Zinc Complexes for PLA Formation and Chemical Recycling: Towards a Circular Economy

Polymerization of rac-Lactide Using Achiral Iron Complexes: A New Access to Thermally Stable Stereocomplexes

(2019) Christophe M. Thomas et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Tuning the Thiolen: Al(III) and Fe(III) Thiolen Complexes for the Isoselective ROP of rac-Lactide

(2019) Jack A. Stewart et al.   MACROMOLECULES

A circular economy approach to plastic waste

(2019) Jack Payne et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

One-step synthesis of stereo-pure l , l lactide from l -lactic acid

(2018) Marzieh Ghadamyari et al.   CATALYSIS COMMUNICATIONS

Titania-Silica Catalysts For Lactide Production From Renewable Alkyl Lactates: Structure-Activity Relations

(2018) Rik De Clercq et al.   ACS Catalysis

Depolymerization of Waste Plastics to Monomers and Chemicals Using a Hydrosilylation Strategy Facilitated by Brookhart’s Iridium(III) Catalyst

(2018) Louis Monsigny et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Molecular catalyst systems as key enablers for tailored polyesters and polycarbonate recycling concepts

(2018) Stefan Westhues et al.   Science Advances

Poly(lactic acid) Degradation into Methyl Lactate Catalyzed by a Well-Defined Zn(II) Complex

(2018) Luis A. Román-Ramírez et al.   ACS Catalysis

Chemically recyclable polymers: a circular economy approach to sustainability

(2017) Miao Hong et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

A roadmap towards green packaging: the current status and future outlook for polyesters in the packaging industry

(2017) M. Rabnawaz et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Mechanistic Aspects of the Polymerization of Lactide Using a Highly Efficient Aluminum(III) Catalytic System

(2017) Carine Robert et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Air- and Moisture-Stable Indium Salan Catalysts for Living Multiblock PLA Formation in Air

(2017) Tannaz Ebrahimi et al.   ACS Catalysis

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Aluminium salalens vs. salans: “Initiator Design” for the isoselective polymerisation of rac-lactide

(2016) Paul McKeown et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Lactide Synthesis and Chirality Control for Polylactic acid Production

(2016) Pieter Van Wouwe et al.   ChemSusChem

Solvothermal Alcoholysis Routes for Recycling Polylactide Waste as Lactic Acid Esters

(2016) Rafał Petrus et al.   ACS Catalysis

Simple sodium and potassium phenolates as catalysts for highly isoselective polymerization of rac-lactide

(2016) Zhongran Dai et al.   Catalysis Science & Technology

Well-controlled, zinc-catalyzed synthesis of low molecular weight oligolactides by ring opening reaction

(2015) Dawid Jędrzkiewicz et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CATALYSIS A-CHEMICAL

Ferric chloride as an efficient and reusable catalyst for methanolysis of poly(lactic acid) waste

(2015) Huiqing Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH

Shape-selective zeolite catalysis for bioplastics production

(2015) M. Dusselier et al.   SCIENCE

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Metal influence on the iso- and hetero-selectivity of complexes of bipyrrolidine derived salan ligands for the polymerisation of rac-lactide

(2015) Matthew D. Jones et al.   Chemical Science

Metal-Size Influence in Iso-Selective Lactide Polymerization

(2014) Clare Bakewell et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Inside Back Cover: Dinuclear Zinc-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes for Either the Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactide or the Controlled Degradation of Polylactide Under Mild Conditions (ChemCatChem 5/2014)

(2014) Christophe Fliedel et al.   ChemCatChem

Controlled hydrogenative depolymerization of polyesters and polycarbonates catalyzed by ruthenium(ii) PNN pincer complexes

(2014) Eric M. Krall et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Gradient Isotactic Multiblock Polylactides from Aluminum Complexes of Chiral Salalen Ligands

(2014) Alessia Pilone et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Modeling the pH-dependent PLA oligomer degradation kinetics

(2014) S. Lazzari et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Discrete Divalent Rare-Earth Cationic ROP Catalysts: Ligand-Dependent Redox Behavior and Discrepancies with Alkaline-Earth Analogues in a Ligand-Assisted Activated Monomer Mechanism

(2013) Bo Liu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Lactic acid as a platform chemical in the biobased economy: the role of chemocatalysis

(2013) Michiel Dusselier et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Chemical Recycling of PLA: A Great Opportunity Towards the Sustainable Development?

(2013) V. Piemonte et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Methanolysis of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) catalyzed by ionic liquids

(2013) Xiuyan Song et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Alkali aminoether-phenolate complexes: synthesis, structural characterization and evidence for an activated monomer ROP mechanism

(2012) Sorin-Claudiu Roşca et al.   DALTON TRANSACTIONS

Transforming polylactide into value-added materials

(2012) Frank A. Leibfarth et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Kinetics of Hydrolytic Degradation of PLA

(2012) V. Piemonte et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Kinetics of the hydrolytic degradation of poly(lactic acid)

(2012) F. Codari et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Porosity and Pore Size Regulate the Degradation Product Profile of Polylactide

(2011) Karin Odelius et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Poly-lactic acid synthesis for application in biomedical devices — A review

(2011) Astrid J.R. Lasprilla et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Group 4 salalen complexes for the production and degradation of polylactide

(2011) Emma L. Whitelaw et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Mechanism of the Living Lactide Polymerization Mediated by Robust Zinc Guanidine Complexes

(2011) Janna Börner et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

The selective recycling of mixed plastic waste of polylactic acid and polyethylene terephthalate by control of process conditions

(2011) Arnau Carné Sánchez et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Ethyl lactate as a solvent: Properties, applications and production processes – a review

(2011) Carla S. M. Pereira et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

An overview of the recent developments in polylactide (PLA) research

(2010) K. Madhavan Nampoothiri et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Technology development for the production of biobased products from biorefinery carbohydrates—the US Department of Energy’s “Top 10” revisited

(2010) Joseph J. Bozell et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Life cycle assessment of the manufacture of lactide and PLA biopolymers from sugarcane in Thailand

(2010) Wim J. Groot et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

Alcoholysis of Poly(l-lactic acid) under microwave irradiation

(2010) Koichi Hirao et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Selective Catalysis of Lactic Acid to Produce Commodity Chemicals

(2009) Yongxian Fan et al.   CATALYSIS REVIEWS-SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Stereocontrolled ring-opening polymerisation of lactide

(2009) Matthew J. Stanford et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Stereocontrolled ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters: synthesis of new polyester microstructures

(2009) Christophe M. Thomas   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Lactide Polymerisation with Air-Stable and Highly Active Zinc Complexes with Guanidine-Pyridine Hybrid Ligands

(2009) Janna Börner et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Highly active and stereoselective zirconium and hafnium alkoxide initiators for solvent-free ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide

(2008) Amanda J. Chmura et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

When will fossil fuel reserves be diminished?

(2008) Shahriar Shafiee et al.   ENERGY POLICY

The green solventethyl lactate: an experimental and theoretical characterization

(2008) Santiago Aparicio et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Comparative study on hydrolytic degradation and monomer recovery of poly(l-lactic acid) in the solid and in the melt

(2008) Hideto Tsuji et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY