Reversing Controlled Radical Polymerisation: Towards Complete Depolymerisation

Project Information

DEPO

Grant agreement ID: 949219

DOI

10.3030/949219

Project closed

EC signature date 5 August 2020

Start date 1 September 2020

End date 31 August 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 491 260,00

EU contribution

€ 1 491 260,00

Coordinated by

EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH
Switzerland

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (31)

Tuning Ligand Concentration in Cu(0)-RDRP: A Simple Approach to Control Polymer Dispersity

Author(s): Takanori Shimizu; Takanori Shimizu; Nghia P. Truong; Richard Whitfield; Athina Anastasaki
Published in: ACS Polymers AU, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 2694-2453
Publisher: ACS Publications
DOI: 10.1021/acspolymersau.1c00030

Solvent‐Free Chemical Recycling of Polymethacrylates made by ATRP and RAFT polymerization: High‐Yielding Depolymerization at Low Temperatures

Author(s): Richard Whitfield, Glen R. Jones, Nghia. P. Truong, Lewis E. Manring, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 62, 2023, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202309116

Temporal Regulation of PET‐RAFT Controlled Radical Depolymerization

Author(s): Valentina Bellotti, Hyun Suk Wang, Nghia P. Truong, Roberto Simonutti, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 62, 2023, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202313232

Low temperature thermal RAFT depolymerization: the effect of Z-group substituents on molecular weight control and yield

Author(s): Nethmi De Alwis Watuthanthrige, Anastasiia Moskalenko, Asja A. Kroeger, Michelle L. Coote, Nghia P. Truong, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Chemical Science, Issue 16, 2025, Page(s) 3516-3522, ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d4sc07518h

Chemical Recycling of Polymethacrylates Synthesized by RAFT Polymerization

Author(s): Hyun Suk Wang, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: CHIMIA, Issue 77, 2023, Page(s) 217, ISSN 0009-4293
Publisher: Schweizerische Chemische Gedellschaft
DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2023.217

Precise Control of Both Dispersity and Molecular Weight Distribution Shape by Polymer Blending.

Author(s): Richard Whitfield; Nghia P. Truong; Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English), Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Controlling dispersity in aqueous atom transfer radical polymerization: rapid and quantitative synthesis of one-pot block copolymers

Author(s): Hyun Suk Wang; Kostas Parkatzidis; Simon Harrisson; Nghia P. Truong; Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Chemical Science, Issue 1, 2021, ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

Controlled radical depolymerization: Structural differentiation and molecular weight control

Author(s): Hyun Suk Wang, Kostas Parkatzidis, Tanja Junkers, Nghia P. Truong, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Chem, Issue 10, 2024, Page(s) 388-401, ISSN 2451-9294
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2023.09.027

Atom transfer radical polymerization

Author(s): Simon Harrisson, Richard Whitfield, Athina Anastasaki, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
Published in: Nature Reviews Methods Primers, Issue 5, 2025, ISSN 2662-8449
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s43586-024-00370-y

Photocatalytic ATRP Depolymerization: Temporal Control at Low ppm of Catalyst Concentration

Author(s): Kostas Parkatzidis, Nghia P. Truong, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issue 145, 2023, Page(s) 21146-21151, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05632

Low‐Temperature Depolymerization of Polymethacrylamides

Author(s): Victoria Lohmann, Glen R. Jones, Asja A. Kroeger, Nghia P. Truong, Michelle L. Coote, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2025, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202425575

Initiators for Continuous Activator Regeneration (ICAR) Depolymerization

Author(s): Glen R. Jones, Maria-Nefeli Antonopoulou, Nghia P. Truong, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issue 146, 2025, Page(s) 35023-35028, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c13785

Oxygen‐Tolerant ATRP Depolymerization Enabled by an External Radical Source

Author(s): Stella Afroditi Mountaki, Richard Whitfield, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2025, ISSN 1022-1336
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/marc.202401067

Photocatalytic Upcycling and Depolymerization of Vinyl Polymers

Author(s): Kostas Parkatzidis, Hyun Suk Wang, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 63, 2024, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202402436

Fate of the RAFT End-Group in the Thermal Depolymerization of Polymethacrylates

Author(s): Florian Häfliger, Nghia P. Truong, Hyun Suk Wang, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: ACS Macro Letters, Issue 12, 2023, Page(s) 1207-1212, ISSN 2161-1653
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.3c00418

Reversed Controlled Polymerization (RCP): Depolymerization from Well-Defined Polymers to Monomers

Author(s): Glen R. Jones, Hyun Suk Wang, Kostas Parkatzidis, Richard Whitfield, Nghia P. Truong, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c00589

Harnessing Non-Thermal External Stimuli for Polymer Recycling

Author(s): Glen R. Jones, Richard Whitfield, Hyun Suk Wang, Nethmi De Alwis Watuthanthrige, Maria-Nefeli Antonopoulou, Victoria Lohmann, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Macromolecules, Issue 58, 2025, Page(s) 2210-2223, ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c02690

Chemical recycling of bromine-terminated polymers synthesized by ATRP

Author(s): Stella Afroditi Mountaki, Richard Whitfield, Kostas Parkatzidis, Maria-Nefeli Antonopoulou, Nghia P. Truong, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: RSC Applied Polymers, Issue 2, 2024, Page(s) 275-283, ISSN 2755-371X
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
DOI: 10.1039/d3lp00279a

Visible light–triggered depolymerization of commercial polymethacrylates

Author(s): Hyun Suk Wang, Mikhail Agrachev, Hongsik Kim, Nghia P. Truong, Tae-Lim Choi, Gunnar Jeschke, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Science, Issue 387, 2025, Page(s) 874-880, ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.adr1637

Controlling primary chain dispersity in network polymers: elucidating the effect of dispersity on degradation

Author(s): Takanori Shimizu, Richard Whitfield, Glen R. Jones, Ibrahim O. Raji, Dominik Konkolewicz, Nghia P. Truong, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Chemical Science, Issue 14, 2024, Page(s) 13419-13428, ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d3sc05203f

Light-accelerated depolymerization catalyzed by Eosin Y

Author(s): Valentina Bellotti; Kostas Parkatzidis; Hyun Suk Wang; Nethmi De Alwis Watuthanthrige; Matteo Orfano; Angelo Monguzzi; Nghia P. Truong; Roberto Simonutti; Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Polymer Chemistry, 2022, ISSN 1759-9954
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d2py01383e

Thermal Solution Depolymerization of RAFT Telechelic Polymers

Author(s): Nethmi De Alwis Watuthanthrige, Richard Whitfield, Simon Harrisson, Nghia P. Truong, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: ACS Macro Letters, Issue 13, 2024, Page(s) 806-811, ISSN 2161-1653
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.4c00286

The thermodynamics and kinetics of depolymerization: what makes vinyl monomer regeneration feasible?

Author(s): Victoria Lohmann, Glen R. Jones, Nghia P. Truong, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Chemical Science, Issue 15, 2024, Page(s) 832-853, ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d3sc05143a

Precise Control of Both Dispersity and Molecular Weight Distribution Shape by Polymer Blending

Author(s): Richard Whitfield, Nghia P. Truong, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Issue 60, 2023, Page(s) 19383-19388, ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202106729

Reversing RAFT Polymerization: Near-Quantitative Monomer Generation Via a Catalyst-Free Depolymerization Approach

Author(s): Hyun Suk Wang; Nghia P. Truong; Zhipeng Pei; Michelle L. Coote; Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c00963

What Matters for a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant?

Author(s): Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Angewandte Chemie, Issue 134, 2023, ISSN 0044-8249
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202206303

Photoinduced Iron-Catalyzed ATRP of Renewable Monomers in Low-Toxicity Solvents: A Greener Approach.

Author(s): Kostas Parkatzidis; Silja Boner; Hyun Suk Wang; Athina Anastasaki
Published in: ACS Macro Letters, 2022, ISSN 2161-1653
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.2c00302

Unravelling the effect of side chain on RAFT depolymerization; identifying the rate determining step

Author(s): Francesco Felician, Maria-Nefeli Antonopoulou, Nghia P. Truong, Asja A. Kroeger, Michelle L. Coote, Glen R. Jones, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Polymer Chemistry, Issue 16, 2025, Page(s) 1822-1828, ISSN 1759-9954
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/d5py00212e

Ultrafast Thermal RAFT Depolymerization at Higher Solid Contents

Author(s): Dimitra Mantzara, Richard Whitfield, Hyun Suk Wang, Nghia P. Truong, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: ACS Macro Letters, Issue 14, 2025, Page(s) 235-240, ISSN 2161-1653
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.5c00009

Open-Air Chemical Recycling: Fully Oxygen-Tolerant ATRP Depolymerization

Author(s): Stella Afroditi Mountaki, Richard Whitfield, Evelina Liarou, Nghia P. Truong, Athina Anastasaki
Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Issue 146, 2024, Page(s) 18848-18854, ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c05621

Investigating the Effect of End-Group, Molecular Weight, and Solvents on the Catalyst-Free Depolymerization of RAFT Polymers: Possibility to Reverse the Polymerization of Heat-Sensitive Polymers

Author(s): Hyun Suk Wang; Nghia P. Truong; Glen R. Jones; Athina Anastasaki
Published in: ACS Macro Letters, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 2161-1653
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.2c00506