Environmental concerns over waste plastics' effect on the environment are leading to the
creation of biodegradable plastics. Biodegradable plastics may serve as a promising …

The global production of plastics has continuously been soaring over the last decades due
to their extensive use in our daily life and in industries. Although synthetic plastics offer great …

Polyethylenes enjoy wide applications due to their many superior properties. The
incorporation of some polar functional groups into the otherwise nonpolar polyethylene …

The world's most abundantly manufactured plastic, polyethylene, consists of inert
hydrocarbon chains. The introduction of reactive polar groups in these chains could help …

Polymers have many advantages such as low weight, low cost, and, importantly, stability
under thermal, chemical, and mechanical stress. This stability, on the other hand, leads to …

Conspectus Polyolefins are produced in vast amounts and are found in so many consumer
products that the two most commonly produced forms, polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene …

Copolymerization of olefin with carbon monoxide has received considerable interest from
both academia and industry, and the introduction of polar carbonyl group renders the …

Installing ketones into a polymer backbone is a known method for introducing
photodegradability into polymers; however, most current methods are limited to ethylene …

Polyesters constitute nearly 10% of the global plastic market, but most are essentially non-
degradable under ambient conditions or in engineered environments. A range of …

The degradation of plastics has attracted much attention from the global community.
Polyethylenes (PEs), as the most abundant synthetic plastics, are most frequently studied …