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Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of Selenium-functionalized Poly(ε-caprolactone)

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Beyond Mechanical Recycling: Giving New Life to Plastic Waste

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Synthesis and Deployment of an Elusive Fluorovinyl Cation Equivalent: Access to Quaternary α-(1′-Fluoro)vinyl Amino Acids as Potential PLP Enzyme Inactivators

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

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Functional Degradable Polymers by Radical Ring-Opening Copolymerization of MDO and Vinyl Bromobutanoate: Synthesis, Degradability and Post-Polymerization Modification

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Experimental and computational studies of ring-opening polymerization of ethylene brassylate macrolactone and copolymerization with ε-caprolactone and TBD-guanidine organic catalyst

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Chemical Synthesis of Functional Poly(4-hydroxybutyrate) with Controlled Degradation via Intramolecular Cyclization

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