Strategies for controlled polymer degradation have enabled the development of novel functional materials and have provided deep insight into the properties of polymeric networks. This talk will highlight our recent efforts to design degradability into new and old classes of materials. Specifically, triggering polymer degradation through the photocontrolled and reversible self-assembly of metal-organic cages/polyhedra, as well as through the use of cleavable comonomers, will be described.

New synthetic strategies for on-demand degradable polymeric materials

ACS Spring Meeting 2021

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