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New Journal of Chemistry

Depolymerization of polystyrene under ambient conditions†

Viktor P. Balema, ORCID logo *a   Ihor Z. Hlova,a   Scott L. Carnahan,ab   Mastooreh Seyedi,c   Oleksandr Dolotko,a   Aaron J. Rossini ORCID logo ab  and  Igor Luzinov ORCID logo *c  

* Corresponding authors

a Ames Laboratory US DOE, 311 Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
E-mail: vbalema@ameslab.gov

b Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, 1605 Gilman Hall, Ames, IA 50011, USA

c Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University, 161 Sirrine Hall, 515 Calhoun Drive, Clemson, SC 29634-0971, USA
E-mail: luzinov@clemson.edu

Abstract

Depolymerization of the addition polymer polystyrene to monomeric styrene is facilitated by mechanochemical processing at room temperature under ambient atmosphere. The reaction occurs in metal-based milling media in concert with scission of macromolecular chains that generates carbon-centered free-radicals detectable by EPR spectroscopy, even though the processing is performed in air.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NJ05984F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 Dec 2020
Accepted
11 Jan 2021
First published
13 Jan 2021

New J. Chem., 2021,45, 2935-2938

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Depolymerization of polystyrene under ambient conditions

V. P. Balema, I. Z. Hlova, S. L. Carnahan, M. Seyedi, O. Dolotko, A. J. Rossini and I. Luzinov, New J. Chem., 2021, 45, 2935 DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ05984F

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