Chemical Upcycling of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) into Bicyclic Ether–Ester Monomers toward Value-Added, Degradable, and Recyclable Poly(ether ester)

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

A “Polymer to Polymer” Chemical Recycling of PLA Plastics by the “DE–RE Polymerization” Strategy

(2022) Rulin Yang et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Chemically Recyclable Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers via a Cascade Ring-Opening and Step-Growth Polymerization Strategy from Bio-renewable δ-Caprolactone

(2022) Qin Yan et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Critical advances and future opportunities in upcycling commodity polymers

(2022) Coralie Jehanno et al.   NATURE

Poly(hydroxyalkanoates): Production, Applications and End-of-Life Strategies–Life Cycle Assessment Nexus

(2022) Joseph Kinyanjui Muiruri et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Trends and Advances toward Biotechnological Applications

(2021) Vipin Chandra Kalia et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Tandem Heterogeneous Catalysis for Polyethylene Depolymerization via an Olefin-Intermediate Process

(2021) Lucas D. Ellis et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Chemically recyclable thermoplastics from reversible-deactivation polymerization of cyclic acetals

(2021) Brooks A. Abel et al.   SCIENCE

Chemical Recycling of Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) into Bio-Based Solvents and Their Use in a Circular PHB Extraction

(2021) Adriano Parodi et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Biobased High-Performance Aromatic–Aliphatic Polyesters with Complete Recyclability

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

Development of Circularly Recyclable Low Melting Temperature Bicomponent Fibers toward a Sustainable Nonwoven Application

(2021) Zengwei Guo et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Chemical Upcycling of Polyethylene to Value-Added α,ω-Divinyl-Functionalized Oligomers

(2021) Manhao Zeng et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Managing Plastic Waste─Sorting, Recycling, Disposal, and Product Redesign

(2021) Jean-Paul Lange   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Organobase/urea catalyzed ring opening polymerization of 3‐methyl‐1, 4‐dioxan‐2‐one to prepare chemically recyclable poly(ether ester)

(2021) Kai Li et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE

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: 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

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

(2019) Xia Liu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Biological Valorization of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Monomers for Upcycling Waste PET

(2019) Hee Taek Kim et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Plastics of the future? The impact of biodegradable polymers on the environment and on society

(2018) Tobias Haider et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

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

The future of plastics recycling

(2017) Jeannette M. Garcia et al.   SCIENCE

The promise of plastics from plants

(2017) Marc A. Hillmyer   SCIENCE

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

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

Kinetics and mechanism of monomeric product from methanolysis of poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) catalyzed by acidic functionalized ionic liquids

(2016) Xiuyan Song et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

Chemically Recyclable Biobased Polyurethanes

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

Efficient and selective degradation of polyethylenes into liquid fuels and waxes under mild conditions

(2016) X. Jia et al.   Science Advances

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

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Highly selective transformation of poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid] into trans-crotonic acid by catalytic thermal degradation

(2010) Hidayah Ariffin et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

A microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) based bio- and materials industry

(2009) Guo-Qiang Chen   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Up-Cycling of PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) to the Biodegradable Plastic PHA (Polyhydroxyalkanoate)

(2008) Shane T. Kenny et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Spontaneous crosslinking of poly(1,5-dioxepan-2-one) originating from ether bond fragmentation

(2008) Anders Höglund et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Determination of multiple thermal degradation mechanisms of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)

(2008) Hidayah Ariffin et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY