Low-temperature depolymerization of ATRP polymers has been successfully demonstrated both in bulk and solution. However, all reported examples necessitate a metal catalyst for chain-end activation, require extensive modifications and transformations prior to depolymerization, or use specialized initiators. Herein, a...
B. Pozzi, Stella Afroditi Mountaki, Richard Whitfield et al.· ACS Macro Letters· 0 citations
The chemical recycling of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) typically requires energy-intensive pyrolysis (>450 °C) or specialized photochemical setups restricted by light penetration depth. Herein, we report a purely thermal, low-temperature strategy that drives the efficient depolymerization of native, unaltered PMMA...
Chih-Yi Lin, Nethmi De Alwis Watuthanthrige, Glen R. Jones et al.· Journal of the American Chem...· 1 citation
Chemical recycling back to monomer represents an attractive methodology to tackle plastic waste. However, current reports focus on either thermally unstable 'designer' polymers or highly diluted solution depolymerizations. Here we report a simple, yet efficient, bulk main-chain scission pathway, whereby the presence of...
Richard Whitfield, Victoria Lohmann, Mikhail Agrachev et al.· Nature Chemistry· 0 citations
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