ArticleScience advances2024
Mechanochemically accelerated deconstruction of chemically recyclable plastics.
Article in Science advances, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Condenzymes: Biomolecular condensates with inherent catalytic activities.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Diffusion power spectra as a window into dynamic materials architecture.Science advances · 2025Article
- Harnessing Non-Thermal External Stimuli for Polymer Recycling.Macromolecules · 2025Review
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Abstract
Plastics redesign for circularity has primarily focused on monomer chemistries enabling faster deconstruction rates concomitant with high monomer yields. Yet, during deconstruction, polymer chains interact with their reaction medium, which remains underexplored in polymer reactivity. Here, we show that, when plastics are deconstructed in reaction media that promote swelling, initial rates are accelerated by over sixfold beyond those in small-molecule analogs. This unexpected acceleration is primarily tied to mechanochemical activation of strained polymer chains; however, changes in the activity of water under polymer confinement and bond activation in solvent-separated ion pairs are also important. Together, deconstruction times can be shortened by seven times by codesigning plastics and their deconstruction processes.
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