The global production of today’s polymers is very dependent on fossil fuel. However, there is a progressive dwindling of these resources that new renewable sources are needed. This presentation will focus on new methods to access monomers from nature, and thus using them to synthesize renewable polymers. “Silicon acetal metathesis polymerization (SAMP)” is a methodology where silicon-based monomers and diols derived from plants are used to synthesize polysilicon acetals with glass transitions temperatures higher than that of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and with high melting points. SAMP also avoids the formation of deleterious byproducts such as corrosive acid (HCl). Other nature-derived monomers have also been used with the aim of replacing non-renewable commodity plastics.

Nature-derived renewable polymers to replace commodity plastics

255th National Meeting (2018)

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