The synthesis and processing of most thermoplastics and thermoset polymeric materials rely
on energy-inefficient and environmentally burdensome manufacturing methods. Frontal …

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 …

Many common polymers, especially vinyl polymers, are inherently difficult to chemically
recycle and are environmentally persistent. The introduction of low levels of cleavable …

Convenient strategies for the deconstruction and reprocessing of thermosets could improve
the circularity of these materials, but most approaches developed to date do not involve …

The incorporation of heteroatom-containing weak bonds along polymer backbones has
become a popular tool to accelerate degradation. Many methods have already been …

Frontal ring-opening metathesis polymerization (FROMP) is a rapid, low-energy
manufacturing reaction that is useful for curing thermosetting materials. FROMP of …

Polyethylene (PE) is the most widely produced synthetic polymer. By installing chemically
cleavable bonds into the backbone of PE, it is possible to produce chemically …

Thermosets present sustainability challenges that could potentially be addressed through
the design of deconstructable variants with tunable properties; however, the combinatorial …

The synthesis of novel polysilylethers via entropy-driven ring-opening metathesis
polymerization (ED-ROMP) of cyclic bifunctional silyl ether-based monomers is reported …

Commercially available synthetic polymers have a variety of properties that range from
ultrarigid thermosets to high-performance elastomers and include thermoplastic materials in …