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Green Engineered Polymers: Solvent Free, Room‐Temperature Polymerization of Monomer From a Renewable Resource, Without Utilizing Initiator.
Author(s) -
Niedner Lucas,
Kali Gergely
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemistryselect
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 2365-6549
DOI - 10.1002/slct.201900930
Subject(s) - polymer , polymerization , monomer , renewable energy , solvent , copolymer , renewable resource , environmentally friendly , fossil fuel , green chemistry , polymer chemistry , chemistry , polymer science , materials science , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , catalysis , ecology , engineering , reaction mechanism , biology
Abstract To abolish the bad reputation of synthetic polymer chemistry, we aimed to produce green polymers in an environmentally friendly way. It is also essential to bypass the application of components from fossil resources; those are not only polluting but also expensive ones. As an addition, we want to form engineered polymers with predetermined chain lengths and copolymerization possibilities. In this paper, we polymerized a terpene using UV triggered reversible‐deactivation radical polymerization, in bulk. No use of components from fossil resources, no high energy nor any solvent consumption; all these together show the right way towards green polymers.