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 …

This review article discusses the environmental and economic effects of recycling, as well as
sustainable thermoplastic polymer recycling technologies. Several researchers have utilized …

Less than 10% of plastics are recycled worldwide, among which polyolefins, which form two-
thirds of all produced polymers, are the most discarded ones. This stems from the nonpolar …

The circularity of current and future polymeric materials is a major focus of fundamental and
applied research, as undesirable end-of-life outcomes and waste accumulation are global …

Polyethylene (PE) is a ubiquitous commodity polymer that faces significant barriers to
efficient recycling despite its thermoplastic nature. PE can be permanently cross-linked to …

Vitrimers have been investigated in the past decade for their promise as recyclable,
reprocessable, and self-healing materials. In this Viewpoint, we focus on some of the key …

Vitrimers are polymer networks with dynamic covalent bonds that allow the network to
reconfigure its connectivity while maintaining a constant number of chemical bonds at all …

Recycling mixed polyolefin plastics is a significant challenge due to the limitations in sorting
and degraded mechanical properties of blends. Nonreactive compatibilization by adding a …

Phase‐separated polymer blends including a transesterification vitrimer and polypropylene
are synthesized from widely available precursors through reactive processing. It is shown …

Maleic anhydride‐grafted‐polyethylene was dynamically cross‐linked via reactive melt
blending with 4, 4′‐dithiodianiline. Thermal and mechanical properties of polyethylene …