Polymers without petrochemicals: sustainable routes to conventional monomers

G Hayes, M Laurel, D MacKinnon, T Zhao… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Access to a wide range of plastic materials has been rationalized by the increased demand
from growing populations and the development of high-throughput production systems …

The quest for high glass transition temperature bioplastics

HTH Nguyen, P Qi, M Rostagno, A Feteha… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The field of biorenewable polymers is ever-expanding, aided by the interest of the general
public to adopt more sustainable practices for natural resource utilization as well as waste …

High performance, fully bio‐based, and optically transparent wood biocomposites

C Montanari, Y Ogawa, P Olsén… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The sustainable development of engineering biocomposites has been limited due to a lack
of bio‐based monomers combining favorable processing with high performance. Here, the …

Renewability is not enough: recent advances in the sustainable synthesis of biomass‐derived monomers and polymers

A Llevot, PK Dannecker… - … A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Taking advantage of the structural diversity of different biomass resources, recent efforts
were directed towards the synthesis of renewable monomers and polymers, either for the …

Biobased acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives

MA Droesbeke, R Aksakal, A Simula, JM Asua… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
The ever-increasing regulations within the adhesives industry and the continuous demand
for more sustainability, have led to the development of environmentally more suitable …

Synthesis and polymerization of bio-based acrylates: a review

C Veith, F Diot-Néant, SA Miller, F Allais - Polymer Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Acrylates and polyacrylates have been produced massively due to their interesting
applications like Plexiglas. However, the contemporary issues of fossil depletion associated …

Monomer design strategies to create natural product-based polymer materials

SL Kristufek, KT Wacker, YYT Tsao, L Su… - Natural product …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2010–Aug. 2016 In an effort towards enhancing function and sustainability,
natural products have become of interest in the field of polymer chemistry. This review …

Bio-derived polymers for coating applications: comparing poly (limonene carbonate) and poly (cyclohexadiene carbonate)

T Stößer, C Li, J Unruangsri, PK Saini, RJ Sablong… - Polymer …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Two fully bio-based polycarbonates, poly (cyclohexadiene carbonate)(PCHDC) and poly
(limonene carbonate)(PLC), are synthesised from carbon dioxide and cyclohexadiene oxide …

One-Pot Catalysis: A Privileged Approach for Sustainable Polymers?

K Upitak, CM Thomas - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Almost all aspects of daily life involve polymers in some form or the other.
However, polymer production is largely based on finite feedstocks. These limitations …

Efficient plastic waste recycling to value‐added products by integrated biomass processing

K Beydoun, J Klankermayer - ChemSusChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The industrial production of polymeric materials is continuously increasing, but sustainable
concepts directing towards a circular economy remain rather elusive. The present …