Polyolefins are the largest-scale synthetic plastics and play a key role in modern society.
Their production consumes huge amounts of fossil-derived monomer feedstocks, which …

Incorporating sulfur (S) atoms into polymer main chains endows these materials with many
attractive features, including a high refractive index, mechanical properties, electrochemical …

The current scale of plastics production and the attendant waste disposal issues represent
an underexplored opportunity for chemically recyclable polymers. Typical recyclable …

Plastic waste triggers a series of concerns because of its disruptive impact on the
environment and ecosystem. From the point of view of catalysis, however, end-of-life plastics …

Amid growing concerns over the human health and environmental impacts of plastic waste,
the most promising solution would be to build a circular plastics economy where …

The development of a mild, atom-and step-economical catalytic strategy that effectively
generates value-added molecules directly from readily available commodity chemicals is a …

CS2 promises easy access to degradable sulfur-rich polymers and insights into how main-
group derivatisation affects polymer formation and properties, though its ring-opening …

Our society is pursuing chemically recyclable polymers to accelerate the green revolution in
plastics. Here, we develop a recyclable polyester library from the alternating …

Chemical recycling of polymers to their constituent monomers is the foremost challenge in
building a sustainable circular plastics economy. Here, we report a strategy for highly …

It is a highly attractive strategy to develop chemically recyclable polymers to establish a
circular plastic economy. Despite the recent advancements, chemically recyclable polymers …