[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in polycaprolactones for anticancer drug delivery

A Bhadran, T Shah, GK Babanyinah, H Polara… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Poly (ε-Caprolactone) s are biodegradable and biocompatible polyesters that have gained
considerable attention for drug delivery applications due to their slow degradation and ease …

Exploring the hidden environmental pollution of microplastics derived from bioplastics: A review

U Piyathilake, C Lin, N Bolan, J Bundschuh, J Rinklebe… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Bioplastics might be an ecofriendly alternative to traditional plastics. However, recent studies
have emphasized that even bioplastics can end up becoming micro-and nano-plastics due …

Tough while recyclable plastics enabled by monothiodilactone monomers

Y Wang, Y Zhu, W Lv, X Wang… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The current scale of plastics production and the attendant waste disposal issues represent
an underexplored opportunity for chemically recyclable polymers. Typical recyclable …

O‐to‐S Substitution Enables Dovetailing Conflicting Cyclizability, Polymerizability, and Recyclability: Dithiolactone vs. Dilactone

Y Wang, M Li, J Chen, Y Tao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Develo** chemically recyclable polymers represents a greener alternative to landfill and
incineration and offers a closed‐loop strategy toward a circular materials economy …

One‐Step In Situ Polymerization: A Facile Design Strategy for Block Copolymer Electrolytes

K Guo, J Wang, Z Shi, Y Wang, X **e… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To optimize the rapid transport of lithium ions (Li+) inside lithium metal batteries (LMBs),
block copolymer electrolytes (BCPEs) have been fabricated in situ in LMBs via a one‐step …

Zn (II)-and Mg (II)-complexes of a tridentate {ONN} ligand: application to poly (lactic acid) production and chemical upcycling of polyesters

JM Payne, G Kociok-Köhn, EAC Emanuelsson… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The synthesis and characterization of two homoleptic Zn (II)-and Mg (II)-complexes based on
a simple tridentate {NNO} ligand are reported. The production of biocompatible atactic poly …

A Multitool for Circular Economy: Fast Ring‐Opening Polymerization and Chemical Recycling of (Bio) polyesters Using a Single Aliphatic Guanidine Carboxy Zinc …

M Fuchs, PM Schäfer, W Wagner, I Krumm… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A new aliphatic hybrid guanidine N, O‐donor ligand (TMGeech) and its zinc chloride
complex ([ZnCl2 (TMGeech)]) are presented. This complex displays high catalytic activity for …

Combination of polylactide with cellulose for biomedical applications: a recent overview

A Kopańska, M Brzeziński, Z Draczyński - Cellulose, 2024 - Springer
This review summarizes the use of cellulose and polylactide for medical applications with
particular emphasis on modern dressings. Although classic cotton and viscose dressings …

Zinc Aryl/Alkyl β-diketiminates: Balancing Accessibility and Stability for High-Activity Ring-Opening Polymerization of rac-Lactide

JE Chellali, AK Alverson, JR Robinson - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
The development of nontoxic initiators which display both high activity and stability at low
catalyst concentrations can be challenging, as these desired attributes often involve …

Are Well Performing Catalysts for the Ring Opening Polymerization of l-Lactide under Mild Laboratory Conditions Suitable for the Industrial Process? The Case of …

MC D'Alterio, I D'Auria, L Gaeta, C Tedesco… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) is one of the best candidates as a sustainable plastic material for a
circular economy, being biodegradable, bio-based, recyclable, and displaying good thermal …