From monomers to polymers from renewable resources: Recent advances

A Gandini, TM Lacerda - Progress in Polymer Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Considering the state of affairs related to polymers and their applications, the plastic-
dependence of the modern society is evident and becomes now needless to mention …

The quest for high glass transition temperature bioplastics

HTH Nguyen, P Qi, M Rostagno, A Feteha… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The field of biorenewable polymers is ever-expanding, aided by the interest of the general
public to adopt more sustainable practices for natural resource utilization as well as waste …

Progress in renewable polymers from natural terpenes, terpenoids, and rosin

PA Wilbon, F Chu, C Tang - Macromolecular rapid …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The development of sustainable renewable polymers from natural resources has
increasingly gained attention from scientists, engineers as well as the general public and …

Controlled polymerization of next-generation renewable monomers and beyond

K Yao, C Tang - Macromolecules, 2013 - ACS Publications
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 …

Renewability is not enough: recent advances in the sustainable synthesis of biomass‐derived monomers and polymers

A Llevot, PK Dannecker… - … A European Journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Taking advantage of the structural diversity of different biomass resources, recent efforts
were directed towards the synthesis of renewable monomers and polymers, either for the …

Natural monomers: A mine for functional and sustainable materials–Occurrence, chemical modification and polymerization

G John, S Nagarajan, PK Vemula, JR Silverman… - Progress in Polymer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Owing to the natural abundance, variety of structural features, and highly specific functions,
natural monomers render themselves as potential candidates for production of high …

Microwave assisted batch and continuous flow Suzuki–Miyaura reactions in GVL using a Pd/PiNe biowaste-derived heterogeneous catalyst

F Valentini, B Di Erasmo, M Ciani, S Chen, Y Gu… - Green …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Aiming at the development of alternative and low-impact synthetic pathways, we herein
report the exploitation and the simultaneous employment of different tools to improve the …

[HTML][HTML] Terpenes and terpenoids: building blocks to produce biopolymers

MEG Mosquera, G Jiménez, V Tabernero… - Sustainable …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polymers are essential materials in our daily life. The synthesis of value-added polymers is
mainly performed from fossil fuel-derived monomers. However, the adoption of the circular …

Pinenes: abundant and renewable building blocks for a variety of sustainable polymers

M Winnacker - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Pinenes, a group of monoterpenes containing a double bond, are very suitable renewable
building blocks for a variety of sustainable polymers and materials. Their abundance from …

Recent progress in sustainable polymers obtained from cyclic terpenes: synthesis, properties, and application potential

M Winnacker, B Rieger - ChemSusChem, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The functionalization and polymerization of biobased monocyclic terpenes and their
derivatives for the synthesis of sustainable polymers is described, especially in view of the …