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 …

New sustainable polymers with on-demand depolymerization property

Y Sun, Z An, Y Gao, R Hu, Y Liu, H Lu, XB Lu… - Science China …, 2024 - Springer
To combat the crisis of today's synthetic polymers arising from unsustainable production and
disposal, it is essential for the synthetic polymer community to reshape the current polymer …

Tetrabutylammonium Halides as Selectively Bifunctional Catalysts Enabling the Syntheses of Recyclable High Molecular Weight Salicylic Acid‐Based Copolyesters

F Ren, J Xian, Z Jia, Z Chen, H Fu, R Wang… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To synthesize high molecular weight poly (phenolic ester) via a living ring‐opening
polymerization (ROP) of cyclic phenolic ester monomers remains a critical challenge due to …

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 …

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 …

Achieving Exceptional Thermal and Hydrolytic Resistance in Chemically Circular Polyesters via In‐Chain 1, 3‐Cyclobutane Rings

C Weng, Z Ding, W Qiu, B Wang… - Angewandte Chemie, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Polyesters, a highly promising class of circular polymers for achieving a closed‐loop
sustainable plastic economy, inherently exhibit material stability defects, especially in …

Semiaromatic Polyester-Ethers with Tunable Degradation Profiles

NG Judge, MI Segal, RO Silzer, CS Dziewior… - ACS Macro …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL) is a widely utilized polymer within the biomedical field; however,
one of its limitations is the multi-year long degradation profile. Herein, we report a …

Predicting Chemical Recyclability Thermodynamics via Molecular Simulations

V Nieboer, P Olsén, K Odelius, J Wohlert - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
Designing the next generation of circular plastics can contribute to preventing environmental
pollution and the loss of embedded value. In light of this, assessing the thermodynamic …