A decade development of inverse vulcanization towards green and sustainable practices

H Shen, B Zheng, H Zhang - Polymer Reviews, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Inverse vulcanization utilizes alkenyl monomers and elemental sulfur, an excessive by-
product of oil and gas refineries, to synthesize dynamically crosslinked sulfur-rich polymers …

Reactive compression molding post‐inverse vulcanization: a method to assemble, recycle, and repurpose sulfur polymers and composites

NA Lundquist, AD Tikoalu… - … A European Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Inverse vulcanization provides dynamic and responsive materials made from elemental
sulfur and unsaturated cross‐linkers. These polymers have been used in a variety of …

[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 …

Making the best of polymers with sulfur–nitrogen bonds: from sources to innovative materials

H Mutlu, P Theato - Macromolecular rapid communications, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Polymers with sulfur–nitrogen bonds have been underestimated for a long time, although
the intrinsic characteristics of these polymers offer a myriad of superior properties (eg …

Bipyridine-containing polysulfide materials for broad-spectrum removal of heavy metals from water

LA Ko, YS Huang, YA Lin - ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
Heavy-metal pollution is a serious environmental problem. The development of an
adsorbent with the ability to bind a diverse range of toxic metal ions would make the water …

Insulating composites made from sulfur, canola oil, and wool

I Bu Najmah, NA Lundquist, MK Stanfield… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An insulating composite was made from the sustainable building blocks wool, sulfur, and
canola oil. In the first stage of the synthesis, inverse vulcanization was used to make a …

Manipulating Inverse Vulcanization Comonomers to Generate High-Tensile-Strain Polymers

JJ Dale, V Hanna, T Hasell - ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
The buildup of waste sulfur poses issues of storage and usage that may be prevented by the
development of high-sulfur-content functional materials. Inverse vulcanization allows for the …

Robust, remeltable and remarkably simple to prepare biomass–sulfur composites

MK Lauer, MS Karunarathna, AG Tennyson… - Materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignocellulosic biomass holds a tremendous opportunity for transformation into carbon-
negative materials, yet the expense of separating biomass into its cellulose and lignin …

Three-dimensional graphene with the decoration of elemental sulfur-based sulfur-nitrogen dots for CO2 capture

VS Wadi, AM Varghese, S Kuppireddy… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Using a mild hydrothermal process, elemental sulfur was directly used to develop uniformly
decorated sulfur-nitrogen (NS) dots on three-dimensional (3D) graphene. UV-Visible …

Algae-inspired, sulfur-based polymer with infrared transmission and elastic function

J Kuwabara, K Oi, MM Watanabe… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This study prepared an elastic material with an infrared (IR)-transmitting property based on
the structural features of algae oils. The bulk copolymerization of elemental sulfur and …