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NATURE CHEMISTRY
卷 13, 期 8, 页码 743-+出版社
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41557-021-00748-5
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- University of Akron
- National Science Foundation [CHE-0840446]
A novel chemically recyclable polymer with excellent thermal stability and tunable mechanical properties has been reported, synthesized through ring-opening metathesis polymerization of cyclooctene and trans-cyclobutane. The fused-ring monomer enables the conversion of non-depolymerizable polycyclooctene into a depolymerizable polymer, offering potential as next-generation sustainable materials.
A promising solution to address the challenges in plastics sustainability is to replace current polymers with chemically recyclable ones that can depolymerize into their constituent monomers to enable the circular use of materials. Despite some progress, few depolymerizable polymers exhibit the desirable thermal stability and strong mechanical properties of traditional polymers. Here we report a series of chemically recyclable polymers that show excellent thermal stability (decomposition temperature >370 degrees C) and tunable mechanical properties. The polymers are formed through ring-opening metathesis polymerization of cyclooctene with a trans-cyclobutane installed at the 5 and 6 positions. The additional ring converts the non-depolymerizable polycyclooctene into a depolymerizable polymer by reducing the ring strain energy in the monomer (from 8.2 kcal mol(-1) in unsubstituted cyclooctene to 4.9 kcal mol(-1) in the fused ring). The fused-ring monomer enables a broad scope of functionalities to be incorporated, providing access to chemically recyclable elastomers and plastics that show promise as next-generation sustainable materials.
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