Synfacts 2010(9): 1012-1012  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1257927
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Chemically Triggered Depolymerization

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, D. Barney Walker
W. Seo, S. T. Phillips*
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
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Publication Date:
23 August 2010 (online)

Significance

A general method for preparing poly(phthalaldehyde)-based polymers that selectively disassemble in response to different chemical signals is described.