ERC Starting Grant · 2025
Decoupled Covalent Dynamic Exchange Reactions for Closed-Loop Photo-3D-printing
As global dependence on synthetic materials is intensifying, waste-accumulation of end-of-life products has become a major concern. Specifically fast-growing 3D photo-printing technologies present a major challenge as a liquid ink is transformed into a permanently hardened crosslinked photo-polymer that can no longer be recycled. Current photochemical processes that underpin light-based 3D printing processes, however, fail to address the urgently needed closed loop recycling of the resulting 3D materials. Indeed, a fundamental step-change in the underlying, persistently used, chemical technology is urgently needed for 3D printed waste to be effectively and completely depolymerised into the…
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