An aromatic/aliphatic polyester prepared via ring-opening polymerisation and its remarkably selective and cyclable depolymerisation to monomer

Tuning thermal properties and microphase separation in aliphatic polyester ABA copolymers

(2015) J. P. MacDonald et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Preparation of Stereoregular Isotactic Poly(mandelic acid) through Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization of a CyclicO-Carboxyanhydride

(2014) Antoine Buchard et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Alternating copolymerization of dihydrocoumarin and epoxides catalyzed by chromium salen complexes: a new route to functional polyesters

(2014) Nathan J. Van Zee et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Morpholinones: New Strategies to Functionalized Polyesters

(2014) Timothy R. Blake et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Oxidative Esterification of Aldehydes Using Mesoionic 1,2,3-Triazolyl Carbene Organocatalysts

(2014) Matthew T. Berry et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Di-magnesium and zinc catalysts for the copolymerization of phthalic anhydride and cyclohexene oxide

(2014) Prabhjot K. Saini et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Biodegradable polymers-an overview

(2014) Sindhu Doppalapudi et al.   POLYMERS FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES

Cyclodepolymerization as a method for the synthesis of macrocyclic oligomers

(2014) Philip Hodge   REACTIVE & FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS

Synthesis of poly(butylene succinate) through oligomerization–cyclization–ROP route

(2014) Céline Labruyère et al.   RSC Advances

Nanolamellar triblock of poly-d,l-lactide–δ-valerolactone–d,l-lactide with tuneable glass transition temperature and crystallinity for use as a drug-delivery vesicle

(2014) Nibedita Kasyapi et al.   RSC Advances

Cationic copolymerization ofracemic-β-butyrolactone with L,L-lactide: One-pot synthesis of block copolymers

(2013) Malgorzata Basko et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

One Pot, One Feeding Step, Two-Stage Polymerization Synthesis and Characterization of (PTT-b-PTMO-b-PTT)n Multiblock Copolymers

(2013) Qiaozhen Xu et al.   MACROMOLECULES

PLA–PHB–PLA Triblock Copolymers: Synthesis by Sequential Addition and Investigation of Mechanical and Rheological Properties

(2013) Dinesh C. Aluthge et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Kinetic Investigation on the Catalytic Ring-Opening (Co)Polymerization of (Macro)Lactones Using Aluminum Salen Catalysts

(2013) M. P. F. Pepels et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Effect of thermally reduced graphite oxide (TrGO) on the polymerization kinetics of poly(butylene terephthalate) (pCBT)/TrGO nanocomposites prepared by in situ ring-opening polymerization of cyclic butylene terephthalate

(2013) Hongliang Chen et al.   POLYMER

Silver carboxylate promoted lactonization: a general method applicable to prepare medium and large-sized lactones without high dilution or slow addition

(2013) Le Liu et al.   TETRAHEDRON

Cyclodextrin-based biodegradable polymer stars: synthesis and fluorescence studies

(2013) Gayan K. Tennekone et al.   Green Materials

Protic compound mediated living cross-chain-transfer polymerization of rac-lactide: synthesis of isotactic (crystalline)–heterotactic (amorphous) stereomultiblock polylactide

(2012) Wei Zhao et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Control of thermal properties and hydrolytic degradation in poly(lactic acid) polymer stars through control of isospecificity of polymer arms

(2012) Donald J. A. Cameron et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY

Preparation and characterization of poly (butylene terephthalate)/graphene composites by in-situ polymerization of cyclic butylene terephthalate

(2012) Paola Fabbri et al.   POLYMER

Semi-aromatic polyesters by alternating ring-opening copolymerisation of styrene oxide and anhydrides

(2012) Elham Hosseini Nejad et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Living lamellar crystal initiating polymerization and brittleness mechanism investigations based on crystallization during the ring-opening of cyclic butylene terephthalate oligomers

(2012) Jianqiang Zhang et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Linear–dendritic biodegradable block copolymers: from synthesis to application in bionanotechnology

(2012) Chang-Ming Dong et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Stereocomplexation in Cyclic and Linear Polylactide Blends

(2011) Eun Ji Shin et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Catalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Renewable Macrolactones to High Molecular Weight Polyethylene-like Polymers

(2011) Inge van der Meulen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Entropically-driven ring-opening polymerization of cyclic butylene terephthalate: Rheology and kinetics

(2011) Hongliang Chen et al.   POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE

Tacticity Control in the Synthesis of Poly(lactic acid) Polymer Stars with Dipentaerythritol Cores

(2010) Michael P. Shaver et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Hydrolyzable Aromatic Copolyesters ofp-Dioxanone

(2010) G. Giammanco et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Synthesis of Stereoregular Cyclic Poly(lactide)s via “Thiol−Ene” Click Chemistry

(2010) Matthew J. Stanford et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Efficient Catalytic, Oxidative Lactonization for the Synthesis of Benzodioxepinones Using Thiazolium-Derived Carbene Catalysts

(2010) Christopher A. Rose et al.   ORGANIC LETTERS

Recent advances in entropy-driven ring-opening polymerizations

(2010) Satu Strandman et al.   Polymer Chemistry

Poly(hexamethylene terephthalate-co-caprolactone) copolymers: Influence of cycle size on ring-opening polymerization

(2009) Nathalie González-Vidal et al.   EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL

Mechanistic Insights into the Rhodium-Catalyzed Intramolecular Ketone Hydroacylation

(2009) Zengming Shen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

High Throughput Synthesis of Polyesters Using Entropically Driven Ring-Opening Polymerizations

(2008) Stephen D. Kamau et al.   JOURNAL OF COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY

Rh-Catalyzed Carbonyl Hydroacylation:  An Enantioselective Approach to Lactones

(2008) Zengming Shen et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

ESI-MS Reveals the Influence of Hydrophilicity and Architecture on the Water-Soluble Degradation Product Patterns of Biodegradable Homo- and Copolyesters of 1,5-dioxepan-2-one and ε-Caprolactone

(2008) Minna Hakkarainen et al.   MACROMOLECULES

One-Pot Synthesis of α,ω-Chain End Functional, Stereoregular, Star-Shaped Poly(lactide)

(2008) Matthew J. Stanford et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Polymers from Renewable Resources: A Perspective for a Special Issue of Polymer Reviews

(2008) Charlotte Williams et al.   Polymer Reviews