The mercury problem in artisanal and small‐scale gold mining

LJ Esdaile, JM Chalker - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mercury‐dependent artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM) is the largest source of
mercury pollution on Earth. In this practice, elemental mercury is used to extract gold from …

Recent advances in the polymerization of elemental sulphur, inverse vulcanization and methods to obtain functional Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers …

Y Zhang, RS Glass, K Char, J Pyun - Polymer Chemistry, 2019‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Recent developments in the polymerization of elemental sulfur and the preparation of
functional Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIPs) are reviewed. CHIPs …

Photoinduced inverse vulcanization

J Jia, J Liu, ZQ Wang, T Liu, P Yan, XQ Gong… - Nature Chemistry, 2022‏ - nature.com
The inverse vulcanization (IV) of elemental sulfur to generate sulfur-rich functional polymers
has attracted much recent attention. However, the harsh reaction conditions required, even …

Catalytic inverse vulcanization

X Wu, JA Smith, S Petcher, B Zhang, DJ Parker… - Nature …, 2019‏ - nature.com
The discovery of inverse vulcanization has allowed stable polymers to be made from
elemental sulfur, an unwanted by-product of the petrochemicals industry. However, further …

Chemical methods for map** cysteine oxidation

LJ Alcock, MV Perkins, JM Chalker - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Cysteine residues in proteins are subject to diverse redox chemistry. Oxidation of cysteine to
S-nitrosocysteine, cysteine sulfenic and sulfinic acids, disulfides and persulfides are a few …

Mechanochemical synthesis of inverse vulcanized polymers

P Yan, W Zhao, F McBride, D Cai, J Dale… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Inverse vulcanization, a sustainable platform, can transform sulfur, an industrial by-product,
into polymers with broad promising applications such as heavy metal capture …

Chemically induced repair, adhesion, and recycling of polymers made by inverse vulcanization

SJ Tonkin, CT Gibson, JA Campbell, DA Lewis… - Chemical …, 2020‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Inverse vulcanization is a copolymerization of elemental sulfur and alkenes that provides
unique materials with high sulfur content (typically≥ 50% sulfur by mass). These polymers …

Electrochemical synthesis of poly (trisulfides)

JMM Pople, TP Nicholls, LN Pham… - Journal of the …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
With increasing interest in high sulfur content polymers, there is a need to develop new
methods for their synthesis that feature improved safety and control of structure. In this …

Synthesis and applications of polymers made by inverse vulcanization

JM Chalker, MJH Worthington, NA Lundquist… - Sulfur Chemistry, 2019‏ - Springer
Elemental sulfur is an abundant and inexpensive chemical feedstock, yet it is underused as
a starting material in chemical synthesis. Recently, a process coined inverse vulcanization …

Inverse vulcanized polymers for sustainable metal remediation

FG Müller, LS Lisboa, JM Chalker - Advanced Sustainable …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Heavy metal exposure has an enormous burden on human health. Current metal removal
technologies require substantial improvements in relation to their efficiency and …