Simple Approach to Macrocyclic Carbonates with Fast Polymerization Rates and Their Polymer-to-Monomer Regeneration

Catalytic processing of plastic waste on the rise

(2021) Antonio J. Martín et al.   Chem

Aliphatic Polycarbonates from Cyclic Carbonate Monomers and Their Application as Biomaterials

(2021) Wei Yu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Closed-loop recycling of polyethylene-like materials

(2021) Manuel Häußler et al.   NATURE

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

(2021) Yihuan Liu et al.   ACS Macro Letters

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

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

Selective Organocatalytic Preparation of Trimethylene Carbonate from Oxetane and Carbon Dioxide

(2020) Jin Huang et al.   ACS Catalysis

Chemical recycling to monomer for an ideal, circular polymer economy

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

Scalable Bifunctional Organoboron Catalysts for Copolymerization of CO2 and Epoxides with Unprecedented Efficiency

(2020) Guan-Wen Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Versatility of Boron-Mediated Coupling Reaction of Oxetanes and Epoxides with CO2: Selective Synthesis of Cyclic Carbonates or Linear Polycarbonates

(2020) Cheng-Jian Zhang et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Invoking Side-Chain Functionality for the Mediation of Regioselectivity during Ring-Opening Polymerization of Glucose Carbonates

(2020) Yue Song et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

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

100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Needs for Plastics Packaging Circularity

(2020) Stijn Billiet et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Even–Odd Effect in Aliphatic Polycarbonates with Different Chain Lengths: from Poly (Hexamethylene Carbonate) to Poly (Dodecamethylene Carbonate)

(2020) Ricardo A. Pérez-Camargo et al.   MACROMOLECULES

100th Anniversary of Macromolecular Science Viewpoint: Redefining Sustainable Polymers

(2020) Danielle E. Fagnani et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Catalytic approaches to monomers for polymers based on renewables

(2019) Bernhard Stadler et al.   ACS Catalysis

Divergent Catalytic Strategies for the Cis/Trans Stereoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of a Dual Cyclic Carbonate/Olefin Monomer

(2019) Thomas M. McGuire et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Triggering Depolymerization: Progress and Opportunities for Self-Immolative Polymers

(2019) Rebecca E. Yardley et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Thermal decomposition of methacrylate polymers containing tert-butoxycarbonyl moiety

(2019) Chu Jing et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Update and challenges in CO2‐based polycarbonate synthesis

(2019) Olivier Rudi Coulembier et al.   ChemSusChem

Monomodal Ultrahigh-Molar-Mass Polycarbonate Homopolymers and Diblock Copolymers by Anionic Copolymerization of Epoxides with CO2

(2019) Mingchen Jia et al.   ACS Macro Letters

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

(2018) Markus Scharfenberg et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Organocatalyzed ROP of a Glucopyranoside Derived Five-Membered Cyclic Carbonate

(2018) Simcha E. Felder et al.   MACROMOLECULES

A synthetic polymer system with repeatable chemical recyclability

(2018) Jian-Bo Zhu et al.   SCIENCE

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

Understanding cyclic by-products and ether linkage formation pathways in the transesterification synthesis of aliphatic polycarbonates

(2017) Qiang He et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Chemically recyclable polymers: a circular economy approach to sustainability

(2017) Miao Hong et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

CO2-Controlled One-Pot Synthesis of AB, ABA Block, and Statistical Terpolymers from β-Butyrolactone, Epoxides, and CO2

(2017) Sebastian Kernbichl et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

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

Combining polyethylene and polypropylene: Enhanced performance with PE/iPP multiblock polymers

(2017) James M. Eagan et al.   SCIENCE

Mechanical and chemical recycling of solid plastic waste

(2017) Kim Ragaert et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Chemical recycling of waste plastics for new materials production

(2017) AliReza Rahimi et al.   Nature Reviews Chemistry

Switching from Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization (cROP) to Controlled Ring-Closing Depolymerization (cRCDP) by Adjusting the Reaction Parameters That Determine the Ceiling Temperature

(2016) Peter Olsén et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Thermodynamic Presynthetic Considerations for Ring-Opening Polymerization

(2016) Peter Olsén et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Long-Chain Aliphatic Polymers To Bridge the Gap between Semicrystalline Polyolefins and Traditional Polycondensates

(2016) Florian Stempfle et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Metal-Free Alternating Copolymerization of CO2 with Epoxides: Fulfilling “Green” Synthesis and Activity

(2016) Dongyue Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

Synthesis of high-molecular-weight aliphatic polycarbonates by organo-catalysis

(2016) Jingjiang Sun 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

Highly Polarized Alkenes as Organocatalysts for the Polymerization of Lactones and Trimethylene Carbonate

(2016) Stefan Naumann et al.   ACS Macro Letters

From Multisite Polymerization Catalysis to Sustainable Materials and All-Polyolefin Composites

(2015) Markus Stürzel et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

A Simple and Facile Approach to Aliphatic N-Substituted Functional Eight-Membered Cyclic Carbonates and Their Organocatalytic Polymerization

(2015) Shrinivas Venkataraman et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

(2015) Miao Hong et al.   Nature Chemistry

Recycling of condensation polymers via ring-chain equilibria

(2015) Philip Hodge   POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES

Tunable Thermal Degradation of Poly(vinyl butyl carbonate sulfone)s via Side-Chain Branching

(2015) Olivia P. Lee et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Entropically Driven Ring-Opening Polymerization of Strainless Organic Macrocycles

(2014) Philip Hodge   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

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

Enantiopure Isotactic PCHC Synthesized by Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclohexene Carbonate

(2014) William Guerin et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Preparation of High-Molecular-Weight Aliphatic Polycarbonates by Condensation Polymerization of Diols and Dimethyl Carbonate

(2013) Ji Hae Park et al.   MACROMOLECULES

The anionic ring-opening polymerization of five-membered cyclic carbonates fused to the cyclohexane ring

(2013) Kunio Tezuka et al.   POLYMER JOURNAL

Sustainable Polymers: Opportunities for the Next Decade

(2013) Stephen A. Miller   ACS Macro Letters

Synthesis and post-polymerisation modifications of aliphatic poly(carbonate)s prepared by ring-opening polymerisation

(2012) Sarah Tempelaar et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Cyclo-depolymerizations of polycarbonates in solution: Use of the macrocyclic oligomers obtained in entropically-driven ring-opening polymerizations and copolymerizations to give carbonate–carbonate and carbonate–carboxylate ester copolymers

(2012) Philip Hodge et al.   REACTIVE & FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS

Controllable preparation of poly(alkylene carbonate)s and observation on their structure-related odd–even effect

(2010) Wei Su et al.   POLYMER

High-Molecular-Weight Polycarbonates Synthesized by Enzymatic ROP of a Cyclic Carbonate as a Green Process

(2009) Yoshio Yamamoto et al.   MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE

Entropy-driven ring-opening olefin metathesis polymerizations of macrocycles

(2009) Zheng Xue et al.   Soft Matter