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Combining polyethylene and polypropylene: Enhanced performance with PE/ i PP multiblock polymers

Published:2017-02-24 Issue:6327 Volume:355 Page:814-816
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Eagan James M.¹^ORCID,Xu Jun²^ORCID,Di Girolamo Rocco¹^ORCID,Thurber Christopher M.²^ORCID,Macosko Christopher W.²^ORCID,LaPointe Anne M.¹^ORCID,Bates Frank S.²^ORCID,Coates Geoffrey W.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Baker Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

2. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.

Abstract

How to make opposites compatible Polyethylene (PE) and isotactic polypropylene ( i PP) are the two most widely used commodity plastics and thus make up a large fraction of the waste stream. However, the two plastics will not mix together, which limits options for dealing with mixed waste and decreases the value of recycled products. Eagan et al. report the synthesis of multiblock copolymers of i PP and PE by using a selective polymer initiator (see the Perspective by Creton). The high-molecular-weig ht blocks could be used to reinforce the interface between i PP and PE and allow blending of the two polymers. Science , this issue p. 814 ; see also p. 797

Funder

National Science Foundation

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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