Tomonori Saito Distinguished R&D Staff Contact SAITOT@ORNL.GOV All Publications Polyethylene Upcycling to Liquid Alkanes in Molten Salts under Neat and External Hydrogen Source-Free Conditions... Performance-Limiting Factors of Hydrocarbon Ionomeric Binders for Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers... Single-ion Conducting Polymer Electrolyte Enabled via Aza-Michael Addition Toward Efficient Entropic Recycling by Mastering Ring–Chain Kinetics... Enhanced anhydrous proton conductivity in azole phosphonic acid mixtures Polyalkenamers as Drop-in Additives for Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization: A Promising Upcycling Paradigm Tough and circular glass fiber composites via a tailored dynamic boronic ester interface Source of Processable Vitrimer Viscosities: Swap Frequencies and Steric Factors Final CRADA Report - NFE-2008385: Self-Healing Films for Vacuum Insulation Panels Tuning crosslinking of hybrid preceramic polymers in vat photopolymerization toward controlled ceramic yields Development of Tailored Hydrocarbon-Based Pentablock Copolymer Membranes for Sodium-Polysulfide Flow Batteries Opacification of PIR Foams to enhance Thermal Resistivity An experimental toolbox for the physical characterization of thermal insulating polymeric foams Importance of hydrogen bonding in base-catalyzed transesterification reactions with vicinal diols Predictive binder jet additive manufacturing enabled by clean burn-off binder design... Probing the interface structure of block copolymer compatibilizers in semicrystalline polymer blends Closed-loop recycling of semi-aromatic polyesters upcycled from poly(ethylene terephthalate) Well-Tunable, 3D-printable, and Fast Autonomous Self-Healing Elastomers Tough and recyclable carbon-fiber composites with exceptional interfacial adhesion via a tailored vitrimer-fiber interface Ductile adhesive elastomers with force-triggered ultra-high adhesion strength Puncture-resistant self-healing polymers with multi-cycle adhesion and rapid healability Selective deconstruction of mixed plastics by a tailored organocatalyst... Mechanisms Controlling the Energy Barrier for Ion Hopping in Polymer Electrolytes Composite Membrane for Sodium Polysulfide Hybrid Redox Flow Batteries Recent development of end-of-life strategies for plastic in industry and academia: bridging their gap for future deployment Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 … Next page ›› Last page Last » Key Links Curriculum Vitae Google Scholar ORCID https://www.ornl.gov/news/ornl-scientists-close-cycle-recycling-mixed-plastics https://www.ornl.gov/news/inventor-saito-honored-battelle-celebration-solvers Organizations Physical Sciences Directorate Chemical Sciences Division Separations and Polymer Chemistry Section Soft Matter Group
Research Highlight Tailored Molten Salts Achieve Highly Efficient Deconstruction of Polyethylene to Liquid Alkanes
Research Highlight Polymers as Drop-in Additives for Polymer Synthesis: A Promising Upcycling Paradigm
