Sustainable polymers

AK Mohanty, F Wu, R Mincheva… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Sustainable polymers are materials derived from renewable, recycled and waste carbon
resources and their combinations, which at the end of life can be recycled, biodegraded or …

Bio-based polymers with performance-advantaged properties

RM Cywar, NA Rorrer, CB Hoyt, GT Beckham… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Bio-based compounds with unique chemical functionality can be obtained through selective
transformations of plant and other non-fossil, biogenic feedstocks for the development of …

Reducing environmental plastic pollution by designing polymer materials for managed end-of-life

KL Law, R Narayan - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Plastics are a ubiquitous class of synthetic polymer materials used in virtually all commercial
and industrial sectors. The majority of global plastics consists of polymers with carbon …

Strong and tough supramolecular covalent adaptable networks with room‐temperature closed‐loop recyclability

Z Zhang, D Lei, C Zhang, Z Wang, Y Jin… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Development of closed‐loop chemically recyclable plastics (CCRPs) that can be
widely used in daily life can be a fundamental solution to the global plastic waste crisis …

A circular polyester platform based on simple gem-disubstituted valerolactones

XL Li, RW Clarke, JY Jiang, TQ Xu, EYX Chen - Nature Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Geminal disubstitution of cyclic monomers is an effective strategy to enhance the chemical
recyclability of their polymers, but it is utilized for that purpose alone and often at the …

Why is recycling of postconsumer plastics so challenging?

BD Vogt, KK Stokes, SK Kumar - ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
The ubiquitous use of plastics has been driven by their combination of low cost and
properties, but these attributes directly challenge waste management schemes for plastic …

Chemical syntheses of bioinspired and biomimetic polymers toward biobased materials

MS Ganewatta, Z Wang, C Tang - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
The rich structures and hierarchical organizations in nature provide many sources of
inspiration for advanced material designs. We wish to recapitulate properties such as high …

Hydrogenolysis of polypropylene and mixed polyolefin plastic waste over Ru/C to produce liquid alkanes

JE Rorrer, C Troyano-Valls, GT Beckham… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Catalytic depolymerization of polyolefins is a promising chemical recycling strategy to create
value-added products from waste plastics, which are accumulating in landfills and the …

Conversion of polyolefin waste to liquid alkanes with Ru-based catalysts under mild conditions

JE Rorrer, GT Beckham, Y Román-Leshkov - Jacs Au, 2020 - ACS Publications
Chemical upcycling of waste polyolefins via hydrogenolysis offers unique opportunities for
selective depolymerization compared to high temperature thermal deconstruction. Here, we …

Bio-based and biodegradable polymers-State-of-the-art, challenges and emerging trends

S RameshKumar, P Shaiju, KE O'Connor - Current Opinion in Green and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Frontiers of bio-based and biodegradable polymers are constantly expanding in a view to
achieve sustainability. Hence, designing sustainable bioplastics made of either bio-based or …