The production of polybenzoxazines from natural renewable materials has attracted interest
because of the environmental impacts caused by conventional petroleum-based materials …

The present review highlights advances in the copolymerization of carbon dioxide (CO2)
and epoxides (oxiranes) to produce polycarbonates. Specifically, focus has been given to …

Oils and fats of vegetable and animal origin have been the most important renewable
feedstock of the chemical industry in the past and in the present. A tremendous geographical …

Castor oil is, as many other plant oils, a very valuable renewable resource for the chemical
industry. This review article provides an overview on this specialty oil, covering its …

Most of biobased polyols for polyurethanes are synthesized from vegetable oils. In the first
part, the present review goes into details of these different synthetic routes to obtain polyols …

Plant oils are already one of the most important platform chemicals for the chemical industry
due to its universal availability, inherent biodegradability, and low price. Nowadays, plant …

The aim of this literature review was to identify and provide a summary update on the validity
and applicability of the most promising dietary biomarkers reflecting the intake of important …

Natural vegetable oils have been transformed in polymers following three main routes. The
first is the direct polymerization through the double bonds of the fatty acid chain. The cationic …

Late-transition-metal catalysts have great potentials to incorporate polar comonomers during
olefin polymerization. The preparation of polar-functionalized polyolefins with different …

The quorum sensing (QS) system is related to cell-to-cell communication as a function of
population density, which regulates several physiological functions including biofilm …