From oxygenated monomers to well-defined low-carbon polymers

Y Xia, C Zhang, Y Wang, S Liu, X Zhang - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
The synthesis of degradable polymers with easy-to-break in-chain carbon-oxygen bonds
has attracted much attention. This minireview introduces the synthesis of a variety of …

Insights into substitution strategy towards thermodynamic and property regulation of chemically recyclable polymers

YM Tu, FL Gong, YC Wu, Z Cai, JB Zhu - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
The development of chemically recyclable polymers serves as an attractive approach to
address the global plastic pollution crisis. Monomer design principle is the key to achieving …

Leveraging the monomer structure for high-performance chemically recyclable semiaromatic polyesters

HZ Fan, X Yang, YC Wu, Q Cao, Z Cai, JB Zhu - Polymer Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of inexpensive and high-performance chemically recyclable polymers
serves as a promising strategy for solving the issues regarding plastic pollution. In the …

Modulating Polymerization Behaviors of Ether–Ester Monomers and Physicochemical Properties of Poly(ether-alt-ester)s by Heteroatom Substitutions

M Wang, Z Ding, X Shi, Z Ma, B Wang, Y Li - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
The design of cyclic monomers is crucial for the development of polymers with ideal thermal
and mechanical properties by ring-opening polymerization. Herein, we provide a systematic …

cis-Fused cyclohexane promoted the chemical recycling of polycarbonate to monomer

SY Shan, W Zhang, Q Cao, YC Ye, Z Cai, JB Zhu - Polymer Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of chemically recyclable polymers serves as a promising strategy to solve
the plastic pollution issue. In this contribution, we prepared a seven-membered cyclic …

Naphthalene engineering of chemically recyclable polyesters with enhanced thermal and mechanical properties

XM Wang, HY Huang, YM Tu, Z Cai, JB Zhu - Polymer Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of new chemically recyclable polymers is highly demanded for
establishing a circular plastics economy. The superior aliphatic-aromatic 5H-1, 4 …

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 …

Torsional Strain Enabled Ring‐Opening Polymerization towards Axially Chiral Semiaromatic Polyesters with Chemical Recyclability

Q Cao, YM Tu, HZ Fan, SY Shan, Z Cai… - Angewandte …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The development of new chemically recyclable polymers via monomer design would
provide a transformative strategy to address the energy crisis and plastic pollution problem …

Advancing the material performance of chemically recyclable polythioesters via copolymerization

W Xiong, J Dai, Z Cai, JB Zhu - Polymer, 2024 - Elsevier
Developing new chemically recyclable polymers provides an opportunity for establishing a
circular plastic economy. However, it is still challenging to reconcile both polymer …

Stereoselective Ring‐opening Polymerization of S‐Carboxyanhydrides Using Salen Aluminum Catalysts: A Route to High‐Isotactic Functionalized Polythioesters

Y Zhu, Y Tao - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Polythioesters are important sustainable polymers with broad applications. The ring‐
opening polymerization (ROP) of S‐Carboxyanhydrides (SCAs) can afford polythioesters …