Nonbiodegradable plastics with inert and saturated C–C backbones comprise the majority of
global annual plastics produced, including the ubiquitous polyolefins (polyethylene and …

Anthropogenic activities have resulted in a sustained increase in atmospheric CO2 levels
over the past 200 years. To mitigate this, materials capable of capturing or chemically …

N‐Hydroxypthalimide (NHPI) has become a powerful and versatile organocatalyst, it has
been known to catalyze various free‐radical processes leading to the wide range of organic …

Polyolefins consist of abundant hydrophobic C− C and C− H bonds, and are considered as
immensely potential untapped resources. Chemical upcycling offers a convenient and …

The non-polar nature of polyolefins, alongside providing the valuable properties that mark
them as one of the most important modern polymers, also entails that their application in …

Petroleum-based polyolefin plastics currently possess highly unsustainable cradle-to-grave
linear life cycles. Using them as a resource for the production of new functional polymers not …

Polyolefins represent a high-volume class of polymers prized for their attractive
thermomechanical properties, but the lack of chemical functionality on polyolefins makes …

Post-synthetic functionalisation of commodity polymers such as polyethylene (PE) is an
increasingly important strategy for giving waste plastics new 'lease-of-lives' as functional …

High melt strength (HMS), shear thinning, and extensional strain hardening (SH) are highly
desirable properties in commercial polypropylene, which are typically achieved by the …

The aryl substituents as well as backbones in the α-diimine catalysts have a significant
influence on the olefin (co) polymerization. In this work, the effect of the cycloalkyl and …