Reversed Controlled Polymerization (RCP): Depolymerization from Well-Defined Polymers to Monomers.

ABSTRACT: Controlled polymerization methods are well-established synthetic protocols for the design and preparation of polymeric materials with a high degree of precision over molar mass and architecture. Exciting recent work has shown that the high end-group fidelity and/or functionality inherent in these techniques can enable new routes to depolymerization under relatively mild conditions. Converting polymers back to pure monomers by depolymerization is a potential solution to the environmental and ecological concerns associated with the ultimate fate of polymers. This perspective focuses on the emerging field of depolymerization from polymers synthesized by controlled polymerizations including radical, ionic, and metathesis polymerizations. We provide a critical review of current literature categ

SUBMITTER: Jones GR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10176471 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature