文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Understanding synthesis and degradation of backbone deconstructable (co)polymers by radical ring-opening polymerization through theoretical calculation and numerical simulation

作者：Li, Jin-Jin[1,2];Luo, Qi[1];Lin, Yi-Xiang[1];Xi, Zhenhao[1,2];Zhao, Ling[1,2]

机构：[1]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Chem Engn, State Key Lab Chem Engn, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China;[2]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Shanghai Key Lab Multiphase Mat Chem Engn, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China

年份：2025

卷号：48

外文期刊名：CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

收录：;EI(收录号：20251618246409);WOS:【SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:001474206800001)】；

基金：This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 22378116, 22278129, 22293064) , the Program of Shanghai Rising-Star (Grant No. 22QA1402800) , and the Key Research and Development Program of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Grant No. 2022B01030-2) .

语种：英文

外文关键词：Atom transfer radical polymerization - Fatty acid methyl ester - Ring opening polymerization

摘要：Radical ring-opening polymerization (rROP) has gained widespread attention due to the facile incorporation of cleavable groups (e.g. ester, thioesters) into all-carbon backbone vinyl polymers. The inclusion of a cleavable comonomer makes the vinyl copolymers biodegradable. However, competition between the ring-opening of cyclic monomer and vinyl addition without ring-opening, as well as efficient insertion of cleavable comonomer into the backbone, are challenging for rROP. This minireview discusses the latest developments in theoretical and numerical simulations of rROP, offering deep insights into both polymerization and degradation processes, including mechanistic identification, kinetic features, and chain microstructure tuning. Besides, challenges and future directions are included to attract more efforts to better perform rROP and deconstruction process.