in industrial settings through its advancement in …

Covalent adaptable networks (CANs) containing reversible cross-links impart recyclability to
thermoset materials without sacrificing their desirable properties (eg high tensile strength …

A new general synthetic approach to sequenced macromolecules was developed and
applied to the synthesis of polymers comprising lactic acid (L), glycolic acid (G), and ε …

We report the synthesis of degradable polyacetals and polyketals with controlled molecular
weights and low dispersities using alternating ring-opening metathesis polymerization …