Profile
Polyolefins for Improved Upcycling
PI: Theodor Agapie
Research Team: Meaghan Bruening and Tianyi He
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Plastic Sustainability
We propose to generate versions of polyolefins that have a small number of cleavable linkages that are expected to maintain desirable materials properties, while also dramatically improving this plastic's potential for conversion to value-added chemicals post-usage.