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 …

Polymers made by inverse vulcanization for use as mercury sorbents

JM Chalker, M Mann, MJH Worthington… - Organic …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
Inverse vulcanization is a process in which highly abundant and low-cost elemental sulfur is
copolymerized with an unsaturated organic molecule such as a polyene. This process has …

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 …

On the Mechanism of the Inverse Vulcanization of Elemental Sulfur: Structural Characterization of Poly(sulfur-random-(1,3-diisopropenylbenzene))

J Bao, KP Martin, E Cho, KS Kang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Organosulfur polymers, such as those derived from elemental sulfur, are an important new
class of macromolecules that have recently emerged via the inverse vulcanization process …

Anionic hybrid copolymerization of sulfur with acrylate: strategy for synthesis of high-performance sulfur-based polymers

H Yang, J Huang, Y Song, H Yao… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Copolymerization of elemental sulfur (S8) with vinyl monomers to develop new polymer
materials is significant. Here, for the first time, we report the anionic hybrid copolymerization …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring inverse vulcanisation mechanisms from the perspective of dark sulfur

JJ Dale, J Stanley, RA Dop… - European polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
The build-up of elemental sulfur waste poses problems such that only the advancement of
process and product design might act as a solution. Inverse vulcanisation, a process for the …

Reaction between 1, 3, 5‐Triisopropylbenzene and Elemental Sulfur Extending the Scope of Reagents in Inverse Vulcanization

YS Lai, YL Liu - Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Inverse vulcanization utilizes an organic compound as reagent for crosslinking elemental
sulfur to result in corresponding polymeric material with a high sulfur content. This work …

In Operando FTIR Study on the Effect of Sulfur Chain Length in Sulfur Copolymer-Based Li–S Batteries

A Rafie, R Pereira, AA Shamsabadi… - The Journal of Physical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Synthesis of sulfur-rich copolymers using the inverse vulcanization reaction is a practical
approach to modify the sulfur active material for enhanced stability in Li–S batteries …

Mercury removal by porous sulfur copolymers: Adsorption isotherm and kinetics studies

VS Wadi, H Mittal, E Fosso-Kankeu, KK Jena… - Colloids and surfaces A …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mercury is one of the most toxic, harmful element present in water that severely affects
human health. Many traditional as well as advanced technologies were developed to …

The use of inverse vulcanised polysulfide as an intelligent interfacial modifier in rubber/carbon black composites

D Wang, Z Tang, S Fang, S Wu, H Zeng, A Wang… - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
We reported the use of an inverse vulcanised polysulfide (SP) as an intelligent interfacial
modifier in the NR/CB composites to remarkably decrease the hysteresis loss by enhancing …