Sustainable thermoplastic elastomers produced via cationic RAFT polymerization

Abstract

Cationic polymerization enables production of sustainable thermoplastic elastomers constructed from renewable vinyl ethers and -p-methoxystyrene with properties consistent with their petroleum-derived counterparts.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2021
Source ID
10.1039/d0py01640c

Entities

People

  • Brett P Fors
  • Red Smith-Sweetser
  • Renee J. Sifri
  • Scott W. Spring
  • Stephanie I. Rosenbloom

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory
  • Cornell University
  • National Science Foundation
  • United States Army
  • Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Polymer Science and Technology