Recyclable/degradable materials via the insertion of labile/cleavable bonds using a comonomer approach

C Lefay, Y Guillaneuf - Progress in Polymer Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymers have many advantages such as low weight, low cost, and, importantly, stability
under thermal, chemical, and mechanical stress. This stability, on the other hand, leads to …

Emerging Trends in the Chemistry of End-to-End Depolymerization

Z Deng, ER Gillies - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Over the past couple of decades, polymers that depolymerize end-to-end upon cleavage of
their backbone or activation of a terminal functional group, sometimes referred to as “self …

Disulfide-mediated reversible polymerization toward intrinsically dynamic smart materials

Q Zhang, DH Qu, BL Feringa… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The development of a dynamic chemistry toolbox to endow materials dynamic behavior has
been key to the rational design of future smart materials. The rise of supramolecular and …

Controlled-Radical Polymerization of α-Lipoic Acid: A General Route to Degradable Vinyl Copolymers

KR Albanese, PT Morris, J Read de Alaniz… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Here, we present the synthesis and characterization of statistical and block copolymers
containing α-lipoic acid (LA) using reversible addition–fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) …

Acid‐catalyzed Disulfide‐mediated Reversible Polymerization for Recyclable Dynamic Covalent Materials

BS Wang, Q Zhang, ZQ Wang, CY Shi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Poly (1, 2‐dithiolane) s are a family of intrinsically recyclable polymers due to their
dynamic covalent disulfide linkages. Despite the common use of thiolate‐initiated anionic …

Photoinduced dithiolane crosslinking for multiresponsive dynamic hydrogels

BR Nelson, BE Kirkpatrick, CE Miksch… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
While many hydrogels are elastic networks crosslinked by covalent bonds, viscoelastic
hydrogels with adaptable crosslinks are increasingly being developed to better recapitulate …

Organic–inorganic covalent–ionic molecules for elastic ceramic plastic

W Fang, Z Mu, Y He, K Kong, K Jiang, R Tang, Z Liu - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Although organic–inorganic hybrid materials have played indispensable roles as
mechanical,,–, optical,, electronic, and biomedical materials,–, isolated organic–inorganic …

Environmentally benign smart self-healing silicone-based coating with dual antifouling and anti-corrosion properties

J Sun, J Duan, X Liu, X Dong, Y Zhang, C Liu… - Applied Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine corrosion and biofouling on metallic materials are sticky problems in maintenance of
various vessels and facilities in the ocean. Further, designing of an eco-friendly marine …

Chemically Recyclable Dithioacetal Polymers via Reversible Entropy‐Driven Ring‐Opening Polymerization

LS Kariyawasam, JF Highmoore… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In a sustainable circular economy, polymers capable of chemical recycling to monomers are
highly desirable. We report an efficient monomer‐polymer recycling of polydithioacetal …

Materials design of highly branched bottlebrush polymers at the intersection of modeling, synthesis, processing, and characterization

T Pan, S Dutta, Y Kamble, BB Patel… - Chemistry of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Highly branched “bottlebrush” polymers are a class of macromolecules characterized by
side chains that are densely grafted from a backbone that is typically linear. Their unique …