Sustainable formulation polymers for home, beauty and personal care: challenges and opportunities

CAR Picken, O Buensoz, PD Price, C Fidge… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
As society moves towards a net-zero future, the need to adopt more sustainable polymers is
well understood, and as well as plastics, less visible formulation polymers should also be …

Mechanism-Inspired Synthesis of Poly (alkyl malonates) via Alternating Copolymerization of Epoxides and Meldrum's Acid Derivatives

SM Severson, BH Ren, M Cayzer… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Direct incorporation of malonate units into polymer backbones is a synthetic challenge.
Herein, we report the alternating and controlled anionic copolymerization of epoxides and …

Mechanical Properties and Recyclability of Fiber Reinforced Polyester Composites

EK Billington, T Şucu, MP Shaver - ACS Sustainable Chemistry …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Fiber reinforced polymer composites (FRPs) are valuable construction materials owing to
their strength, durability, and design flexibility; however, conventional FRPs utilize petroleum …

Catalyst-Free Dynamic Covalent Polyester Networks with Dissociative Transesterification

S Zhao, Y Liu, H Zhao, K Ma, Y Fu, Y Dong, J Li… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Most vitrimers based on transesterification (TER) require external catalysts. Moreover, their
slow relaxation rates necessitate a high reprocessing temperature and prolonged …

Mechanically Robust and Chemically Recyclable Poly (β-Amino Esters)-Based Thermosetting Plastics

R Miao, Y Ding, J Liu, J Liu, Z Xin… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The development of chemically recyclable thermosetting plastics using dynamic covalent
bonds is of great importance in the construction of a sustainable society. However, there …

Boosting the Reactivity of Bis-Lactones to Enable Step-Growth Polymerization at Room Temperature

M Ximenis, J Monot, E Gabirondo, J Jeschke… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The development of new sustainable polymeric materials endowed with improved
performances but minimal environmental impact is a major concern, with polyesters as …

Degradable branched and cross-linked polyesters from a bis (1, 3-dioxolan-4-one) core

O Buensoz, CAR Picken, P Price, C Fidge… - Polymer …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The control of macromolecular architecture is key to tailoring polymers, with cross-linked and
branched topologies conferring useful bulk properties. However, conventional methods to …

[PDF][PDF] Investigation on Poly (2-Oxybutane-1-yl (4-Oxynapthalene-1-yl) Sebacoylate Random Block Copolyester

G Elango, S Guhanathan - Current Innovations in Chemical and … - researchgate.net
Synthesis of random block copolymer ie, Poly (2-oxybutane-1-yl (4-oxynapthalene-1-yl)
Sebacoylate [PONS] was synthesized using 1, 4-napthalenediol, 1, 2-butane diol and …

Five-membered ring systems: with O and S (Se, Te) atoms

RA Aitken - Progress in heterocyclic chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
This review covers work published in the calendar year 2022. The synthesis and reaction
chemistry of five-membered heterocycles containing two oxygen atoms, two sulfur atoms, or …