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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2015
Jayaraman Sivaguru, Fargo, ND (US);
Mukund P. Sibi, Fargo, ND (US);
Dean C. Webster, Fargo, ND (US);
Saravana Kumar Rajendran, Trichy, IN;
Ramya Raghunathan, Fargo, ND (US);
Jayaraman Sivaguru, Fargo, ND (US);
Mukund P. Sibi, Fargo, ND (US);
Dean C. Webster, Fargo, ND (US);
Saravana Kumar Rajendran, Trichy, IN;
Ramya Raghunathan, Fargo, ND (US);
NDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Fargo, ND (US);
Abstract
Photodegradable polymers derived from biomass are provided, together with methods of making and methods of using the polymers. The photodegradable polymers can be derived from at least a first monomeric unit and a second monomeric unit and an optional third monomeric unit. The first monomeric unit is a dicarboxylic acid and includes a furan group and the second monomeric unit includes a nitrobenzyl group. Methods of recycling the polymers including irradiating the polymers to yield recycled monomers and oligomers are also disclosed.