{"title":"Electrocatalysis enables polyvinyl chloride functionalization","authors":"Yuanbo Liu, Haohong Duan","doi":"10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102435","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Functionalizing conventional polyvinyl chloride (PVC) into leach-resistant PVC with a well-defined structure is challenging owing to uncontrollable side reactions such as elimination and chain scission. Recently in <em>Chem</em>, Sevov and coworkers developed an electrocatalytic strategy for covalently grafting plasticizers into PVC backbone, endowing the material with new properties.","PeriodicalId":268,"journal":{"name":"Chem","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":19.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Chem","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102435","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Functionalizing conventional polyvinyl chloride (PVC) into leach-resistant PVC with a well-defined structure is challenging owing to uncontrollable side reactions such as elimination and chain scission. Recently in Chem, Sevov and coworkers developed an electrocatalytic strategy for covalently grafting plasticizers into PVC backbone, endowing the material with new properties.
期刊介绍:
Chem, affiliated with Cell as its sister journal, serves as a platform for groundbreaking research and illustrates how fundamental inquiries in chemistry and its related fields can contribute to addressing future global challenges. It was established in 2016, and is currently edited by Robert Eagling.