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Upcycling of post-consumer polyolefin plastics to covalent adaptable networks <i>via in situ</i> continuous extrusion cross-linking

Sheng Wang, Songqi Ma, Jianfan Qiu, Anping Tian, Qiong Li, Xiwei Xu, Binbo Wang, Na Lü, Yanlin Liu, Jin Zhu

Green Chemistry · 2021 · 100 citations · 52 references

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Abstract

Post-consumer plastic bags were upcycled to covalent adaptable networks (CANs) based on internally catalyzed anhydride monoester transesterification.

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Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

Marcus Eriksen, Laurent Lebreton, Henry S. Carson et al. · PLoS ONE · 2014 · 4.6K citations · Full text

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Silica-Like Malleable Materials from Permanent Organic Networks

Damien Montarnal, Mathieu Capelot, François Tournilhac et al. · Science · 2011 · 3.4K citations

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A Thermally Re-mendable Cross-Linked Polymeric Material

Xiangxu Chen, Matheus A. Dam, Kanji Ono et al. · Science · 2002 · 2.6K citations

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High-performance vitrimers from commodity thermoplastics through dioxaborolane metathesis

Max Röttger, Trystan Domenech, Rob van der Weegen et al. · Science · 2017 · 1.3K citations

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Metal-Catalyzed Transesterification for Healing and Assembling of Thermosets

Mathieu Capelot, Damien Montarnal, François Tournilhac et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2012 · 1.2K citations

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