The vast majority of commodity plastics do not degrade and therefore they permanently
pollute the environment. At present, less than 20% of post-consumer plastic waste in …

Polyolefins are the largest-scale synthetic plastics and play a key role in modern society.
Their production consumes huge amounts of fossil-derived monomer feedstocks, which …

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

The ability to selectively introduce diverse functionality onto hydrocarbons is of substantial
value in the synthesis of both small molecules and polymers. Herein, we report an approach …

Although Staudinger realized makromoleküles had enormous potential, he likely did not
anticipate the consequences of their universal adoption. With 6.3 billion metric tons of plastic …

Polyethylene is a commodity material that is widely used because of its low cost and
valuable properties. However, the lack of functional groups in polyethylene limits its use in …

Functional polyethylenes possess valuable bulk and surface properties, but the limits of
current synthetic methods narrow the range of accessible materials and prevent many …

Chemically introducing diverse polar groups into polyolefins via carbon–hydrogen bond
alkylation with polar olefins is of substantial value in the synthesis of next-generation …

The ball-mill grinding (BMG) of polymers has a long history, starting with Staudinger
showing in the 1930s that polystyrene undergoes chain scission upon ball milling. However …

Covalently crosslinked polymeric materials, known as thermosets, possess enhanced
mechanical strength and thermal stability relative to the corresponding uncrosslinked …