Functionalizable and Chemically Recyclable Thermoplastics from Chemoselective Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Bio‐renewable Bifunctional α‐Methylene‐δ‐valerolactone

Rapid and Controlled Polymerization of Bio‐sourced δ‐Caprolactone toward Fully Recyclable Polyesters and Thermoplastic Elastomers

(2022) Changjian Li et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Closing the “One Monomer–Two Polymers–One Monomer” Loop via Orthogonal (De)polymerization of a Lactone/Olefin Hybrid

(2022) Changxia Shi et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Highly Reactive Cyclic Carbonates with a Fused Ring toward Functionalizable and Recyclable Polycarbonates

(2022) Wei Zhang et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Reversing RAFT Polymerization: Near-Quantitative Monomer Generation Via a Catalyst-Free Depolymerization Approach

(2022) Hyun Suk Wang 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

Chemically recyclable thermoplastics from reversible-deactivation polymerization of cyclic acetals

(2021) Brooks A. Abel et al.   SCIENCE

Biobased High-Performance Aromatic–Aliphatic Polyesters with Complete Recyclability

(2021) Yi-Min Tu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Towards high-performance sustainable polymers via isomerization-driven irreversible ring-opening polymerization of five-membered thionolactones

(2021) Pengjun Yuan et al.   Nature Chemistry

Multiscale SAXS/WAXD characterisation of the deformation mechanisms of electrospun PCL scaffolds

(2020) F.J. Camarena-Maese et al.   POLYMER

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

(2020) Wei Xiong et al.   Chem

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

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

Rapid Synthesis of Chemically Recyclable Polycarbonates from Renewable Feedstocks

(2020) Derek J. Saxon 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

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

(2018) Binhong Lin et al.   MACROMOLECULES

A synthetic polymer system with repeatable chemical recyclability

(2018) Jian-Bo Zhu et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

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

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

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

(2016) Miao Hong 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

Bis- and Tris-Urea H-Bond Donors for Ring-Opening Polymerization: Unprecedented Activity and Control from an Organocatalyst

(2016) Kurt V. Fastnacht et al.   ACS Macro Letters

Rate Accelerated Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization of l-Lactide via the Application of a Bis(thiourea) H-bond Donating Cocatalyst

(2015) Samuel S. Spink et al.   MACROMOLECULES

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

(2015) Miao Hong et al.   Nature Chemistry

Selective Conversion of Furfural to Cyclopentanone with CuZnAl Catalysts

(2014) Jianhua Guo et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Baeyer–Villiger Oxidation Using Hydrogen Peroxide

(2013) Muhammet Uyanik et al.   ACS Catalysis

(Thio)urea Organocatalyst Equilibrium Acidities in DMSO

(2012) Gergely Jakab et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS