Designing Sustainable Materials Using Photoresponsive Metallopolymers: A Versatile Platform for Recycling and Self-Healing
Abstract
Abstract Photoresponsive metallopolymers have attracted increasing interest owing to their potential applications in enabling circular recycling and self-healing material systems. The high spatiotemporal precision of light irradiation allows for the selective cleavage and reformation of dynamic reversible bonds. This capability facilitates precise manipulation of topological structures at the molecular level and enables on-demand modulation of bulk material morphology and properties at the macroscopic scale, thereby supporting diverse functional applications. Herein, we present a series of sustainable materials based on photoresponsive metallopolymers that operate via distinct mechanisms, including ligand photosubstitution, photothermal effects, photoinduced redox reactions, and metal–ligand coordination controlled by nonmetallic photoresponsive groups.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Covalent Organic Framework Applications
Polymer composites and self-healing
Hydrogels: synthesis
properties
applications
Publication details
- Journal / source
- ACS Materials Letters
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 660–669
- Publication date
- 19 February 2026
- Language
- EN