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CO2‐Responsive Polymers

Year: 2013

Type: review

Abstract: This Review focuses on the recent progress in the area of CO2 -responsive polymers and provides detailed descriptions of these existing examples. CO2 -responsive polymers can be categorized into three types based on their CO2 -responsive groups: amidine, amine, and carboxyl groups. Compared with traditional temperature, pH, or light stimuli-responsive polymers, CO2 -responsive polymers provide the advantage to use CO2 as a "green" trigger as well as to capture CO2 directly from air. In addition, the current challenges of CO2 -responsive polymers are discussed and the different solution methods are compared. Noteworthy, CO2 -responsive polymers are considered to have a prosperous future in various scientific areas.

Source: Macromolecular Rapid Communications

DOI: 10.1002/marc.201300288

Authors: Shaojian Lin, Patrick Theato

Institutions: Sichuan University, Universität Hamburg

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization

Subfield: Organic Chemistry

Field: Chemistry

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Seoul National University, China Scholarship Council, Universität Hamburg