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 …

Several concurrent developments are shaping the future of plastics. A transition to a
sustainable plastics system requires not only a shift to fossil-free feedstock and energy to …

The present article comprehensively reviews the macromolecular synthesis using enzymes
as catalysts. Among the six main classes of enzymes, the three classes, oxidoreductases …

In recent years, 2, 5-dihydroxymethylfuran (DHMF), which can be produced by the selective
hydrogenation of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), has attracted great …

The low biodegradability of petroleum-based polymers and the exhaustible nature of the oil
reserves have intensified interest in natural renewing resources for the chemical synthesis of …

Taking advantage of the structural diversity of different biomass resources, recent efforts
were directed towards the synthesis of renewable monomers and polymers, either for the …

Nowadays,“green” is a hot topic almost everywhere, from retailers to universities to
industries; and achieving a green status has become a universal aim. However, polymers …

Enzymatic polymerization represents today an effective and preferable alternative to
conventional chemically-catalyzed processes. It offers significant advantages, summarized …

2, 5-Bis (hydroxymethyl) furan is a highly valuable biobased rigid diol resembling aromatic
monomers in polyester synthesis. In this work, it was enzymatically polymerized with various …

Environmental and health concerns force the search for sustainable super engineering
plastics (SEPs) that utilise bio-derived cyclic monomers, eg isosorbide instead of restricted …