Traditional methods for breaking down rubber focus on two main approaches: de-vulcanization ... subsequent backbone rearrangement. This chemical reaction reorganizes the polymer backbone, breaking ...

Traditional methods for breaking down rubber focus on two main approaches: de-vulcanization, which breaks sulfur cross-links but weakens ... This step is crucial because it sets the stage for the ...

This chemical reaction reorganizes the polymer backbone, breaking down the rubber into soluble amine-functionalized materials that can be used to produce epoxy resins. The researchers showed that ...