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C&EN's Talented 12: Athina Anastasaki
Date
August 14, 2023
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This materials chemist shows prowess at pulling polymers apart. Read more in C&EN: https://cenm.ag/athina-anastasaki. Abstract: In this talk I will present common ways to recycle polymeric materials including mechanical and chemical recycling. I will then introduce controlled radical polymerization as an advanced methodology for the synthesis of complex materials. Key to this approach is to install special end-groups at the end of each polymer chain. These end-groups can then be re-activated under thermodynamically favourable conditions resulting in the rapid unzipping of polymer chains. The possibility to trigger both controlled and uncontrolled depolymerizations will also be discussed. At the end, the remaining challenges in the field will be presented.
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