Polyurethanes (PUs) are a versatile and major polymer family, mainly produced via
polyaddition between polyols and polyisocyanates. A large variety of fossil-based building …

The ever-increasing regulations within the adhesives industry and the continuous demand
for more sustainability, have led to the development of environmentally more suitable …

The sustainable development of engineering biocomposites has been limited due to a lack
of bio‐based monomers combining favorable processing with high performance. Here, the …

The use of a simple, cheap and effective organocatalyst, tetramethylammonium methyl
carbonate, has been exploited for the transesterification of a range of commercial polymer …

Pinenes, a group of monoterpenes containing a double bond, are very suitable renewable
building blocks for a variety of sustainable polymers and materials. Their abundance from …

Recent development in efficient synthesis of (unsaturated) 1, ω-fatty acid diesters (and the
diols), which can be used as monomers for synthesis of long chain aliphatic polyesters …

Key catalytic processes for the production of diesel-fuel-and jet-fuel-range branched or
cyclic alkanes from lignocellulose and microalgal oil are reviewed, in particular the …

The field of synthetic biology aims to make the design of biological systems predictable,
shrinking the huge design space to practical numbers for testing. When designing microbial …

Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities are important characteristics of active film packaging
designed to extend food preservation. In this study, functional bio-based films were …

Covering: up to mid-2019 This review highlights the utilization of biomass-derived building
blocks in the total synthesis of natural products. An overview over several renewable …