Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities of Poly(γ-butyrolactone)-Based Recyclable Polymers

Switchable Polymerization Triggered by Fast and Quantitative Insertion of Carbon Monoxide into Cobalt-Oxygen Bonds

(2020) Yong Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Switchable Catalysis Improves the Properties of CO2-Derived Polymers: Poly(cyclohexene carbonate-b-ε-decalactone-b-cyclohexene carbonate) Adhesives, Elastomers, and Toughened Plastics

(2020) Gregory S. Sulley et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Lewis Pair Polymerization of Renewable Indenone to Erythro-Ditactic High-Tg Polymers with an Upcycling Avenue

(2020) Ryan W. Clarke et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Multifunctional Nanoporous Polymer Membranes from Supramolecular Assembly of Block Copolymer with Polymerizable Arginine Derivative

(2020) Yun Liang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

One-Step and Metal-Free Synthesis of Triblock Quaterpolymers by Concurrent and Switchable Polymerization

(2020) Shuaishuai Zhu et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Rapid and Scalable Access to Sequence‐Controlled DHDM Multiblock Copolymers by FLP Polymerization

(2020) Yun Bai et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Beyond Mechanical Recycling: Giving New Life to Plastic Waste

(2020) Ina Vollmer et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Organomagnesium towards efficient synthesis of recyclable polymers

(2020) Yihuan Liu et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Compounded Sequence Control in Polymerization of One-Pot Mixtures of Highly Reactive Acrylates by Differentiating Lewis Pairs

(2020) Michael L. McGraw et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Biorenewable α-Methylene-γ-butyrolactone toward Functional Copolyesters: Preparation and Composition Dependent Thermal Properties

(2020) Zhichao Zhao et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Understanding metal synergy in heterodinuclear catalysts for the copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides

(2020) Arron C. Deacy et al.   Nature Chemistry

Synthesis of Functionalized Cyclic Carbonates through Commodity Polymer Upcycling

(2020) Coralie Jehanno et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Thermoresponsive Block Copolymer Vesicles by Visible Light-Initiated Seeded Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly for Temperature-Regulated Enzymatic Nanoreactors

(2020) Jun He et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Current state and perspectives related to the PET hydrolases available for biorecycling

(2020) Fusako Kawai et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Chemical recycling to monomer for an ideal, circular polymer economy

(2020) Geoffrey W. Coates et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Geminal Dimethyl Substitution Enables Controlled Polymerization of Penicillamine-Derived β-Thiolactones and Reversed Depolymerization

(2020) Wei Xiong et al.   Chem

Polyethylene upcycling to long-chain alkylaromatics by tandem hydrogenolysis/aromatization

(2020) Fan Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

Creating value from plastic waste

(2020) Bert M. Weckhuysen   SCIENCE

4-Hydroxyproline-Derived Sustainable Polythioesters: Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization, Complete Recyclability, and Facile Functionalization

(2019) Jingsong Yuan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Redox-Switchable Ring-Opening Polymerization with Ferrocene Derivatives

(2019) Junnian Wei et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

One-Pot Synthesis of Diblock Polyesters by Catalytic Terpolymerization of Lactide, Epoxides, and Anhydrides

(2019) Yanchuan Zhou et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Linear Amphiphilic Polyglycidol/Poly(ε-caprolactone) Block Copolymers Prepared via “Click” Chemistry-Based Concept

(2019) Natalia Toncheva-Moncheva et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Closed-loop recycling of plastics enabled by dynamic covalent diketoenamine bonds

(2019) Peter R. Christensen et al.   Nature Chemistry

Self-assisted stereospecific polymerization of unmasked polar 4-methylthio-1-butene

(2019) Yunjie Chai et al.   Science China-Chemistry

Closed-Loop Polymer Upcycling by Installing Property-Enhancing Comonomer Sequences and Recyclability

(2019) Xia Liu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Redox two-component initiated free radical and cationic polymerizations: Concepts, reactions and applications

(2019) Patxi Garra et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Easy access to oxygenated block polymers via switchable catalysis

(2019) Tim Stößer et al.   Nature Communications

Ionic Organocatalyst with a Urea Anion and Tetra-n-butyl Ammonium Cation for Rapid, Selective, and Versatile Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactide

(2019) Zhuolun Jiang et al.   ACS Macro Letters

100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Photochemical Reaction Orthogonality in Modern Macromolecular Science

(2019) Nathaniel Corrigan et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Dual Organocatalysts Based on Ionic Mixtures of Acids and Bases: A Step Toward High Temperature Polymerizations

(2019) Andere Basterretxea et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Lewis pairs polymerization of polar vinyl monomers

(2019) Wuchao Zhao et al.   Science Bulletin

Update and challenges in CO2‐based polycarbonate synthesis

(2019) Olivier Rudi Coulembier et al.   ChemSusChem

Upcycling Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Refuse to Advanced Therapeutics for the Treatment of Nosocomial and Mycobacterial Infections

(2019) Jeremy P. K. Tan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Terpolymerization of β-Butyrolactone, Epoxides, and CO2: Chemoselective CO2-Switch and Its Impact on Kinetics and Material Properties

(2019) Sebastian Kernbichl et al.   MACROMOLECULES

The technological and economic prospects for CO2 utilization and removal

(2019) Cameron Hepburn et al.   NATURE

Stereosequenced crystalline polyhydroxyalkanoates from diastereomeric monomer mixtures

(2019) Xiaoyan Tang et al.   SCIENCE

Packaging materials with desired mechanical and barrier properties and full chemical recyclability

(2019) Ainara Sangroniz et al.   Nature Communications

Transesterification by air/moisture-tolerant bifunctional organocatalyst to produce ‘nonstrained’ γ-butyrolactone-based aliphatic copolyesters: Turning a bane into a boon

(2019) Xia Liu et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Synthesis of copolymer via hybrid polymerization: From random to well-defined sequence

(2019) Lei Xia et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Metal-Free Alternating Copolymerization of Nonstrained γ-Selenobutyrolactone with Epoxides for Selenium-Rich Polyesters

(2019) Cheng-Jian Zhang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

One-Pot Synthesis of Cross-linked Block Copolymer Nanowires via Polymerization-Induced Hierarchical Self-Assembly and Photodimerization

(2019) Song Guan et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Functional Polymers and Polymeric Materials From Renewable Alpha-Unsaturated Gamma-Butyrolactones

(2019) Jozef Kollár et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

Functional Polyesters with Pendant Double Bonds Prepared by Coordination–Insertion and Cationic Ring-Opening Copolymerizations of ε-Caprolactone with Renewable Tulipalin A

(2018) Martin Danko et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Organic Ring-Opening Polymerization Catalysts: Reactivity Control by Balancing Acidity

(2018) Binhong Lin et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Fast and Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters by Alkoxides and Cyclic Amides

(2018) Chen Tan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Multiblock Polyesters Demonstrating High Elasticity and Shape Memory Effects

(2018) Yunqing Zhu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Preparation of biorenewable poly(γ-butyrolactone)-b-poly(l-lactide) diblock copolyesters via one-pot sequential metal-free ring-opening polymerization

(2018) Yong Shen et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Polarized olefins as enabling (co)catalysts for the polymerization of γ-butyrolactone

(2018) Patrick Walther et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Synthesis and properties of CO 2 -based plastics: Environmentally-friendly, energy-saving and biomedical polymeric materials

(2018) Yonghang Xu et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Plastics recycling with a difference

(2018) Haritz Sardon et al.   SCIENCE

A synthetic polymer system with repeatable chemical recyclability

(2018) Jian-Bo Zhu et al.   SCIENCE

Chemical synthesis of perfectly isotactic and high melting bacterial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) from bio-sourced racemic cyclic diolide

(2018) Xiaoyan Tang et al.   Nature Communications

Exploring Comparative Energy and Environmental Benefits of Virgin, Recycled, and Bio-Derived PET Bottles

(2018) Pahola Thathiana Benavides et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Living Coordination Polymerization of a Six-Five Bicyclic Lactone to Produce Completely Recyclable Polyester

(2018) Jian-Bo Zhu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Effects of Chain Ends on Thermal and Mechanical Properties and Recyclability of Poly(γ -butyrolactone)

(2018) Jing Tang et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Functional Precision Polymers via Stereo- and Regioselective Polymerization Using Group 6 Metal Alkylidene and Group 6 and 8 Metal Alkylidene N -Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes

(2018) Michael R. Buchmeiser   MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS

Catalytic Lewis Pair Polymerization of Renewable Methyl Crotonate to High-Molecular-Weight Polymers

(2018) Michael McGraw et al.   ACS Catalysis

Approaches to Sustainable and Continually Recyclable Cross-Linked Polymers

(2018) David J. Fortman 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

Catalyst-Sidearm-Induced Stereoselectivity Switching in Polymerization of a Racemic Lactone for Stereocomplexed Crystalline Polymer with a Circular Life Cycle

(2018) Jian-Bo Zhu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Preparation of Amphiphilic Poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(γ-butyrolactone) Diblock Copolymer via Ring Opening Polymerization Catalyzed by a Cyclic Trimeric Phosphazene Base or Alkali Alkoxide

(2018) Yong Shen et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Polymerization of Polar Monomers Mediated by Main-Group Lewis Acid–Base Pairs

(2018) Miao Hong et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Dual Organocatalysts for Highly Active and Selective Synthesis of Linear Poly(γ-butyrolactone)s with High Molecular Weights

(2018) Cheng-Jian Zhang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Nonstrained γ-Butyrolactone to High-Molecular-Weight Poly(γ-butyrolactone): Facile Bulk Polymerization Using Economical Ureas/Alkoxides

(2018) Limiao Lin et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Effective Construction of Hyperbranched Multicyclic Polymer by Combination of ATRP, UV-Induced Cyclization, and Self-Accelerating Click Reaction

(2018) Chao Liu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Mechanism of Propylene Oxide Polymerization Promoted by N-Heterocyclic Olefins

(2017) Miasser Al Ghamdi et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Urea Anions: Simple, Fast, and Selective Catalysts for Ring-Opening Polymerizations

(2017) Binhong Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

N-Heterocyclic Olefin-Based (Co)polymerization of a Challenging Monomer: Homopolymerization of ω-Pentadecalactone and Its Copolymers with γ-Butyrolactone, δ-Valerolactone, and ε-Caprolactone

(2017) Patrick Walther et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Organic Lewis Pairs Based on Phosphine and Electrophilic Silane for the Direct and Controlled Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate: Experimental and Theoretical Investigations

(2017) Winnie Nzahou Ottou et al.   MACROMOLECULES

“Nonstrained” γ-Butyrolactone-Based Copolyesters: Copolymerization Characteristics and Composition-Dependent (Thermal, Eutectic, Cocrystallization, and Degradation) Properties

(2017) Miao Hong et al.   MACROMOLECULES

50th Anniversary Perspective: There Is a Great Future in Sustainable Polymers

(2017) Deborah K. Schneiderman et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Ring-opening polymerization of y-butyrolactone and its derivatives: A review

(2017) Martin Danko et al.   POLIMERY

The future of plastics recycling

(2017) Jeannette M. Garcia et al.   SCIENCE

Synthetic upcycling of polyacrylates through organocatalyzed post-polymerization modification

(2017) Charles P. Easterling et al.   Chemical Science

Ring-opening polymerization of y-butyrolactone and its derivatives: A review

(2017) Martin Danko et al.   POLIMERY

Chemical recycling of waste plastics for new materials production

(2017) AliReza Rahimi et al.   Nature Reviews Chemistry

Towards Truly Sustainable Polymers: A Metal-Free Recyclable Polyester from Biorenewable Non-Strained γ-Butyrolactone

(2016) Miao Hong et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Proton-Transfer Polymerization by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Monomer and Catalyst Scopes and Mechanism for Converting Dimethacrylates into Unsaturated Polyesters

(2016) Miao Hong et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

The Quest for Converting Biorenewable Bifunctional α-Methylene-γ-butyrolactone into Degradable and Recyclable Polyester: Controlling Vinyl-Addition/Ring-Opening/Cross-Linking Pathways

(2016) Xiaoyan Tang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Clickable Polylactic Acids by Fast Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization in Continuous Flow

(2016) Sebastiaan A. van den Berg et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Tulips: A Renewable Source of Monomer for Superabsorbent Hydrogels

(2016) Jozef Kollár et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Living Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones by N-Heterocyclic Olefin/Al(C6F5)3 Lewis Pairs: Structures of Intermediates, Kinetics, and Mechanism

(2016) Qianyi Wang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Sustainable polymers from renewable resources

(2016) Yunqing Zhu et al.   NATURE

Fast and selective ring-opening polymerizations by alkoxides and thioureas

(2016) Xiangyi Zhang et al.   Nature Chemistry

Computational and experimental investigations of one-step conversion of poly(carbonate)s into value-added poly(aryl ether sulfone)s

(2016) Gavin O. Jones et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The broadening reach of frustrated Lewis pair chemistry

(2016) D. W. Stephan   SCIENCE

Catalysts for Isocyanate-Free Polyurea Synthesis: Mechanism and Application

(2016) Shuang Ma et al.   ACS Catalysis

Catalyst: Design Challenges for the Future of Plastics Recycling

(2016) Jeannette M. García   Chem

Discrete Cationic Complexes for Ring-Opening Polymerization Catalysis of Cyclic Esters and Epoxides

(2015) Yann Sarazin et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Switchable Polymerization Catalysts

(2015) Aaron J. Teator et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Alternative Monomers Based on Lignocellulose and Their Use for Polymer Production

(2015) Irina Delidovich et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Renewable polycarbonates and polyesters from 1,4-cyclohexadiene

(2015) Matthias Winkler et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Completely recyclable biopolymers with linear and cyclic topologies via ring-opening polymerization of γ-butyrolactone

(2015) Miao Hong et al.   Nature Chemistry

From monomers to polymers from renewable resources: Recent advances

(2015) Alessandro Gandini et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Polylactide-block-Polypeptide-block-Polylactide Copolymer Nanoparticles with Tunable Cleavage and Controlled Drug Release

(2014) Robert Dorresteijn et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Hybrid Poly(aryl ether sulfone amide)s for Advanced Thermoplastic Composites

(2014) Frank Gardea et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Coordination Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Naturally Renewable α-Methylene-γ-butyrolactone into Unsaturated Polyesters

(2014) Miao Hong et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Implementation of metal-free ring-opening polymerization in the preparation of aliphatic polycarbonate materials

(2014) Laetitia Mespouille et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Recyclable, Strong Thermosets and Organogels via Paraformaldehyde Condensation with Diamines

(2014) J. M. Garcia et al.   SCIENCE

Diphenyl Phosphate as an Efficient Acidic Organocatalyst for Controlled/Living Ring-Opening Polymerization of Trimethylene Carbonates Leading to Block, End-Functionalized, and Macrocyclic Polycarbonates

(2013) Kosuke Makiguchi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Ring-opening polymerization of a five-membered lactone trans-fused to a cyclohexane ring

(2013) Osamu Haba et al.   POLYMER JOURNAL

Advanced chemical recycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate) through organocatalytic aminolysis

(2012) Kazuki Fukushima et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Organocatalytic depolymerization of poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2011) Kazuki Fukushima et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Diphenyl Phosphate as an Efficient Cationic Organocatalyst for Controlled/Living Ring-Opening Polymerization of δ-Valerolactone and ε-Caprolactone

(2011) Kosuke Makiguchi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

Ring-Opening Polymerization of Trimethylene Carbonate Catalyzed by Methanesulfonic Acid: Activated Monomer versus Active Chain End Mechanisms

(2010) Damien Delcroix et al.   MACROMOLECULES

The Renaissance of α-Methylene-γ-butyrolactones: New Synthetic Approaches

(2009) Russell R. A. Kitson et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Thermodynamic Control of the Polymerizability of Five-, Six-, and Seven-Membered Lactones

(2009) Carlos Alemán et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Why δ-Valerolactone Polymerizes and γ-Butyrolactone Does Not

(2008) K. N. Houk et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Biocompatible Initiators for Lactide Polymerization

(2008) Rachel Platel et al.   Polymer Reviews