Bio-based polymers with performance-advantaged properties

RM Cywar, NA Rorrer, CB Hoyt, GT Beckham… - Nature Reviews …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Bio-based compounds with unique chemical functionality can be obtained through selective
transformations of plant and other non-fossil, biogenic feedstocks for the development of …

Advances in the use of CO 2 as a renewable feedstock for the synthesis of polymers

B Grignard, S Gennen, C Jérôme, AW Kleij… - Chemical Society …, 2019‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon dioxide offers an accessible, cheap and renewable carbon feedstock for synthesis.
Current interest in the area of carbon dioxide valorisation aims at new, emerging …

CO 2-fixation into cyclic and polymeric carbonates: principles and applications

AJ Kamphuis, F Picchioni, PP Pescarmona - Green chemistry, 2019‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The reaction between carbon dioxide and epoxides is an attractive pathway for CO2-
utilisation as it can lead to the formation of two different, yet valuable, products: cyclic and …

Catalysis as an enabling science for sustainable polymers

X Zhang, M Fevre, GO Jones, RM Waymouth - Chemical reviews, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
The replacement of current petroleum-based plastics with sustainable alternatives is a
crucial but formidable challenge for the modern society. Catalysis presents an enabling tool …

Sustainable polymers from renewable resources

Y Zhu, C Romain, CK Williams - Nature, 2016‏ - nature.com
Renewable resources are used increasingly in the production of polymers. In particular,
monomers such as carbon dioxide, terpenes, vegetable oils and carbohydrates can be used …

Supramolecular helical systems: helical assemblies of small molecules, foldamers, and polymers with chiral amplification and their functions

E Yashima, N Ousaka, D Taura, K Shimomura… - Chemical …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
In this review, we describe the recent advances in supramolecular helical assemblies
formed from chiral and achiral small molecules, oligomers (foldamers), and helical and …

Evolution of Copolymers of Epoxides and CO2: Catalysts, Monomers, Architectures, and Applications

GW Yang, R **e, YY Zhang, CK Xu, GP Wu - Chemical Reviews, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
The copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides presents a transformative approach to
converting greenhouse gases into aliphatic polycarbonates (CO2-PCs), thereby reducing …

Current Challenges and Perspectives in CO2-Based Polymers

Y Liu, XB Lu - Macromolecules, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is considered a renewable one-carbon building block for chemical
synthesis owing to its abundance, low toxicity, nonflammability, and availability. The …

Stereochemical enhancement of polymer properties

JC Worch, H Prydderch, S Jimaja, P Bexis… - Nature Reviews …, 2019‏ - nature.com
The importance of stereochemistry to the function of molecules is generally well understood.
However, to date, control over stereochemistry and its potential to influence properties of the …

[HTML][HTML] The recent developments in biobased polymers toward general and engineering applications: Polymers that are upgraded from biodegradable polymers …

H Nakajima, P Dijkstra, K Loos - Polymers, 2017‏ - mdpi.com
The main motivation for development of biobased polymers was their biodegradability,
which is becoming important due to strong public concern about waste. Reflecting recent …