Chemically Recyclable and Tunable Polyolefin-Like Multiblock Copolymer Adhesives.

Authors

Yucheng Zhao, Ethan C Quinn, Megan E Battson, Emma M Rettner, Joel Miscall, Nicholas A Rorrer, Eugene Y-X Chen, Garret M Miyake

Published in

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English). Pages e202513286. Sep 08, 2025. Epub Sep 08, 2025.

Abstract

Adhesives are important in creating multilayer products, such as in packaging and construction. Most current hot-melt adhesives such as poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) (EVA) and polyurethanes lack chemical recyclability and do not easily de-bond, complicating recycling. Here, we achieved tunable adhesive properties of chemically recyclable polyolefin-like multiblock copolymers through regulating the incorporation of crystalline hard blocks, amorphous soft blocks, and ester content highlighted by adhesive strengths up to 6.80 MPa. We further demonstrated applications of these adhesives in multi-layer films and showed that the adhesives can be readily de-bonded, recovered, and chemically recycled. Overall, this study into structure-property relationships, including effects of crystallinity, soft-block incorporation, and ester content of the multiblock copolymers on adhesive properties, has resulted in a modular hot-melt adhesive platform that exhibits chemical recyclability for virgin-quality adhesive re-generation, reprocessability for repeated reuse of the recovered adhesive, and tunability for designing adhesives with a wide range of low to high (up to ∼80% stronger than EVA) adhesion strengths.

PMID:
40916749
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