The majority of post-consumer plastic waste is not recycled. Impediments to the recycling of
commodity polymers include separation, impurities and degradation of the macromolecular …

The design and synthesis of chemically recyclable polymers, which can be reutilized as their
starting monomers or new value-added chemicals, has provided a practical approach to …

Geminal disubstitution of cyclic monomers is an effective strategy to enhance the chemical
recyclability of their polymers, but it is utilized for that purpose alone and often at the …

The current scale of plastics production and the attendant waste disposal issues represent
an underexplored opportunity for chemically recyclable polymers. Typical recyclable …

Although Staudinger realized makromoleküles had enormous potential, he likely did not
anticipate the consequences of their universal adoption. With 6.3 billion metric tons of plastic …

The development of sustainable polymers that possess useful material properties
competitive with existing petroleum-derived polymers is a crucial goal but remains a …

The development of chemically recyclable polymers presents the most appealing solution to
address the plastics' end‐of‐use problem. Despite the recent advancements, it is highly …

This perspective discusses a set of design principles for next-generation kinetically trapped,
intrinsically circular polymers (iCPs) that are inherently, selectively, and expediently …

Developing chemically recyclable polymers represents a greener alternative to landfill and
incineration and offers a closed‐loop strategy toward a circular materials economy …

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 …