The development of sustainable renewable polymers from natural resources has
increasingly gained attention from scientists, engineers as well as the general public and …

The last few decades have witnessed a spiralling growth of interest in polymers from
renewable resources within both the scientific and industrial communities. This review …

This Perspective presents recent advances in macromolecular engineering enabled by
ATRP. They include the fundamental mechanistic and synthetic features of ATRP with …

Current status and future perspectives in atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) are
presented. Special emphasis is placed on mechanistic understanding of ATRP, recent …

Natural molecular biomass plays an important role in the field of renewable polymers, as
they can be directly used or derivatized as monomers for controlled polymerization, in a way …

Polylactide (PLA) and its copolymers are one type of hydrophobic aliphatic polyester based
on hydroxyalkanoic acids. They possess exceptional qualities: biocompatibility; FDA …

A comprehensive review of the publications about rosin-based chemicals has been
compiled. Rosin, or colophony, is a natural, abundant, cheap and non-toxic raw material …

The functionalization and polymerization of biobased monocyclic terpenes and their
derivatives for the synthesis of sustainable polymers is described, especially in view of the …

Block polymers (BPs) derived from biomass (biobased) are necessary components of a
sustainable future that relies minimally on petroleum-based plastics for applications ranging …

We report novel robust resin acid-derived antimicrobial agents that exhibit excellent
antimicrobial activities against a broad spectrum of bacteria (6 Gram-positive and 7 Gram …