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 …

Inspired by the uniqueness of ring-opening polymerization and the ubiquity of sulfur-
containing heterocycles, much attention has been paid to the synthesis of sulfur-containing …

Direct radical addition reactions of thiocarbonyl (C═ S) groups unaccompanied by β-
scission have rarely been reported despite their potential for constructing various sulfur …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biodegradable and biocompatible polyesters with a wide
range of applications; in particular, they currently stand as promising alternatives 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 …

Organised by reaction type, this review highlights the unique reactivity of thiocarbonyl (CS)
groups with radicals, anions, nucleophiles, electrophiles, in pericyclic reactions, and in the …

The synthesis of readily biodegradable amphiphilic polyvinyl alcohol diblock copolymers
(poly (VA-b-MDO)) was achieved through the combination of radical ring-opening …

Plastics that are developed from renewable resources and can be recycled are highly
environmentally desirable alternatives to current petroleum-based non-degradable …

Radical ring-opening polymerization (ROP) is a useful strategy for synthesizing polymers
with complex main-chain structures. However, introducing complex functionalities into the …

Polymers with tailored architectures and degradability were prepared through thiocarbonyl
addition ring-opening (TARO) atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) using dibenzo [c …