Depolymerizable poly(benzyl ether)-based materials for selective room temperature recyclingElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Synthetic procedures, characterization data, experimental details, NMR spectra, GPC chromatograms. See DOI: 10.1039/c5gc01090j

This communication addresses the question of whether it is possible to design a polymer that can be modified easily to create various traditional classes of polymeric materials while also incorporating a mechanism into the backbone of the polymer for facilitating selective end-of-life recycling capa...

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Main Authors Baker, Matthew S, Kim, Hyungwoo, Olah, Michael G, Lewis, Gregory G, Phillips, Scott T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 31.08.2015
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Summary:This communication addresses the question of whether it is possible to design a polymer that can be modified easily to create various traditional classes of polymeric materials while also incorporating a mechanism into the backbone of the polymer for facilitating selective end-of-life recycling capabilities into the new types of materials. We illustrate these capabilities using depolymerizable poly(benzyl ethers), which we modify to access desired properties in plastics. The poly(benzyl ethers) also are designed for selective, programmed, room temperature, and continuous depolymerization of plastics to monomers when the plastic is no longer needed. Straightforward modifications to quinone methide monomers creates self-immolative poly(benzyl ethers) that enable room temperature separation and recycling of plastics.
Bibliography:Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Synthetic procedures, characterization data, experimental details, NMR spectra, GPC chromatograms. See DOI
10.1039/c5gc01090j
ISSN:1463-9262
1463-9270
DOI:10.1039/c5gc01090j