[HTML][HTML] Review of polymer technologies for improving the recycling and upcycling efficiency of plastic waste

H Jung, G Shin, H Kwak, LT Hao, J Jegal, HJ Kim… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Human society has become increasingly reliant on plastic because it allows for convenient
and sanitary living. However, recycling rates are currently low, which means that the majority …

Recyclable, self-strengthening starch-based epoxy vitrimer facilitated by exchangeable disulfide bonds

N Tratnik, NR Tanguy, N Yan - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Epoxy vitrimers have emerged as a new class of self-healing, recyclable, and reprocessable
materials, offering new opportunities to traditional epoxy thermosets by improving life-span …

Functional liquid crystal elastomers based on dynamic covalent chemistry

C Valenzuela, Y Chen, L Wang… - Chemistry–A European …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The marriage of liquid crystal elastomers with dynamic covalent chemistry can be a new
paradigm for the development of dynamic and intelligent polymers with versatile …

Closed-loop chemical recycling of cross-linked polymeric materials based on reversible amidation chemistry

B Qin, S Liu, Z Huang, L Zeng, JF Xu… - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Closed-loop chemical recycling provides a solution to the end-of-use problem of synthetic
polymers. However, it remains a major challenge to design dynamic bonds, capable of …

Fully recyclable, healable, soft, and stretchable dynamic polymers for magnetic soft robots

G Zhu, Y Hou, N Xia, X Wang, C Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic soft robots capable of wirelessly controlled programmable deformation and
locomotion are desirable for diverse applications. Such multi‐variable actuation ideally …

Tailored modular assembly derived self-healing polythioureas with largely tunable properties covering plastics, elastomers and fibers

YM Li, ZP Zhang, MZ Rong, MQ Zhang - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
To impart self-healing polymers largely adjustable dynamicity and mechanical performance,
here we develop libraries of catalyst-free reversible polythioureas directly from commodity 1 …

Repeatedly Recyclable 3D Printing Catalyst‐Free Dynamic Thermosetting Photopolymers

J Cui, F Liu, Z Lu, S Feng, C Liang, Y Sun… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photo‐curing 3D printing technology has promoted the advanced manufacturing in various
fields, but has exacerbated the environmental crisis by the demand for the chemically cross …

Highly tunable and robust dynamic polymer networks via conjugated–hindered urea bonds

Y Li, Y Wang, S Wang, Z Ye, C Bian, X Xing… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Mechanical robustness and network reconstruction have always been paradoxical in
dynamically cross-linked polymers. It is highly desirable to consider polymer architecture …

Critical effects of branch numbers at the cross-link point on the relaxation behaviors of transesterification vitrimers

T Isogai, M Hayashi - Macromolecules, 2022 - ACS Publications
Vitrimers are functional cross-linked materials, exhibiting reprocessability, recyclability, and
healability, and thus these are expected for application as sustainable materials. The …

Robust Biobased Vitrimers and Its Application to Closed-Loop Recyclable Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Composites

J Hong, Y Hong, J Jeong, D Oh… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Vitrimers are being actively studied as sustainable plastics. To that end, robust vitrimer films
fabricated from a ternary aqueous solution of tannic acid (TA), boric acid (BA), and polyvinyl …