Biobased High-Performance Aromatic–Aliphatic Polyesters with Complete Recyclability

Blend Miscibility of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) and Aromatic Polyesters from Salicylic Acid

(2021) Hee Joong Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

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

(2021) Yihuan Liu et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Hybrid monomer design for unifying conflicting polymerizability, recyclability, and performance properties

(2021) Changxia Shi et al.   Chem

O‐to‐S Substitution Enables Dovetailing Conflicting Cyclizability, Polymerizability, and Recyclability: Dithiolactone vs. Dilactone

(2021) Yanchao Wang et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enhanced Polyester Degradation through Transesterification with Salicylates

(2021) Hee Joong Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Tough and Thermally Recyclable Semiaromatic Polyesters by Ring-Opening Polymerization of Benzo-thia-caprolactones

(2021) Ling-Gao Li et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Olefin metathesis-based chemically recyclable polymers enabled by fused-ring monomers

(2021) Devavrat Sathe et al.   Nature Chemistry

Chemically recyclable thermoplastics from reversible-deactivation polymerization of cyclic acetals

(2021) Brooks A. Abel et al.   SCIENCE

Plastics in the Earth system

(2021) Aron Stubbins et al.   SCIENCE

The global threat from plastic pollution

(2021) Matthew MacLeod et al.   SCIENCE

Toward polymer upcycling—adding value and tackling circularity

(2021) LaShanda T. J. Korley et al.   SCIENCE

Bio-based polymers with performance-advantaged properties

(2021) Robin M. Cywar et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Readily Degradable Aromatic Polyesters from Salicylic Acid

(2020) Hee Joong Kim et al.   ACS Macro Letters

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

Bio‐based and Degradable Block Polyester Pressure‐Sensitive Adhesives

(2020) Thomas T. D. Chen et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Toward Catalytic Chemical Recycling of Waste (and Future) Plastics

(2020) Joshua C. Worch et al.   ACS Macro Letters

High-performance pan-tactic polythioesters with intrinsic crystallinity and chemical recyclability

(2020) Changxia Shi et al.   Science Advances

Control of Crystallinity and Stereocomplexation of Synthetic Carbohydrate Polymers from d ‐ and l ‐Xylose

(2020) Thomas M. McGuire et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Rapid Synthesis of Chemically Recyclable Polycarbonates from Renewable Feedstocks

(2020) Derek J. Saxon et al.   ACS Macro Letters

100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Redefining Sustainable Polymers

(2020) Danielle E. Fagnani 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

Recyclable Vinyl‐Functionalized Polyesters via Chemoselective Organopolymerization of Bifunctional α‐Methylene‐δ‐Valerolactone

(2019) Tie‐Qi Xu et al.   MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Synthesis and Controlled Organobase-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Polymerization of Morpholine-2,5-Dione Derivatives and Monomer Recovery by Acid-Catalyzed Degradation of the Polymers

(2019) Chang-Xia Shi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Catalytic approaches to monomers for polymers based on renewables

(2019) Bernhard Stadler et al.   ACS Catalysis

Stereochemical enhancement of polymer properties

(2019) Joshua C. Worch et al.   Nature Reviews Chemistry

Rare-earth metal complexes as catalysts for ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters

(2019) Dmitry M. Lyubov et al.   COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS

Comprehensive Understanding of Polyester Stereocomplexation

(2019) Zhao-Qian Wan et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Functionalized and Degradable Polyphthalaldehyde Derivatives

(2019) J. Patrick Lutz et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Enol Ethers Are Effective Monomers for Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization: Synthesis of Degradable and Depolymerizable Poly(2,3-dihydrofuran)

(2019) John D. Feist et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Sustainable polymers from biomass: Bridging chemistry with materials and processing

(2019) Zhongkai Wang et al.   PROGRESS IN POLYMER SCIENCE

Learning Nature: Recyclable Monomers and Polymers

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

A synthetic polymer system with repeatable chemical recyclability

(2018) Jian-Bo Zhu et al.   SCIENCE

Structural insight into molecular mechanism of poly(ethylene terephthalate) degradation

(2018) Seongjoon Joo et al.   Nature Communications

A Carbomethoxylated Polyvalerolactone from Malic Acid: Synthesis and Divergent Chemical Recycling

(2018) Grant W. Fahnhorst et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Advancing the Development of Highly-Functionalizable Glucose-Based Polycarbonates by Tuning of the Glass Transition Temperature

(2018) Yue Song et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Toward Infinitely Recyclable Plastics Derived from Renewable Cyclic Esters

(2018) Xiaoyan Tang et al.   Chem

Chemically recyclable polymers: a circular economy approach to sustainability

(2017) Miao Hong et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

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

(2017) Deborah K. Schneiderman et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Thermal, structural and degradation properties of an aromatic–aliphatic polyester built through ring-opening polymerisation

(2017) Erlantz Lizundia et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Unique Base-Initiated Depolymerization of Limonene-Derived Polycarbonates

(2017) Chunliang Li et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

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

Thiol–Ene Elastomers Derived from Biobased Phenolic Acids with Varying Functionality

(2016) Guozhen Yang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

Soil immune responses

(2016) J. M. Raaijmakers et al.   SCIENCE

Chemically Recyclable Biobased Polyurethanes

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

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

(2015) Miao Hong et al.   Nature Chemistry

Influence of catalysts used in synthesis of poly(p-dioxanone) on its thermal degradation behaviors

(2015) Xiao-Yang Li et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Crystalline Stereocomplexed Polycarbonates: Hydrogen-Bond-Driven Interlocked Orderly Assembly of the Opposite Enantiomers

(2014) Ye Liu et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Poly(propylene succinate): A New Polymer Stereocomplex

(2014) Julie M. Longo et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Ring-Closing Depolymerization: A Powerful Tool for Synthesizing the Allyloxy-Functionalized Six-Membered Aliphatic Carbonate Monomer 2-Allyloxymethyl-2-ethyltrimethylene Carbonate

(2014) Peter Olsén et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

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

Polycarbonates Derived from Glucose via an Organocatalytic Approach

(2013) Koichiro Mikami et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

(2013) Donald J. Darensbourg et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Preparation of New α-Hydroxy Acids Derived from Amino Acids and Their Corresponding Polyesters

(2008) Naomi Cohen-Arazi et al.   MACROMOLECULES