Synthesis and biological application of polylactic acid

G Li, M Zhao, F Xu, B Yang, X Li, X Meng, L Teng… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the past few decades, with the development of science and technology, the field of
biomedicine has rapidly developed, especially with respect to biomedical materials. Low …

Progress in the catalytic reactions of CO 2 and epoxides to selectively provide cyclic or polymeric carbonates

GA Bhat, DJ Darensbourg - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Sustainability requires that we reuse spent carbon sources from CO2 emissions to generate
new products and materials. In this regard, carbon capture is a necessary requirement for …

Understanding catalytic synergy in dinuclear polymerization catalysts for sustainable polymers

F Fiorentini, WT Diment, AC Deacy, RWF Kerr… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding the chemistry underpinning intermetallic synergy and the discovery of
generally applicable structure-performances relationships are major challenges in catalysis …

Tough while recyclable plastics enabled by monothiodilactone monomers

Y Wang, Y Zhu, W Lv, X Wang… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The current scale of plastics production and the attendant waste disposal issues represent
an underexplored opportunity for chemically recyclable polymers. Typical recyclable …

A circular economy approach to plastic waste

J Payne, P McKeown, MD Jones - Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2019 - Elsevier
Growing environmental concerns associated with the accumulation of plastic waste in the
natural environment has incentivised considerable research into renewable alternatives …

O‐to‐S Substitution Enables Dovetailing Conflicting Cyclizability, Polymerizability, and Recyclability: Dithiolactone vs. Dilactone

Y Wang, M Li, J Chen, Y Tao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Developing chemically recyclable polymers represents a greener alternative to landfill and
incineration and offers a closed‐loop strategy toward a circular materials economy …

Recent trends in catalytic polymerizations

DJ Walsh, MG Hyatt, SA Miller, D Guironnet - ACS Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polymers have become one of the largest and most important materials we use in daily life.
Their popularity has stemmed from their wide range of material properties combined with …

Ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP): synthesis and properties of polyesters and polycarbonates

S Paul, Y Zhu, C Romain, R Brooks, PK Saini… - Chemical …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Controlled routes to prepare polyesters and polycarbonates are of interest due to the
widespread application of these materials and the opportunities provided to prepare new …

Polymerization of polar monomers mediated by main-group Lewis acid–base pairs

M Hong, J Chen, EYX Chen - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The development of new or more sustainable, active, efficient, controlled, and selective
polymerization reactions or processes continues to be crucial for the synthesis of important …

Recent advances in enantioselective ring-opening polymerization and copolymerization

X Xie, Z Huo, E Jang, R Tong - Communications Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Precisely controlling macromolecular stereochemistry and sequences is a powerful strategy
for manipulating polymer properties. Controlled synthetic routes to prepare degradable …