Recently, the research team of Professor Qu Dahui from Feringa Nobel Scientists Joint Research Center, ECUST, has made important research progress in the construction of chemically recyclable polymers by using lipoic acid dynamic materials. The latest research article entitled “Dual Closed-loop Chemical Recycling of Synthetic Polymers by Inherently Reconfigurable Poly (dissoluties)” is published on Matter (https://www.cell.com/matter/fulltext/s2590-2385 (21) 00014-x). 

The research work was mainly completed by Dr. Zhang Qi under the supervision  of Professor Qu Dahui, and was given guidance by Academician Tian He and Academician Feringa. This research has been funded by the National Science Fund for Outstanding Young Scientists, Major Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Frontier Science Center of Materials Biology and Dynamic Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, the Basic Science Center, and Major Science and Technology Projects of Shanghai.