Polymers have many advantages such as low weight, low cost, and, importantly, stability
under thermal, chemical, and mechanical stress. This stability, on the other hand, leads to …

The field of polymer science recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. The excellent
material properties of a wide range of plastics (generally used as a synonym for polymers) …

Radical Ring‐opening polymerization (RROP) of cyclic ketene acetals (CKAs) emerges to
be a valuable polymerization technique. In attracting more attention, RROP has seen a new …

Radical ring-opening polymerization (rROP) allows facile incorporation of labile groups (eg,
ester) into the main chain of vinyl polymers to obtain (bio) degradable materials. rROP has …

Degradable vinyl polymers by radical ring‐opening polymerization are promising solutions
to the challenges caused by non‐degradable vinyl plastics. However, achieving even …

Polystyrene (PS) is a major commodity polymer widely used in various applications ranging
from packaging to insulation thanks to its low cost, high stiffness, and transparency as well …

The ability to extend the polymerizations of thiyl radical propagation to be regulated by
existing controlled methods would be highly desirable, yet remained very challenging to …

The environmental impact of plastic waste has been a real problem for the past decades.
The incorporation of cleavable bonds in the polymer backbone is a solution to making a …

Synthetic biopolymers are attractive alternatives to biobased polymers, especially because
they rarely induce an immune response in a living organism. Poly ε-caprolactone (PCL) is a …

Reactive extrusion (REX) is an important processing and production technique with
applications in the field of polymer synthesis, modification and recycling. A full REX design …