Abstract
This invited Team Profile was created by Athina Anastasaki of the Laboratory of Polymeric Materials at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. They recently published an article developing a low-temperature and solvent-free method to depolymerize polymers made by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. The key to the success of the approach was an efficient end-group transformation of the polymers to macromonomer, which allowed up to 90 % monomer regeneration at low temperatures. "Solvent-Free Chemical Recycling of Polymethacrylates Made by ATRP and RAFT Polymerization: High-Yielding Depolymerization at Low Temperatures", R. Whitfield, G. R. Jones, N. P. Truong, L. E. Manring, A. Anastasaki, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202309116.
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