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Towards Upcycling Biomass-Derived Crosslinked Polymers with Light.

Authors :
Singathi R
Raghunathan R
Krishnan R
Kumar Rajendran S
Baburaj S
Sibi MP
Webster DC
Sivaguru J
Source :
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) [Angew Chem Int Ed Engl] 2022 Aug 01; Vol. 61 (31), pp. e202203353. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 31.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Photodegradable, recyclable, and renewable, crosslinked polymers from bioresources show promise towards developing a sustainable strategy to address the issue of plastics degradability and recyclability. Photo processes are not widely exploited for upcycling polymers in spite of the potential to have spatial and temporal control of the degradation in addition to being a green process. In this report we highlight a methodology in which biomass-derived crosslinked polymers can be programmed to degrade at ≈300 nm with ≈60 % recovery of the monomer. The recovered monomer was recycled back to the crosslinked polymer.<br /> (© 2022 The Authors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.)

Subjects

Subjects :
Biomass
Plastics
Polymers

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1521-3773
Volume :
61
Issue :
31
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
35545813
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202203353