A review of biodegradable plastics: chemistry, applications, properties, and future research needs

MS Kim, H Chang, L Zheng, Q Yan, BF Pfleger… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Environmental concerns over waste plastics' effect on the environment are leading to the
creation of biodegradable plastics. Biodegradable plastics may serve as a promising …

Monomers and macromolecular materials from renewable resources: state of the art and perspectives

A Gandini, T M. Lacerda - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
A progressively increasing concern about the environmental impacts of the whole polymer
industry has boosted the design of less aggressive technologies that allow for the maximum …

Recent Progress on Sustainable 2, 5-Furandicarboxylate-Based Polyesters: Properties and Applications

MR Miah, Y Dong, J Wang, J Zhu - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Polyesters based on 2, 5-furandicarboxylic acid (2, 5-FDCA) have attracted attention from
both academia and industry as a new class of biobased polymers for the growing era of …

Improved chemical recyclability of 2, 5-furandicarboxylate polyesters enabled by acid-sensitive spirocyclic ketal units

NG Valsange, N Warlin, SV Mankar, N Rehnberg… - Green …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Incorporating hydrolytically sensitive functional groups into polymer backbones provides a
feasible strategy to trigger their degradation to the starting monomers, thus enabling …

On the selective enzymatic recycling of poly (pentamethylene 2, 5-furanoate)/poly (lactic acid) blends and multiblock copolymers

C Siracusa, F Quartinello, M Soccio… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Among novel renewable furanoate-based polyesters, poly (pentamethylene 2, 5-
furandicarboxylate)(PPeF) shows outstanding gas barrier properties and high flexibility …

Bio-based and one-day compostable poly (diethylene 2, 5-furanoate) for sustainable flexible food packaging: Effect of ether-oxygen atom insertion on the final …

S Quattrosoldi, G Guidotti, M Soccio, V Siracusa, N Lotti - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present work, the effect of ether oxygen atom introduction in a furan ring-containing
polymer has been evaluated. Solvent-free polycondensation process permitted the …

Renewable Furfural-Based Polyesters Bearing Sulfur-Bridged Difuran Moieties with High Oxygen Barrier Properties

AM Ahmed, TP Kainulainen, JA Sirviö… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
With the goal of achieving high barrier with bio-based materials, for example, for packaging
applications, a series of novel furfural-based polyesters bearing sulfide-bridged difuran …

Biobased and Compostable Multiblock Copolymer of Poly(l-lactic acid) Containing 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid for Sustainable Food Packaging: The Role of Parent …

E Bianchi, G Guidotti, M Soccio, V Siracusa… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In the last years, the exponential growth in the demand of petroleum-based plastic materials,
besides the extreme exploitation of nonrenewable resources, lead to the mismanagement of …

Microstructural consequences of isothermal crystallization in homo-and co-polyesters based on 2, 5-and 2, 4-furandicarboxylic acid

A Bourdet, C Fosse, MR Garda, S Thiyagarajan… - Polymer, 2023 - Elsevier
Different position isomers of furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) can be obtained from the
biomass by a Henkel disproportionation reaction. 2, 5-and 2, 4-FDCA are obtained in …

Aromatic but sustainable: Poly (butylene 2, 5-furandicarboxylate) as a crystallizing thermoplastic in the bioeconomy

N Poulopoulou, GN Nikolaidis… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Aliphatic/aromatic thermoplastic polyesters are a very interesting family of polymers with
many applications. Poly (alkylene 2, 5-furandicarboxylate) s (PAF) s are the biobased …