Synthesis and properties of CO2-based plastics: Environmentally-friendly, energy-saving and biomedical polymeric materials. (May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xu, Yonghang; Lin, Limiao; Xiao, Min; Wang, Shuanjin; Smith, Andrew T.; Sun, Luyi; Meng, Yuezhong
• Is Part Of: Progress in polymer science. Volume 80(2018)
• Page Start: 163
• Page End: 182
• Publication Date: 2018-05
• Subjects: Carbon dioxide -- CO2-based copolymer -- Modification -- Functionalization -- Application -- Industrialization; Polymers -- Periodicals; Polymerization -- Periodicals; Polymers -- Industrial applications -- Periodicals; Polymères -- Périodiques; Polymérisation -- Périodiques; 547.7
• DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2018.01.006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0079-6700

Abstract

Abstract: Production of biodegradable plastics from carbon dioxide, particularly as a means of recycling industrial waste gas, is a promising advancement in environmental and energy conservation. Recent research and development on CO2 -based copolymers has demonstrated new approaches to achieve improvements of thermal and mechanical properties, and extension of functionalization, and practical applications. CO2 -based plastics may soon become commercially accessible as a new class of environmentally-friendly, energy-saving and biomedical polymeric materials.