{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Gregory GL"],"funding":["The Faraday Institution","Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford","Faraday Institution","Diamond Light Source","Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council"],"pagination":["e202210748"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9828403"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["61(47)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Thermoplastic elastomers based on polyesters/carbonates have the potential to maximize recyclability, degradability and renewable resource use. However, they often underperform and suffer from the familiar trade-off between strength and extensibility. Herein, we report well-defined reprocessable poly(ester-b-carbonate-b-ester) elastomers with impressive tensile strengths (60 MPa), elasticity (>800 %) and recovery (95 %). Plus, the ester/carbonate linkages are fully degradable and enable chemical recycling. The superior performances are attributed to three features: (1) Highly entangled soft segments; (2) Fully reversible strain-induced crystallization and (3) Precisely placed Zn<sup>II</sup> -carboxylates dynamically crosslinking the hard domains. The one-pot synthesis couples controlled cyclic monomer ring-opening polymerization and alternating epoxide/anhydride ring-opening copolymerization. Efficient convresion to ionomers is achieved by reacting vinyl-epoxides to install Zn<sup>II</sup> -carboxylates."],"journal":["Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)"],"pubmed_title":["Block Poly(carbonate-ester) Ionomers as High-Performance and Recyclable Thermoplastic Elastomers."],"pmcid":["PMC9828403"],"funding_grant_id":["EP/V003321/1","FIRG007","Future of Plastics","EP/R027129/1","FIRG026","FIRG026, SOLBAT","SM29810-1","EP/S018603/1"],"pubmed_authors":["Carrodeguas LP","Kimpel J","Gregory GL","Williams CK","Lagodzinska M","Sulley GS","Hafele L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Block Poly(carbonate-ester) Ionomers as High-Performance and Recyclable Thermoplastic Elastomers.","description":"Thermoplastic elastomers based on polyesters/carbonates have the potential to maximize recyclability, degradability and renewable resource use. However, they often underperform and suffer from the familiar trade-off between strength and extensibility. Herein, we report well-defined reprocessable poly(ester-b-carbonate-b-ester) elastomers with impressive tensile strengths (60 MPa), elasticity (>800 %) and recovery (95 %). Plus, the ester/carbonate linkages are fully degradable and enable chemical recycling. The superior performances are attributed to three features: (1) Highly entangled soft segments; (2) Fully reversible strain-induced crystallization and (3) Precisely placed Zn<sup>II</sup> -carboxylates dynamically crosslinking the hard domains. The one-pot synthesis couples controlled cyclic monomer ring-opening polymerization and alternating epoxide/anhydride ring-opening copolymerization. Efficient convresion to ionomers is achieved by reacting vinyl-epoxides to install Zn<sup>II</sup> -carboxylates.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2026-03-18T13:51:14.19Z","creation":"2025-04-04T09:30:49.52Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9828403","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36178774"],"doi":["10.1002/anie.202210748"]}}