Sensibility to environmental concerns and the actual demand for polymeric materials free of
any metal contaminants in most applications have directed research towards significant …

The history of silyl cations has all the makings of a drama but with a happy ending. Being
considered reactive intermediates impossible to isolate in the condensed phase for …

Owing to the difficulty in controlling the dopant or defect types and their homogeneity in
carbon materials, it is still a controversial issue to identify the active sites of carbon-based …

Conspectus Electron-deficient boron-based catalysts with metal-free but metallomimetic
characteristics provide a versatile platform for chemical transformations. However, their …

The development of sustainable polymers that possess useful material properties
competitive with existing petroleum-derived polymers is a crucial goal but remains a …

Lewis acid‐base interactions are common in chemical processes presented in diverse
applications, such as synthesis, catalysis, batteries, semiconductors, and solar cells. The …

The concerted action of a Lewis acid and base can activate H 2 and other small molecules.
Such frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) have garnered much attention and prompted many …

Polyesters have been studied intensely over the last few decades and proved to be suitable
for a wide range of applications. Despite all benefits, drawbacks such as eg the acidification …

With sustainability at the forefront of current polymerisation research, the typically earth-
abundant, inexpensive and low-toxicity main group metals are attractive candidates for …

Polymers have become one of the largest and most important materials we use in daily life.
Their popularity has stemmed from their wide range of material properties combined with …