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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)
Author(s) -
Hearon Keith,
Nash Landon D.,
Rodriguez Jennifer N.,
Lonnecker Alexander T.,
Raymond Jeffery E.,
Wilson Thomas S.,
Wooley Karen L.,
Maitland Duncan J.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201470065
Subject(s) - materials science , polystyrene , natural rubber , polymer , limonene , chemical engineering , elastomer , phase (matter) , renewable energy , composite material , polymer science , organic chemistry , chromatography , chemistry , electrical engineering , essential oil , engineering
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.