Precisely controlling macromolecular stereochemistry and sequences is a powerful strategy
for manipulating polymer properties. Controlled synthetic routes to prepare degradable …

Polyesters carrying polar main-chain ester linkages exhibit distinct material properties for
diverse applications and thus play an important role in today's plastics economy. It is …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) have attracted increasing interest as sustainable plastics
because of their biorenewability and biodegradability in the ambient environment. However …

Stereo-defects present in stereo-regular polymers often diminish thermal and mechanical
properties, and hence suppressing or eliminating them is a major aspirational goal for …

In metal-mediated stereoselective polymerization of cyclic esters, racemic catalysts use their
enantiomers for enantioselective roles and achieve diverse polymer stereomicrostructures …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), such as poly [(R)-3-hydroxybutyrates][(R)-P3HB], are
produced by bacteria and are promising alternatives to nondegradable polyolefin plastics …

The ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of thiiranes constitutes a straightforward route to
fabricating diverse polythioethers. However, poor stereochemical control during …

Biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) homopolymers and statistical copolymers are
ubiquitous in microbially produced PHAs, but the step-growth polycondensation mechanism …

Abstract Poly (3‐hydroxybutyrate)(P3HB), a biologically produced, biodegradable natural
polyester, exhibits excellent thermal and barrier properties but suffers from mechanical …

Mapping copolymer properties to composition and microstructure enriches our
understanding of how these features are correlated and establishes a pathway to tune the …