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- Development of heat-responsive adhesive materials that are stable during use and quickly deteriorate during dismantling |Review| Akikazu Matsumoto
- Leveraging mechanochemistry for sustainable polymer degradation |Review| Simay Aydonat, Adrian H. Hergesell, Claire L. Seitzinger, Regina Lennarz, George Chang, Carsten Sievers, Jan Meisner, Ina Vollmer & Robert Göstl
- Recent progress in photoinduced transitions between the solid, glass, and liquid states based on molecular photoswitches |Review| Keiichi Imato, Naoki Kaneda & Yousuke Ooyama
- Synthesis, characterization, degradation and applications of vinyl polyperoxides |Focus Review| Pousali Samanta, Sourav Mete, Sunirmal Pal, Md Ezaz Hasan Khan & Priyadarsi De
- Recent progress in photoreactive crosslinkers in polymer network materials toward advanced photocontrollability |Focus Review|Hiroshi Masai, Tomoki Nakagawa & Jun Terao
- Cationic ring-opening copolymerization of a cyclic acetal and γ-butyrolactone: monomer sequence transformation and polymerization–depolymerization control by vacuuming or temperature changes |Original Article| Kana Takebayashi, Arihiro Kanazawa & Sadahito Aoshima
- Investigation of the mechanical properties and degradation of ester-free poly(trimethylene carbonate) derivatives bearing various bulky aromatic groups |Original Article|Rikyu Miyake & Hiroharu Ajiro
- Selective synthesis of α-vinyl-ω-vinylidene-oligoisoprene as a macromonomer via ethenolysis of polyisoprene |Original Article|Ryo Tanaka, Akane Shimmei, Riki Otsuka, Yuushou Nakayama & Takeshi Shiono
- Degradation of poly(conjugated ester)s using a conjugate substitution reaction with various amines and amino acids in aqueous media |Original Article|Takumi Noda, Taiki Kitagawa & Yasuhiro Kohsaka
- Hydrogenative degradation of PEG-functionalized lignin |Original Article| Shuhei Kusumoto, Takuya Higashi, Yusuke Matsumoto, Tatsuhiko Yamada & Kyoko Nozaki
- Synthesis of degradable polymers via 1,5-shift radical isomerization polymerization of vinyl ether derivatives with a cleavable bond |Original Article|Mineto Uchiyama, Masato Imai & Masami Kamigaito
- Alcoholysis of oxyphenylene-based super engineering plastics mediated by readily available bases |Original Article| Yasunori Minami, Rena Honobe, Yuuki Inagaki, Kazuhiko Sato & Masaru Yoshida
- Photooxidative degradation and fragmentation behaviors of oriented isotactic polypropylene |Original Article|Yingjun An, Tomoko Kajiwara, Adchara Padermshoke, Thinh Van Nguyen, Sinan Feng, Hiroyasu Masunaga, Yutaka Kobayashi, Hiroshi Ito, Sono Sasaki, Atsuhiko Isobe & Atsushi Takahara
- Cross-linking polybutadiene rubber via a thiol-ene reaction with polycysteine as a degradable cross-linker |Original Article|Kousuke Tsuchiya, Kayo Terada, Yui Tsuji, Simon Sau Yin Law, Hiroyasu Masunaga, Takuya Katashima, Takamasa Sakai & Keiji Numata
- Reusable dismantlable adhesion interfaces induced by photodimerization and thermo/photocleavage reactions |Original Article|Miho Aizawa, Haruhisa Akiyama, Yoko Matsuzawa & Atsushi Shishido
- Hydrolytic degradation and biomineralization of amine-cured epoxy resin based on glycidate |Original Article|Bungo Ochiai, Yutaka Nakazawa, Yoshimasa Matsumura & Takahiro Kawai
- Improving the marine biodegradability of poly(alkylene succinate)-based copolymers |Original Article|Sumito Kumagai, Senri Hayashi, Atsushi Katsuragi, Motosuke Imada, Kaoko Sato, Hideki Abe, Noriyuki Asakura & Yasumasa Takenaka
- Hydrolyzable and biocompatible aliphatic polycarbonates with ether-functionalized side chains attached via amide linkers |Original Article|Kazuki Fukushima, Shunta Hakozaki, Rongjian Lang, Yuta Haga, So Nakai, Atsushi Narumi, Masaru Tanaka & Takashi Kato
- Characterization and ammonolysis behavior of poly(isosorbide carbonate)-based copolymers |Original Article|Kazuaki Rikiyama, Akari Matsunami, Takayuki Yoshida, Tatsuo Taniguchi, Takashi Karatsu, Shotaro Nishitsuji & Daisuke Aoki
- Characteristics of the steam degradation of poly(lactic acid) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) |Original Article|Zhuze Shao, Shogo Kumagai, Yuko Saito & Toshiaki Yoshioka
