Facile new approach to high sulfur-content materials and preparation of sulfur-lignin copolymers

Menisha S. Karunarathna, Andrew G. Tennyson, Rhett C. Smith

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Abstract

This report introduces a new approach to high sulfur-content materials. This route, RASP (radical-induced aryl halide/sulfur polymerization), expands the substrate scope beyond olefins required for the traditional inverse vulcanization route to such materials. RASP allows direct reaction of two unmodified industrial waste products to give lignin-sulfur composites.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)548-553
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry A
Volume8
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes

Funding

Funding for this project from the National Science Foundation (CHE-1708844) is gratefully acknowledged.

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