The concerns about the accumulating plastic waste pollution have stimulated the rapid
development of bioplastics, in particular biodegradable bioplastics derived from renewable …

The main motivation for development of biobased polymers was their biodegradability,
which is becoming important due to strong public concern about waste. Reflecting recent …

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 …

The development of innovative synthetic polymer systems to overcome the trade‐offs
between the polymer's depolymerizability and performance properties is in high demand for …

Ring-opening polymerization of O-carboxyanhydrides (OCAs) can furnish polyesters with a
diversity of functional groups that are traditionally hard to harvest by polymerization of …

Reversible-deactivation chain transfer is a viable strategy to increase the catalytic efficiency
of ring-opening polymerizations, such as the alternating copolymerization of epoxides and …

Thermoplastic elastomers benefit from high elasticity and straightforward (re) processability;
they are widely used across a multitude of sectors. Currently, the majority derive from oil, do …

One‐pot production of sequence‐controlled block copolymer from mixed monomers is a
crucial but rarely reached goal. Using a switchable Lewis‐pair organocatalyst, we have …

The ring-opening polymerisation of 2, 3-dihydro-5H-1, 4-benzodioxepin-5-one (2, 3-DHB)
with aluminium salen or organocatalysts gives polyester homopolymers and copolymers …

Aliphatic polyesters are important biodegradable polymers with wide applications.
Polyesters prepared by ring-opening polymerization often have a limited range of properties …