Chemical Synthesis of CO2-Based Polymers with Enhanced Thermal Stability and Unexpected Recyclability from Biosourced Monomers

100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Polymers from Lignocellulosic Biomass. Current Challenges and Future Opportunities

(2020) Robert M. O’Dea et al.   ACS Macro Letters

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

Functional Polycarbonates from Carbon Dioxide and Tailored Epoxide Monomers: Degradable Materials and Their Application Potential

(2018) Markus Scharfenberg et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Learning Nature: Recyclable Monomers and Polymers

(2018) Xiao-Bing Lu et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Comments on the depolymerization of polycarbonates derived from epoxides and carbon dioxide: A mini review

(2018) Donald J. Darensbourg   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

A synthetic polymer system with repeatable chemical recyclability

(2018) Jian-Bo Zhu et al.   SCIENCE

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

Toward Infinitely Recyclable Plastics Derived from Renewable Cyclic Esters

(2018) Xiaoyan Tang et al.   Chem

A quest for polycarbonates provided via sustainable epoxide/CO2 copolymerization processes

(2017) Stephanie J. Poland et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Synthesis of maleic and fumaric acids from furfural in the presence of betaine hydrochloride and hydrogen peroxide

(2017) N. Araji et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Access to Biorenewable Polycarbonates with Unusual Glass-Transition Temperature (Tg) Modulation

(2017) Nicole Kindermann et al.   ACS Catalysis

Unique Base-Initiated Depolymerization of Limonene-Derived Polycarbonates

(2017) Chunliang Li et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Chemoselective Alternating Copolymerization of Limonene Dioxide and Carbon Dioxide: A New Highly Functional Aliphatic Epoxy Polycarbonate

(2016) Chunliang Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

Environmentally Benign CO2-Based Copolymers: Degradable Polycarbonates Derived from Dihydroxybutyric Acid and Their Platinum–Polymer Conjugates

(2016) Fu-Te Tsai et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Sustainable polymers from renewable resources

(2016) Yunqing Zhu et al.   NATURE

An aromatic/aliphatic polyester prepared via ring-opening polymerisation and its remarkably selective and cyclable depolymerisation to monomer

(2016) Jarret P. MacDonald et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Bio-based polycarbonate as synthetic toolbox

(2016) O. Hauenstein et al.   Nature Communications

Chemically Recyclable Biobased Polyurethanes

(2016) Deborah K. Schneiderman et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Crystalline Hetero-Stereocomplexed Polycarbonates Produced from Amorphous Opposite Enantiomers Having Different Chemical Structures

(2015) Ye Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Progress of Polymers from Renewable Resources: Furans, Vegetable Oils, and Polysaccharides

(2015) Alessandro Gandini et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

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

(2015) Miao Hong et al.   Nature Chemistry

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Stereocomplexed Poly(Limonene Carbonate): A Unique Example of the Cocrystallization of Amorphous Enantiomeric Polymers

(2014) Finizia Auriemma et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mechanically triggered heterolytic unzipping of a low-ceiling-temperature polymer

(2014) Charles E. Diesendruck et al.   Nature Chemistry

Synthesis of fully alternating polycarbonate with low Tg from carbon dioxide and bio-based fatty acid

(2014) Ying-Ying Zhang et al.   RSC Advances

Asymmetric Copolymerization of CO2withmeso-Epoxides Mediated by Dinuclear Cobalt(III) Complexes: Unprecedented Enantioselectivity and Activity

(2013) Ye Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Base initiated depolymerization of polycarbonates to epoxide and carbon dioxide co-monomers: a computational study

(2013) Donald J. Darensbourg et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

An Efficient Method of Depolymerization of Poly(cyclopentene carbonate) to Its Comonomers: Cyclopentene Oxide and Carbon Dioxide

(2013) Donald J. Darensbourg et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Depolymerization of Polycarbonates Derived from Carbon Dioxide and Epoxides to Provide Cyclic Carbonates. A Kinetic Study

(2012) Donald J. Darensbourg et al.   MACROMOLECULES