Synthetic biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs): Recent advances and future challenges

AH Westlie, EC Quinn, CR Parker, EYX Chen - Progress in Polymer …, 2022 - Elsevier
This article reviews the advances made over the past five decades of research in develo**
effective chemocatalytic pathways to synthesize polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), a prominent …

Bio-based polyesters: Recent progress and future prospects

Q Zhang, M Song, Y Xu, W Wang, Z Wang… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of sustainable and environmentally friendly polymer materials is among
the most pressing contemporary challenges for polymer science and engineering. Bio …

Production of 2, 5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF): recent progress focusing on the chemical-catalytic routes

M Sajid, X Zhao, D Liu - Green chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) has been considered as a good precursor, instead of
petroleum-derived terephthalate acid (TPA), for producing green polymers such as …

Environmental performance of bio-based and biodegradable plastics: the road ahead

S Lambert, M Wagner - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Future plastic materials will be very different from those that are used today. The increasing
importance of sustainability promotes the development of bio-based and biodegradable …

A circular economy approach to plastic waste

J Payne, P McKeown, MD Jones - Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2019 - Elsevier
Growing environmental concerns associated with the accumulation of plastic waste in the
natural environment has incentivised considerable research into renewable alternatives …

A roadmap towards green packaging: the current status and future outlook for polyesters in the packaging industry

M Rabnawaz, I Wyman, R Auras, S Cheng - Green Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Approximately 99% of the plastics produced today are petroleum-based, and the packaging
industry alone consumes over 38% of these plastics. In this review, we argue that renewable …

Production of bio-based 2, 5-furan dicarboxylate polyesters: Recent progress and critical aspects in their synthesis and thermal properties

GZ Papageorgiou, DG Papageorgiou… - European Polymer …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Polymers based on 2, 5-furandicarboxylic acid (2, 5-FDCA), consist a new class of
alipharomatic polyesters that can be prepared from monomers derived straight from …

Biomass-derived hydrophobic metal-organic frameworks solid acid for green efficient catalytic esterification of oleic acid at low temperatures

Y Li, K Zhu, Y Jiang, L Chen, H Zhang, H Li… - Fuel Processing …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biodiesel, of great significance, is a promising kind of non-polluting renewable energy that
can meet world energy needs. However, the by-product water of esterification reaction used …

Challenges of scaling-up PHA production from waste streams. A review

S Rodriguez-Perez, A Serrano, AA Pantión… - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
The search for new materials that replace fossil fuel-based plastics has been focused on
biopolymers with similar physicochemical properties to fossil fuel-based plastics, such as …

Tribological behavior of biolubricant base stocks and additives

CH Chan, SW Tang, NK Mohd, WH Lim… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Biolubricants are gaining popularity and acceptance globally due to their sustainable and
environmentally friendly properties; being derived from feedstocks from vegetable oils …