CO2‐Responsive Polymers. Issue 14 (31st May 2013) - Lin, Shaojian
Abstract This Review focuses on the recent progress in the area of CO2‐responsive polymers and provides detailed descriptions of these existing examples. CO2‐responsive polymers can be categorized into three types based on their CO2‐responsive groups: amidine, amine, and carboxyl groups. Compared with traditional temperature, pH, or light stimuli‐responsive polymers, CO2‐responsive polymers provide the advantage to use CO2 as a "green" trigger as well as to capture CO2 directly from air. In addition, the current challenges of CO2‐responsive polymers are discussed and the different solution methods are compared. Noteworthy, CO2‐responsive polymers are considered to have a prosperous future in various scientific areas.