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 …

Growing environmental concerns associated with the accumulation of plastic waste in the
natural environment has incentivised considerable research into renewable alternatives …

This review highlights recent developments in the field of biodegradable polymeric materials
intended to replace non-degradable conventional plastics, focusing on studies from the last …

Plastics, used in countless consumer products that our daily lives depend on, have become
indispensable materials essential for modern life and the global economy. At the same time …

This review presents the state of the art of complex macromolecular architectures based on
polylactide stereocomplexes (PLA-sc) from the viewpoint of synthesis and crystallization …

1.1 Background Interest in ring-opening polymerization (ROP) reactions has gained
tremendous momentum in the course of the past two decades.(1) While the polymerization …

Metal‐based catalysts and initiators have played a pivotal role in the ring‐opening
polymerization (ROP) of cyclic esters, thanks to their high activity and remarkable ability to …

Poly (hydroxy acid) s are a family of biocompatible and (bio) degradable polyesters with
various outcomes in different domains of application. To date, poly (hydroxy acid) s are best …

Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) was degraded to methyl lactate (Me-La) by an imino monophenolate
Zn (1) 2 catalyst in the presence of tetrahydrofuran, as the solvent, and methanol, as the …

Understanding how to moderate and improve catalytic activity is critical to improving
degradable polymer production. Here, di‐and monozinc catalysts, coordinated by bis (imino) …