Global pollution by plastics derived from petroleum has fostered the development of carbon–
neutral, biodegradable bioplastics synthesized from renewable resources such as modern …

Organocatalysis has become a very powerful tool for precision macromolecular chemistry,
as judged by the number of articles published in this field in the past decade. A variety of …

The chemistry of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) has witnessed tremendous development
in the past two decades: NHCs have not only become versatile ligands for transition metals …

The syntheses, properties and selected applications of star-shaped polymers with arms
composed of homo-or copolymers of polylactide (PLA) is reviewed. The star-shaped …

In virtue of the rising demand for metal-free polymeric materials, organocatalytic
polymerization has emerged and blossomed unprecedentedly in the past 15 years into an …

This original research developed active polylactic acid (PLA) film strips for use inside food
packaging to extend the shelf-life of bananas (Musa AAA group). Multibranched PLA …

The involvement of cyclodextrins in transesterification reactions with active esters has been
described to mimic enzyme-catalyzed reactions, making cyclodextrin molecules suitable as …

The industrial demand for functional filaments made of bio-sourced, biocompatible,
biodegradable, and/or recyclable polymers and composites for material extrusion (MEX) 3D …

Well-defined star-like amphiphilic polymers composed of a β-cyclodextrin core, from which
21 hydrophobic poly (lactic acid) arms and hydrophilic poly (ethylene glycol) arms are …

This review is the sixth update of the original article published in 1999 on the application of
MALDI mass spectrometry to the analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates and brings …