Green Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
23(1), P. 307 - 313
Published: Dec. 11, 2020
Malleable
polyurethane
(PU)
foams
bearing
disulfide
bond
were
fabricated
using
conventional
foaming
technology
and
could
be
thermally
recycled
into
PU
films
through
compression
molding.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
61(39)
Published: Aug. 4, 2022
Chemical
recycling
of
synthetic
polymers
offers
a
solution
for
developing
sustainable
plastics
and
materials.
Here
we
show
that
two
types
dynamic
covalent
chemistry
can
be
orthogonalized
in
solvent-free
polymer
network
thus
enable
chemically
recyclable
crosslinked
material.
Using
simple
acylhydrazine-based
1,2-dithiolane
as
the
starting
material,
disulfide-mediated
reversible
polymerization
acylhydrazone-based
crosslinking
combined
one-pot
reaction,
resulting
mechanically
robust,
tough,
processable
The
bonds
both
backbones
crosslinkers
endow
with
depolymerization
capability
under
mild
conditions
and,
importantly,
virgin-quality
monomers
recovered
separated.
This
proof-of-concept
study
opportunities
to
design
materials
based
on
toolbox.
Macromolecules,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
55(6), P. 2243 - 2251
Published: March 2, 2022
Castor
oil
(CO)-derived
polyurethanes
(PUs),
denoted
CPUs,
are
drastically
limited
because
they
cannot
be
reprocessed,
reshaped,
or
recycled
and
show
low
strength,
poor
toughness,
insufficient
functionality
due
to
their
permanently
cross-linked
structure
with
a
high
cross-link
density
soft
backbone.
Herein,
we
developed
novel
reversible
piperazine–urea
bonds
(PaUBs)
from
inexpensive
piperazines
isocyanates
incorporated
the
PaUBs
into
CPUs
fabricate
sustainable
reprocessable
poly(urethane
urea)
covalent
adaptable
networks
(CANs).
We
synthesized
CANs
CO,
N-(2-hydroxyethyl)
piperazine
(HEP),
4-methylenedicyclohexyl
diisocyanate
(HMDI)
via
catalyst-
solvent-free
approach.
The
showed
variable
tensile
behavior
over
wide
range
elastomer
tough
hard
plastics.
They
also
exhibited
excellent
malleability,
stable
reprocessability,
multiple
recyclability,
in
which
original
properties
were
recovered
after
several
thermal
recycling
remolding
cycles.
possessed
shape
memory
performance
reconfigurability,
allowing
them
reprocessed
various
complex
shapes
without
using
mold.
advanced
based
on
dynamic
have
great
potential
application
as
alternatives
traditional
fossil-derived
elastomers
Chemical Reviews,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
123(12), P. 7782 - 7853
Published: May 15, 2023
The
high
selectivity
and
affinity
of
antibodies
toward
their
antigens
have
made
them
a
highly
valuable
tool
in
disease
therapy,
diagnosis,
basic
research.
A
plethora
chemical
genetic
approaches
been
devised
to
make
accessible
more
"undruggable"
targets
equipped
with
new
functions
illustrating
or
regulating
biological
processes
precisely.
In
this
Review,
addition
introducing
how
naked
various
antibody
conjugates
(such
as
antibody-drug
conjugates,
antibody-oligonucleotide
antibody-enzyme
etc.)
work
therapeutic
applications,
special
attention
has
paid
chemistry
tools
helped
optimize
the
outcome
(i.e.,
enhanced
efficacy
reduced
side
effects)
facilitate
multifunctionalization
antibodies,
focus
on
emerging
fields
such
targeted
protein
degradation,
real-time
live-cell
imaging,
catalytic
labeling
decaging
spatiotemporal
control
well
engagement
inside
cells.
With
advances
modern
biotechnology,
well-designed
derivatives
via
size
miniaturization
together
efficient
delivery
systems
emerged,
which
gradually
improved
our
understanding
important
paved
way
pursue
novel
for
potential
treatments
diseases.
ACS Macro Letters,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
12(6), P. 787 - 793
Published: May 23, 2023
Pressure-sensitive
adhesives
(PSAs)
based
on
poly(acrylate)
chemistry
are
common
in
a
wide
variety
of
applications,
but
the
absence
backbone
degradability
causes
issues
with
recycling
and
sustainability.
Here,
we
report
strategy
to
create
degradable
PSAs
using
simple,
scalable,
functional
1,2-dithiolanes
as
drop-in
replacements
for
traditional
acrylate
comonomers.
Our
key
building
block
is
α-lipoic
acid,
natural,
biocompatible,
commercially
available
antioxidant
found
various
consumer
supplements.
α-Lipoic
acid
its
derivative
ethyl
lipoate
efficiently
copolymerize
n-butyl
under
conventional
free-radical
conditions
leading
high-molecular-weight
copolymers
(Mn
>
100
kg
mol-1)
containing
tunable
concentration
disulfide
bonds
along
backbone.
The
thermal
viscoelastic
properties
these
materials
practically
indistinguishable
from
nondegradable
analogues,
significant
reduction
molecular
weight
realized
upon
exposure
reducing
agents
such
tris
(2-carboxyethyl)
phosphine
(e.g.,
Mn
=
198
mol-1
→
2.6
mol-1).
By
virtue
thiol
chain
ends
produced
after
cleavage,
degraded
oligomers
can
be
further
cycled
between
high
low
weights
through
oxidative
repolymerization
reductive
degradation.
Transforming
otherwise
persistent
poly(acrylates)
into
recyclable
simple
versatile
could
play
pivotal
role
improving
sustainability
contemporary
adhesives.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(11)
Published: Jan. 5, 2023
Poly(1,2-dithiolane)s
are
a
family
of
intrinsically
recyclable
polymers
due
to
their
dynamic
covalent
disulfide
linkages.
Despite
the
common
use
thiolate-initiated
anionic
ring-opening
polymerization
(ROP)
under
basic
condition,
cationic
ROP
is
still
not
exploited.
Here
we
report
that
bond
can
act
as
proton
acceptor,
being
protonated
by
acids
form
sulfonium
cations,
which
efficiently
initiate
1,2-dithiolanes
and
result
in
high-molecular-weight
(over
1000
kDa)
poly(disulfide)s.
The
reaction
be
triggered
adding
catalytic
amounts
non-coordinating
anion
salts,
completed
few
minutes
at
room
temperature.
acidic
conditions
allow
applicability
for
monomers.
Importantly,
condition
open
air
without
inert
protection,
enabling
nearly
quantitative
chemical
recycling
from
bulk
materials
original
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(41), P. 22728 - 22734
Published: Oct. 9, 2023
Here,
we
present
the
synthesis
and
characterization
of
statistical
block
copolymers
containing
α-lipoic
acid
(LA)
using
reversible
addition-fragmentation
chain-transfer
(RAFT)
polymerization.
LA,
a
readily
available
nutritional
supplement,
undergoes
efficient
radical
ring-opening
copolymerization
with
vinyl
monomers
in
controlled
manner
predictable
molecular
weights
low
molar-mass
dispersities.
Because
lipoic
diads
resulting
include
disulfide
bonds,
these
materials
efficiently
rapidly
degrade
when
exposed
to
mild
reducing
agents
such
as
tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine
(Mn
=
56
→
3.6
kg
mol-1).
This
scalable
versatile
polymerization
method
affords
facile
way
synthesize
degradable
polymers
architectures,
weights,
dispersities
from
acid,
commercially
renewable
monomer.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(15), P. 19447 - 19458
Published: April 10, 2023
Liquid-free
ionic
conductive
elastomers
(ICEs)
are
ideal
materials
for
wearable
strain
sensors
in
increasingly
flexible
electronic
devices.
However,
developing
recyclable
ICEs
with
high
elasticity,
self-healability,
and
recyclability
is
still
a
great
challenge.
In
this
study,
we
fabricated
series
of
novel
by
situ
polymerization
lipoic
acid
(LA)
poly(acrylic
acid)
(PAA)
solution
cross-linking
coordination
bonding
hydrogen
bonding.
One
the
obtained
dynamically
cross-linked
interlocking
double-network
ICEs,
PLA-PAA4-1%
ICE,
showed
excellent
mechanical
properties,
elasticity
(90%)
stretchability
(610%),
as
well
rapid
self-healability
(mechanical
self-healing
within
2
h
electrical
recovery
0.3
s).
The
ICE
was
used
sensor
possessed
linear
sensitivity
highly
cyclic
stability,
effectively
monitoring
diverse
human
motions
both
stretched
compressed
deformations.
Notably,
can
be
fully
recycled
reused
new
without
any
structure
change
or
degradation
performance.
This
work
provided
viable
path
to
fabricate
solving
two
contradictions
property
stability
recyclability.
We
believe
that
superior
overall
performance
feasible
fabrication
make
developed
hold
promise
multifunctional
practical
applications
devices
humanoid
robotics.
Nature,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
629(8014), P. 1069 - 1074
Published: May 15, 2024
The
additive
manufacturing
of
photopolymer
resins
by
means
vat
photopolymerization
enables
the
rapid
fabrication
bespoke
3D-printed
parts.
Advances
in
methodology
have
continually
improved
resolution
and
speed,
yet
both
process
design
resin
technology
remained
largely
consistent
since
its
inception
1980s
Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
385(6711), P. 877 - 883
Published: Aug. 22, 2024
Polymer
adhesives
play
an
important
role
in
many
medical,
consumer,
and
industrial
products.
Polymers
of
α-lipoic
acid
(αLA)
have
the
potential
to
fulfill
need
for
versatile
environmentally
friendly
adhesives,
but
their
performance
is
plagued
by
spontaneous
depolymerization.
We
report
a
family
stabilized
αLA
polymer
that
can
be
tailored
variety
medical
or
nonmedical
uses
sustainably
sourced
recycled
closed-loop
manner.
Minor
changes
monomer
composition
afforded
pressure-sensitive
adhesive
functions
well
dry
wet
conditions,
as
structural
with
strength
equivalent
conventional
epoxies.
surgical
superglue
successfully
sealed
murine
amniotic
sac
ruptures,
increasing
fetal
survival
from
0
100%.