“…The polymer degradation is not only an important topic in the environment protection ( Wang et al., 2016 ; Yang et al., 2009 ; Guo et al., 2012 ; Rhodes, 2018 ; Xu et al., 2019 ) but also the key process for the fabrication of nuclear fuel targets used in inertial confinement fusion (ICF) ( Zhang et al., 2020 ; Glenzer et al., 2010 ; Betti and Hurricane, 2016 ; Hurricane et al., 2014 ). In particular, the latest progress in achieving burning plasma and reaching the ignition threshold signals a big step toward delivering the promise of nuclear fusion as the ultimate solution to energy problems ( Kritcher et al., 2022 ; Zylstra et al., 2022 ; Clery, 2021 ). As the quality of ICF targets can directly influence the ignition experiments, there is an urgent need to develop new strategies to improve the targets.…”