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Inside Back Cover: Programmed Photodegradation of Polymeric/Oligomeric Materials Derived from Renewable Bioresources (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 4/2015)
Author(s) -
Rajendran Saravanakumar,
Raghunathan Ramya,
Hevus Ivan,
Krishnan Retheesh,
Ugrinov Angel,
Sibi Mukund P.,
Webster Dean C.,
Sivaguru Jayaraman
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201411878
Subject(s) - monomer , polymer , photodegradation , degradation (telecommunications) , polymer chemistry , biomass (ecology) , materials science , cover (algebra) , chemical engineering , chemistry , polymer science , organic chemistry , computer science , catalysis , photocatalysis , telecommunications , engineering , mechanical engineering , oceanography , geology
A cradle‐to‐cradle approach for the synthesis of biomass‐derived polymers and their degradation back to the monomeric units is presented. In their Communication on page 1159 ff., M. P. Sibi, D. C. Webster, J. Sivaguru, et al. that the recovered monomers can be reused to synthesize the polymers and oligomers. The polymers and oligomers synthesized from biomass‐derived monomers which also incorporate a phototrigger can be degraded back to the monomers under irradiation of UV light.