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 …

Polymeric materials play a key role in modern industry. Owing to outstanding and very
versatile properties of polymers, they have rather quickly occupied the great niche of …

The use of multimetallic complexes is a rapidly advancing route to enhance catalyst
performance in the ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters and ethers. Multimetallic …

Synthetic petrochemical-based polymers have had a tremendous industrial impact since the
1940s. Despite the numerous advantages of these materials, two major drawbacks remain …

The important advances and current trends in the stereocontrolled ring-opening
polymerisation of lactide are discussed in this tutorial review. Microstructures, structural …

Synthesis of aliphatic polyesters has been studied intensively due to their biocompatible and
biodegradable properties and their potential applications in medical and agricultural fields …

Polylactide (PLA) is a biodegradable, aliphatic polyester derived from lactic acid. It has
similar mechanical properties to polyethylene terephthalate, but has a significantly lower …

The vast majority of commodity materials are obtained from fossil fuels. However, many
studies predict that all fossil resources will be depleted within a few centuries. Biomass …

The review summarizes recent developments in the preparation and use of new initiators for
the ring opening polymerization of lactide. The review compares different classes of initiator …

This Perspective article summarizes efforts paid in our group to develop efficient metal-
based catalysts for the immortal ring-opening polymerization (iROP) of cyclic esters in the …