New one-pot conversion of CO2 to polycarbonate copolymers

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By mmillikinJul 27, 2015, 1:14 pm55 pts
Researchers at Texas A&M have developed a two-step, one-pot conversion of CO2 and epoxides (highly reactive compounds with a three-membered ring made of two carbon atoms and one oxygen atom) to polycarbonate block copolymers that contain both water-soluble and hydrophobic regions and can aggregate into…

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