Polymers that are easily degradable or depolymerizable back to their monomers usually do not have the physical integrity and mechanical strength to be practically useful. Hence, a key challenge in the field of recyclable polymers has been the design of next-generation polymers that are not only physically and mechanically robust, but also thermally and/or chemically depolymerizable, at the end of their useful life, back to monomers for reuse. In this context, this talk will present our recent and on-going efforts towards developing such robust yet recyclable polymers.

Robust renewable polymers with complete thermal and chemical recyclability

254th National Meeting (2017)

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