Diversification of polymer waste recycling is one of the solutions to improve the current
environmental scenario. Upcycling is a promising strategy for converting polymer waste into …

The polymeric properties are tailored and enhanced by high energy radiation processing,
which is an effective technique to tune the physical, chemical, thermal, surface, and …

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

The current global materials economy has long been inefficient due to unproductive reuse
and recycling efforts. Within the wider materials portfolio, plastics have been revolutionary to …

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 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 …

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

Hydroxy-telechelic polyalkenamers have long been synthesized using ring-opening
metathesis polymerization (ROMP) in the presence of an acyclic olefin chain-transfer agent …

While polypropylene (PP) is one of the most widely used polyolefin materials, its post‐
functionalization has been a continuously researched topic in the polymer field since it could …

Conspectus Addition of new covalent bonds between the chains of thermoplastic polymers
(ie, crosslinking) provides improved mechanical strength and enhanced high-temperature …