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CO 2 ‐Responsive Polymers
Author(s) -
Lin Shaojian,
Theato Patrick
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.201300288
Subject(s) - polymer , amidine , amine gas treating , materials science , nanotechnology , polymer science , polymer chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , chemical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
This Review focuses on the recent progress in the area of CO 2 ‐responsive polymers and provides detailed descriptions of these existing examples. CO 2 ‐responsive polymers can be categorized into three types based on their CO 2 ‐responsive groups: amidine, amine, and carboxyl groups. Compared with traditional temperature, pH, or light stimuli‐responsive polymers, CO 2 ‐responsive polymers provide the advantage to use CO 2 as a “green” trigger as well as to capture CO 2 directly from air. In addition, the current challenges of CO 2 ‐responsive polymers are discussed and the different solution methods are compared. Noteworthy, CO 2 ‐responsive polymers are considered to have a prosperous future in various scientific areas.