Polymers without petrochemicals: sustainable routes to conventional monomers

G Hayes, M Laurel, D MacKinnon, T Zhao… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Access to a wide range of plastic materials has been rationalized by the increased demand
from growing populations and the development of high-throughput production systems …

Synthesis and polymerization of bio-based acrylates: a review

C Veith, F Diot-Néant, SA Miller, F Allais - Polymer Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Acrylates and polyacrylates have been produced massively due to their interesting
applications like Plexiglas. However, the contemporary issues of fossil depletion associated …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical recycling of post-consumer PLA waste for sustainable production of ethyl lactate

P Majgaonkar, R Hanich, F Malz, R Brüll - Chemical engineering journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Though synthetic plastics are indispensable in our everyday life, the uncertainty surrounding
the sustainability of fossil reserves has led to the development of a novel class of plastics …

Photoinduced iron-catalyzed ATRP of renewable monomers in low-toxicity solvents: a greener approach

K Parkatzidis, S Boner, HS Wang… - ACS Macro …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Producing polymers from renewable resources via more sustainable approaches has
become increasingly important. Herein we present the polymerization of monomers …

Thiol-ene-based degradable 3D printed network from bio resource derived monomers ethyl-lactate and isosorbide

S Pal, SK Asha - European Polymer Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
A polymeric ene-based thiol-ene network is reported that was demonstrated for light-based
3D printing. Allyl poly (acrylate ethyl lactate)(PAEL) was synthesized starting from ethyl …

RAFT polymerisation of renewable terpene (meth) acrylates and the convergent synthesis of methacrylate–acrylate–methacrylate triblock copolymers

RL Atkinson, OR Monaghan, MT Elsmore… - Polymer …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Terpenes are ideal candidates for sustainable polymer feedstocks, due to their natural
abundance and availability from existing waste streams. Previously, we have shown that a …

From non-conventional ideas to multifunctional solvents inspired by green chemistry: fancy or sustainable macromolecular chemistry?

K Ślusarczyk, M Flejszar, P Chmielarz - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The need for designing a more green approach to reversible-deactivation radical
polymerization (RDRP) results in rapid evolution, enabling its facile scaling up and moving …

[HTML][HTML] RAFT polymerization of renewable monomers with dithiobenzoates: Effect of Z-group substituents and reaction conditions

S Boner, K Parkatzidis, NDA Watuthanthrige… - European Polymer …, 2024 - Elsevier
The use of renewable polymer feedstocks has attracted significant attention recently due to
increased concerns about petrochemical-based materials and limited fossil-based …