Supramolecular interaction enabled preparation of high-strength water-based adhesives from polymethylmethacrylate wastes

Jing Kang; Xiang Li; Yunlu Zhou; Ling Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.106022

Supramolecular interaction enabled preparation of high-strength water-based adhesives from polymethylmethacrylate wastes

iScience. 2023 Jan 23;26(2):106022. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106022. eCollection 2023 Feb 17.

Authors

Jing Kang¹, Xiang Li¹, Yunlu Zhou¹, Ling Zhang¹

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China.

Abstract

The preparation of water-based adhesives with high bonding strength for various substrates is challenging. Moreover, to construct a sustainable society, it is highly desirable to develop a cost-effective way to achieve the reuse of plastic wastes. Herein, using polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) chemicals or wastes as raw materials, water-based adhesives with high bonding strength for various substrates are prepared through a simple one-step hydrolysis strategy. The adhesives possess the maximum bonding strength of 7.1 MPa to iron, 4.2 MPa to wood, and ∼1.5 MPa to plastics. The adhesives have a world-record bonding strength to metal when compared with that of current reported water-based adhesives. Our method is low cost, simple, environmentally friendly, and suitable for large-scale industrial production. More importantly, using plastic wastes as raw materials opens up a new and low-cost way to turn wastes into valuables, which will greatly contribute to construct a sustainable society.

Keywords: Chemical engineering; Chemistry; Supramolecular chemistry.