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a.College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211800, China
b.College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211800, China
c.State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211800, China
xinhu@njtech.edu.cn (X.H.)
ningzhu@njtech.edu.cn (N.Z.)
Received:16 November 2021,
Revised:2021-12-17,
Accepted:20 December 2021,
Online First:28 February 2022,
Published:01 May 2022
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Liu, Y. H.; Yuan, X.; Wu, J. Q.; Luo, M. X.; Hu, X.; Zhu, N.; Guo, K. Fully chemical recyclable poly(γ-butyrolactone)-based copolymers with tunable structures and properties. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 40, 456–461
Yi-Huan Liu, Xin Yuan, Jia-Qi Wu, et al. Fully Chemical Recyclable Poly(
Liu, Y. H.; Yuan, X.; Wu, J. Q.; Luo, M. X.; Hu, X.; Zhu, N.; Guo, K. Fully chemical recyclable poly(γ-butyrolactone)-based copolymers with tunable structures and properties. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2022, 40, 456–461 DOI: 10.1007/s10118-022-2685-5.
Yi-Huan Liu, Xin Yuan, Jia-Qi Wu, et al. Fully Chemical Recyclable Poly(
Fully chemical recyclable copolymers
P(GBL-
co
-((
R
)-
M
))
with tunable structures and properties were prepared through ring-opening copolymerization of
γ
-butyrolactone (GBL) and (
R
)-3
4-
trans
six-membered ring-fused GBL ((
R
)-
M
) by organomagnesium.
The emerging chemical recyclable polymers
such as poly(
γ
-butyrolactone) (PGBL) and poly((
R
)-3
4-
trans
six-membered ring-fused GBL) (P((
R
)-
M
))
provide a good solution to the plastic pollution. However
these homopolymers suffer from limited structures and properties. Herein
we reported a fully chemical recyclable copolymer P(GBL-
co
-((
R
)-
M
)) through ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of GBL and (
R
)-
M
. By employing organomagnesium as the catalyst and regulating the reaction conditions
the chemical structures of copolymers were well-controlled (GBL content=13%−78%
M
n
=6560−15600 g/mol
Ð
M
=1.08−1.59). The resultant P(GBL-
co
-((
R
)-
M
)) exhibited fully chemical recyclability
which rapidly and quantitatively depolymerized into initial GBL and (
R
)-
M
monomer through chemolysis. By varying GBL content
tunable thermal properties were achieved for P(GBL-
co
-((
R
)-
M
)). The onset decomposition temperatures of copolymers varied from 193 °C to 234 °C. A linear evolution of glass transition temperature (
T
g
) of P(GBL-
co
-((
R
)-
M
)) versus GBL content was obtained as following equation of
T
g
= −1.06 × GBL mol% × 100 + 39.6. We hope that the reported fully chemical recyclable copolymers with tunable structures and properties would serve as the candidate material for sustainable applications.
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