Hongsik Kim

Lower-temperature bulk depolymerization of commercial polymethacrylates

Abstract Chemical recycling back to monomer represents an attractive methodology to tackle plastic waste. However, current reports focus on either thermally unstable ‘designer’ polymers or highly diluted solution depolymerizations. Here we report a simple, yet efficient, bulk mai...

Degradable Alternating Copolymers With Strained Cyclobutane Backbones via Photocontrolled RAFT Polymerization

ABSTRACT In this study, we report a reversible addition‐fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) alternating copolymerization of 1,3‐disubstituted bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes (BCBs) with maleimides, maleic anhydride, or bio‐based fumarate derivatives, affording a class of well‐defined copol...