Hybrid Monomer Design Synergizing Property Trade‐offs in Developing Polymers for Circularity and Performance

Shi, Changxia; Reilly, Liam T.; Chen, Eugene Y. ‐X.

doi:10.1002/ange.202301850

Hybrid Monomer Design Synergizing Property Trade‐offs in Developing Polymers for Circularity and Performance

Journal Article · Wed May 10 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Angewandte Chemie

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202301850· OSTI ID:1973293

Shi, Changxia ^[1]; Reilly, Liam T. ^[1]; ^[1]

Department of Chemistry Colorado State University Fort Collins CO 80523-1872 USA

Abstract

Current search for more sustainable plastics seeks to redesign polymers possessing both chemical recyclability to monomer for a circular plastics economy and desirable performance that can rival or even exceed today's non‐recyclable or hard‐to‐recycle petroleum‐based incumbents. However, within a traditional monomer framework it is challenging to optimize, concurrently , contrasting polymerizability/depolymerizability and recyclability/performance properties. Here, we highlight the emerging hybrid monomer design strategy to develop intrinsically circular polymers with tunable performance properties, aiming to unify desired, but otherwise conflicting, properties in a single monomer. Conceptually, this design hybridizes parent monomer pairs of contrasting, mismatching, or matching properties into offspring monomers that not only unify the above‐described conflicting properties but also radically alter the resultant polymer properties far beyond the limits of what either parent homopolymers or their copolymers can achieve.

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Journal Information:: Angewandte Chemie, Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie Journal Issue: 31 Vol. 135; ISSN 0044-8249

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