Chemically recyclable polymer materials: polymerization and depolymerization cycles

G Xu, Q Wang - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The design and synthesis of chemically recyclable polymers, which can be reutilized as their
starting monomers or new value-added chemicals, has provided a practical approach to …

Sustainable developments in polyolefin chemistry: Progress, challenges, and outlook

XY Wang, Y Gao, Y Tang - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Polyolefins are the largest-scale synthetic plastics and play a key role in modern society.
Their production consumes huge amounts of fossil-derived monomer feedstocks, which …

Strong and tough supramolecular covalent adaptable networks with room‐temperature closed‐loop recyclability

Z Zhang, D Lei, C Zhang, Z Wang, Y Jin… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Development of closed‐loop chemically recyclable plastics (CCRPs) that can be
widely used in daily life can be a fundamental solution to the global plastic waste crisis …

Tough while recyclable plastics enabled by monothiodilactone monomers

Y Wang, Y Zhu, W Lv, X Wang… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The current scale of plastics production and the attendant waste disposal issues represent
an underexplored opportunity for chemically recyclable polymers. Typical recyclable …

[HTML][HTML] A recyclable polyester library from reversible alternating copolymerization of aldehyde and cyclic anhydride

X Zhang, W Guo, C Zhang, X Zhang - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Our society is pursuing chemically recyclable polymers to accelerate the green revolution in
plastics. Here, we develop a recyclable polyester library from the alternating …

Ring-opening polymerization for the goal of chemically recyclable polymers

CM Plummer, L Li, Y Chen - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
A crucial modern dilemma relates to the ecological crisis created by excess plastic waste
production. An emerging technology for reducing plastic waste is the production of …

Selective, sequential, and “one-pot” depolymerization strategies for chemical recycling of commercial plastics and mixed plastics

R Yang, G Xu, B Dong, X Guo… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The commercial plastics that are currently used in large-scale are primarily concerned with
performance and durability, rather than degradability and recyclability. As a result, the …

Efficient and Selective Chemical Recycling of CO2‐Based Alicyclic Polycarbonates via Catalytic Pyrolysis

Y Yu, B Gao, Y Liu, XB Lu - Angewandte Chemie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical recycling of polymers to their constituent monomers is the foremost challenge in
building a sustainable circular plastics economy. Here, we report a strategy for highly …

Ring‐opening Polymerization of Enantiopure Bicyclic Ether‐ester Monomers toward Closed‐loop Recyclable and Crystalline Stereoregular Polyesters via Chemical …

Z Li, D Zhao, Y Shen, Z Li - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although great successes have been achieved, the preparation of closed‐loop recyclable
polyesters with high working temperatures still remains as a big challenge. Herein, we …

Functionalizable and Chemically Recyclable Thermoplastics from Chemoselective Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Bio‐renewable Bifunctional α‐Methylene‐δ …

J Li, F Liu, Y Liu, Y Shen, Z Li - … Chemie International Edition, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It is a highly attractive strategy to develop chemically recyclable polymers to establish a
circular plastic economy. Despite the recent advancements, chemically recyclable polymers …