Recyclable/degradable materials via the insertion of labile/cleavable bonds using a comonomer approach

C Lefay, Y Guillaneuf - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymers have many advantages such as low weight, low cost, and, importantly, stability
under thermal, chemical, and mechanical stress. This stability, on the other hand, leads to …

Emerging Trends in the Chemistry of End-to-End Depolymerization

Z Deng, ER Gillies - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Over the past couple of decades, polymers that depolymerize end-to-end upon cleavage of
their backbone or activation of a terminal functional group, sometimes referred to as “self …

Designed to degrade: tailoring polyesters for circularity

CV Aarsen, A Liguori, R Mattsson… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A powerful toolbox is needed to turn the linear plastic economy into circular. Development of
materials designed for mechanical recycling, chemical recycling, and/or biodegradation in …

Recyclable and (Bio) degradable polyesters in a circular plastics economy

C Shi, EC Quinn, WT Diment, EYX Chen - Chemical Reviews, 2024 - ACS Publications
Polyesters carrying polar main-chain ester linkages exhibit distinct material properties for
diverse applications and thus play an important role in today's plastics economy. It is …

Chemically Recyclable Conjugated Polymer and One‐Shot Preparation of Thermally Stable and Efficient Bulk‐Heterojunction from Recycled Monomer

H Jin, K Kim, S Park, JH Rhee, H Ahn… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recyclable conjugated polymers are important for realizing eco‐friendly electronics with
advantages of solution processability and flexibility. A recyclable conjugated polymer, PY …

Closed-loop recyclable polymers: from monomer and polymer design to the polymerization–depolymerization cycle

S Yang, S Du, J Zhu, S Ma - Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The extensive utilization of plastic, as a symbol of modern technological society, has
consumed enormous amounts of finite and non-renewable fossil resources and produced …

Closed-loop recycling of sulfur-rich polymers with tunable properties spanning thermoplastics, elastomers, and vitrimers

JZ Zhao, TJ Yue, BH Ren, XB Lu, WM Ren - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
The development of closed-loop recycling polymers that exhibit excellent performance is of
great significance. Sulfur-rich polymers possessing excellent optical, thermal, and …

Ring-opening polymerization of lactones to prepare closed-loop recyclable polyesters

Z Li, Y Shen, Z Li - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
The large production and indiscriminate disposal of plastics have resulted in serious
resource and global environmental crises, which has raised a demand to develop a more …

Degradable Block Copolymer Nanoparticles Synthesized by Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly

S Zhang, R Li, Z An - Angewandte Chemie, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA) combines polymerization and in situ self‐
assembly of block copolymers in one system and has become a widely used method to …

Chemically recyclable copolyesters from bio-renewable monomers: controlled synthesis and composition-dependent applicable properties

WT Xiong, G Wu, SC Chen, YZ Wang - Science China Chemistry, 2023 - Springer
The development of chemically recyclable polymers is a promising solution to address the
dual challenges of the environment and resources caused by petroleum-based plastics …