Recycling: A High‐Performance Recycling Solution for Polystyrene Achieved by the Synthesis of Renewable Poly(thioether) Networks Derived from d‐Limonene (Adv. Mater. 10/2014). (10th March 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hearon, Keith; Nash, Landon D.; Rodriguez, Jennifer N.; Lonnecker, Alexander T.; Raymond, Jeffery E.; Wilson, Thomas S.; Wooley, Karen L.; Maitland, Duncan J.
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 26:Number 10(2014)
• Page Start: 1551
• Page End: 1551
• Publication Date: 2014-03-10
• Subjects: renewable polymers -- recycling -- nanocomposites -- thiol‐ene click chemistry; Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201470065
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

Abstract : A materials engineering strategy that combines a breakthrough development in renewable polymer synthesis with an advancement in petroleum‐derived plastics recycling is reported by K. Hearon and co‐workers on page 1552: polymeric nanocomposites composed of a naturally derived rubber matrix phase and a recycled polystyrene precipitated phase are shown to exhibit mechanical behavior that greatly exceeds that of polystyrene and the naturally derived rubber alone.