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Potential of Functionalized Polyolefins in a Sustainable Polymer Economy: Synthetic Strategies and Applications
Abstract
Polymers play a crucial role in our modern life as no other material exists that is so versatile, moldable, and lightweight. Consequently, the demand for polymers will continue to grow with the human population, modernization, and technological developments. However, depleted fossil resources, increasing plastic waste production, ocean pollution, and related growing emission of greenhouse gases has led to a change in the way we think about the use of polymers. Although polymers were never designed to be recycled, it is clear that a linear polymers economy is no longer sustainable. The design for recycling and reuse and life-cycle analyses will become increasingly important factors when deciding on which polymer to choose for a certain application. Of all polymers, polyolefins have the lowest life-cycle environmental impact and even outperform renewable polymers. However, polyolefins are chemically inert and reveal a low surface energy. Combining their excellent mechanical properties with the ability to adhere to other materials or create self-assembled or nanostructured materials would widen the application window of polyolefins even more.
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Rob Duchateau
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Miloud Bouyahyi
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- Category:
- Articles
- Type:
- artykuły w czasopismach
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ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH
no. 55,
ISSN: 0001-4842 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Bibliographic description:
- Jasińska-Walc L., Duchateau R., Bouyahyi M.: Potential of Functionalized Polyolefins in a Sustainable Polymer Economy: Synthetic Strategies and Applications// ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH -Vol. 55,iss. 15 (2022), s.157628-
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00195
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- Free publication
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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