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 …

Bio-based polyesters: Recent progress and future prospects

Q Zhang, M Song, Y Xu, W Wang, Z Wang… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of sustainable and environmentally friendly polymer materials is among
the most pressing contemporary challenges for polymer science and engineering. Bio …

Catalysis as an enabling science for sustainable polymers

X Zhang, M Fevre, GO Jones, RM Waymouth - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The replacement of current petroleum-based plastics with sustainable alternatives is a
crucial but formidable challenge for the modern society. Catalysis presents an enabling tool …

[HTML][HTML] Recommendations for replacing PET on packaging, fiber, and film materials with biobased counterparts

AF Sousa, R Patrício, Z Terzopoulou, DN Bikiaris… - Green …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
This review sheds light on urgent questions that arise from the need to replace a polymer
resin,–poly (ethylene terephthalate), which represents 7.7% market-share in the global …

Electrochemical oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural with NiFe layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanosheet catalysts

WJ Liu, L Dang, Z Xu, HQ Yu, S Jin, GW Huber - ACS Catalysis, 2018 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical oxidation of biomass-derived platform molecules can enable the production
of value-added oxygenated commodity chemicals under mild conditions in a distributed …

[HTML][HTML] An ultrasmall organic synapse for neuromorphic computing

S Liu, J Zeng, Z Wu, H Hu, A Xu, X Huang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
High‐performance organic neuromorphic devices with miniaturized device size and
computing capability are essential elements for developing brain‐inspired humanoid …

[HTML][HTML] Alternative monomers based on lignocellulose and their use for polymer production

I Delidovich, PJC Hausoul, L Deng… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Polymeric materials play a key role in modern industry. Owing to outstanding and very
versatile properties of polymers, they have rather quickly occupied the great niche of …

Progress of polymers from renewable resources: furans, vegetable oils, and polysaccharides

A Gandini, TM Lacerda, AJF Carvalho… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The interest in polymers from renewable resources has been witnessing an incessant
growth in both academia and industry, with these blooming activities covering a …

Biobased polyesters and other polymers from 2, 5-furandicarboxylic acid: a tribute to furan excellency

AF Sousa, C Vilela, AC Fonseca, M Matos… - Polymer …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Motivated by the general concern about sustainability and environmental issues, an intense
search for renewable-based polymers has grown exponentially in recent years. This search …

Production of bio-based 2, 5-furan dicarboxylate polyesters: Recent progress and critical aspects in their synthesis and thermal properties

GZ Papageorgiou, DG Papageorgiou… - European Polymer …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Polymers based on 2, 5-furandicarboxylic acid (2, 5-FDCA), consist a new class of
alipharomatic polyesters that can be prepared from monomers derived straight from …