Advances in the use of CO 2 as a renewable feedstock for the synthesis of polymers

B Grignard, S Gennen, C Jérôme, AW Kleij… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon dioxide offers an accessible, cheap and renewable carbon feedstock for synthesis.
Current interest in the area of carbon dioxide valorisation aims at new, emerging …

Trends in non-isocyanate polyurethane (NIPU) development

A Gomez-Lopez, F Elizalde, I Calvo… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The transition towards safer and more sustainable production of polymers has led to a
growing body of academic research into non-isocyanate polyurethanes (NIPUs) as potential …

Organocatalyzed coupling of carbon dioxide with epoxides for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates: catalyst design and mechanistic studies

M Alves, B Grignard, R Méreau, C Jerome… - Catalysis Science & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The coupling of carbon dioxide (CO2) with epoxides with the formation of cyclic carbonates
is a highly attractive 100% atom economic reaction. It represents a greener and safer …

Poly (hydroxyurethane) adhesives and coatings: state-of-the-art and future directions

A Gomez-Lopez, S Panchireddy… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polyurethane (PU) adhesives and coatings are widely used to fabricate high-quality
materials due to their excellent properties and their versatile nature, which stems from the …

Rapidly reprocessable cross-linked polyhydroxyurethanes based on disulfide exchange

DJ Fortman, RL Snyder, DT Sheppard… - ACS Macro …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Polymer networks that are cross-linked by dynamic covalent bonds often sacrifice the robust
mechanical properties of traditional thermosets in exchange for rapid and efficient …

Polymers Based on Cyclic Carbonates as Trait d'Union Between Polymer Chemistry and Sustainable CO2 Utilization

N Yadav, F Seidi, D Crespy, V D'Elia - ChemSusChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Given the large amount of anthropogenic CO2 emissions, it is advantageous to use CO2 as
feedstock for the fabrication of everyday products, such as fuels and materials. An attractive …

Mechanically strong non-isocyanate polyurethane thermosets from cyclic carbonate linseed oil

T Wang, H Deng, N Li, F Xie, H Shi, M Wu, C Zhang - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Non-isocyanate polyurethanes (NIPUs) from renewable resources have attracted much
attention owing to their significant benefits towards sustainable development and green …

Reprocessable polyhydroxyurethane networks exhibiting full property recovery and concurrent associative and dissociative dynamic chemistry via …

X Chen, L Li, K Jin, JM Torkelson - Polymer Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We discovered that polyhydroxyurethane (PHU) networks synthesized in the presence of a
catalyst from five-membered cyclic carbonates are intrinsically reprocessable with full …

Biobased reprocessable polyhydroxyurethane networks: Full recovery of crosslink density with three concurrent dynamic chemistries

S Hu, X Chen, JM Torkelson - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Despite significant past efforts to exploit green, renewable precursors in polymeric materials
and to improve the recyclability and reprocessability of nonisocyanate polyurethane (NIPU) …

Superstretchable, self‐healing polymeric elastomers with tunable properties

PF Cao, B Li, T Hong, J Townsend… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Utilization of self‐healing chemistry to develop synthetic polymer materials that can heal
themselves with restored mechanical performance and functionality is of great interest. Self …