Nippon Institute of Technology

A Tert ‐Alkyl Terephthalate Derivative as a Universal Degradable Unit for Condensation Polymers

ABSTRACT Incorporating cleavable triggers into the backbones of parent polymers enables programmed degradation, offering a pathway to chemically recyclable plastics. Although various triggers have been reported to date, simple esters bearing a C─O bond cleavable by photocatalytic...