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Closed-loop chemical recycling of poly(ε-caprolactone) by tuning reaction parameters

Jiafeng Su, Guangqiang Xu, Bingzhe Dong, Rulin Yang, Hongguang Sun, Qinggang Wang

Polymer Chemistry · 2022 · 50 citations · 33 references

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Abstract

The first ε-CL polymerization/PCL depolymerization closed-loop chemical recycling process was developed under the catalysis of Mg(HMDS) 2 .

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