The large production volumes of commodity polyolefins (specifically, polyethylene,
polypropylene, polystyrene, and poly (vinyl chloride)), in conjunction with their low unit …

Single-use polyolefins are widely used in our daily life and industrial production due to their
light weight, low cost, superior stability, and durability. However, the rapid accumulation of …

Catalytic hydrogenolysis of polyolefins into valuable liquid, oil, or wax-like hydrocarbon
chains for second-life applications is typically accompanied by the hydrogen-wasting co …

Chemical upcycling that catalyzes waste plastics back to high‐purity chemicals holds great
promise in end‐of‐life plastics valorization. One of the main challenges in this process is the …

Due to the plastic waste crisis, selective chemical upcycling of polyolefins into value-added
products is a topic of intense interest, demanding polymer deconstruction processes that …

Hydrogenolysis of plastic waste using Ru-based catalysts is promising for deconstructing
polyolefins into lower molecular weight products. Yet, the effect of catalyst atomic structure …

Mechanical recycling of plastic waste is not sustainable and inefficient in terms of the
resources needed to accomplish the process, and the quality of the materials obtained from …

Processive hydrogenolysis catalysts, in which a metal nanoparticle (eg, Pt) embedded at the
bottom of a cylindrical silica nanopore can repeatedly cleave polymer chains and produce …

Closed-loop recycling via an efficient chemical process can help alleviate the global plastic
waste crisis. However, conventional depolymerization methods for polyolefins, which …

Polymer–nanoparticle interactions play an important role in determining the morphology and
properties of polymer nanocomposites and controlling the polymeric reactions involving …