Critical advances and future opportunities in upcycling commodity polymers

C Jehanno, JW Alty, M Roosen, S De Meester… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The vast majority of commodity plastics do not degrade and therefore they permanently
pollute the environment. At present, less than 20% of post-consumer plastic waste in …

Biobased polyurethanes for biomedical applications

S Wendels, L Avérous - Bioactive Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyurethanes (PUs) are a major family of polymers displaying a wide spectrum of physico-
chemical, mechanical and structural properties for a large range of fields. They have shown …

Waterborne polyurethane and its nanocomposites: a mini-review for anti-corrosion coating, flame retardancy, and biomedical applications

J Cai, V Murugadoss, J Jiang, X Gao, Z Lin… - … Composites and Hybrid …, 2022 - Springer
Waterborne polyurethanes (WPU) are developed to address the environmental and health
concerns of their solvent-borne counterparts. The versatile chemistry of PU enables the …

Design, printing, and engineering of regenerative biomaterials for personalized bone healthcare

Z Jia, X Xu, D Zhu, Y Zheng - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Trauma-and disease-related skeletal defects and illnesses are plaguing millions of people
especially in an ageing globe. Recently, the convergence of additive manufacturing (AM) …

Approaches to sustainable and continually recyclable cross-linked polymers

DJ Fortman, JP Brutman, GX De Hoe… - ACS Sustainable …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cross-linked polymers are ubiquitous in daily life, finding applications as tires, insulation,
adhesives, automotive parts, and countless other products. The covalent cross-links in these …

Trends in non-isocyanate polyurethane (NIPU) development

A Gomez-Lopez, F Elizalde, I Calvo… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The transition towards safer and more sustainable production of polymers has led to a
growing body of academic research into non-isocyanate polyurethanes (NIPUs) as potential …

N-heterocyclic carbene adducts of main group elements and their use as ligands in transition metal chemistry

A Doddi, M Peters, M Tamm - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHC) are nowadays ubiquitous and indispensable in many
research fields, and it is not possible to imagine modern transition metal and main group …

From lab to market: current strategies for the production of biobased polyols

H Sardon, D Mecerreyes, A Basterretxea… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The global market for polyols was US 26.2billionin2019andisexpectedtogrowuptoUS 34.4
billion by 2024. Polyols are most commonly employed as the main component in the …

Recent developments in the manufacturing technologies of composite components and their cost-effectiveness in the automotive industry: A review study

MS Sarfraz, H Hong, SS Kim - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Regulations to reduce emissions and make automobiles more energy-efficient require
supplemental sustainable development. Fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs), especially those …

A perspective approach to sustainable routes for non-isocyanate polyurethanes

A Cornille, R Auvergne, O Figovsky, B Boutevin… - European Polymer …, 2017 - Elsevier
Sustainable routes for the synthesis of polyurethanes with industrial applications are
discussed in this article. Polyurethane is currently one of the most commonly used polymers …