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Redesigned Hybrid Nylons with Optical Clarity and Chemical Recyclability

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Plastic Pollution: A Material Problem?

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

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Chemical Analysis of Microplastics and Nanoplastics: Challenges, Advanced Methods, and Perspectives

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

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4-Hydroxyproline-Derived Sustainable Polythioesters: Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization, Complete Recyclability, and Facile Functionalization

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Toward Infinitely Recyclable Plastics Derived from Renewable Cyclic Esters

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

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