Catalyst engineering empowers the creation of biomass-derived polyesters and polycarbonates

A Brandolese, AW Kleij - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The introduction of circular principles in chemical manufacturing will drastically
change the way everyday plastics are produced, thereby affecting several aspects of the …

Bio-based polycarbonates: progress and prospects

H Wang, F Xu, Z Zhang, M Feng, M Jiang… - RSC Sustainability, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Bio-based polycarbonates represent a class of superior-performance polymers prepared
from sustainable resources with excellent mechanical properties, thermal stability, and …

Ratiometric luminescent thermometer based on the lanthanide metal–organic frameworks by thermal curing

H Guan, M Qi, L Shi, W Liu, L Yang… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The high-performance optical thermometer probes are of great significance in diverse areas;
lanthanide metal–organic frameworks (Ln-MOFs) are a promising candidate for …

Fabrication of graphene oxide-modified self-healing microcapsules for Cardanol-based epoxy anti-corrosion coatings

W Wu, L Chu, SJ Garcia, S van der Zwaag, M Li… - Progress in Organic …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, graphene oxide (GO) modified microcapsules have been developed for use in
self-healing Cardanol-based epoxy anti-corrosion coatings on steel substrates. The …

Bicyclic Guanidine Promoted Mechanistically Divergent Depolymerization and Recycling of a Biobased Polycarbonate

DH Lamparelli, A Villar‐Yanez, L Dittrich… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We here report the organocatalytic and temperature‐controlled depolymerization of
biobased poly (limonene carbonate) providing access to its trans‐configured cyclic …

Supercritical CO2 as an Efficient Medium for Macromolecular Carbonate Synthesis through Ring-Opening Co- and Teroligomerization

DH Lamparelli, I Grimaldi… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ring-opening polymerization and teroligomerization processes that involve two different
epoxides and carbon dioxide are significantly more efficiently executed in a supercritical …

A natural polymer with desirable self-healing and recyclable, antibacterial, and adhesive properties based on turpentine monomer

S Wang, Y Zhou, Y Wang, F Dong, H Liu… - Materials Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The flourishing of dynamic covalent chemistry inspired research on the dynamic covalent
disulfide bond-containing materials, where the natural small molecule thioctic acid (TA) …

Synthesis of Biorenewable Terpene Monomers Using Enzymatic Epoxidation under Heterogeneous Batch and Continuous Flow Conditions

A Brandolese, DH Lamparelli… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A commercially available Lipase B from Candida antarctica immobilized onto a
macroporous support (Novozym 435) has been employed in the presence of H2O2 as a …

Nitrogen‐containing polymers derived from terpenes: possibilities and limitations

FCM Scheelje, FC Destaso, H Cramail… - Macromolecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen‐containing polymers are widely applied materials, including polyamides,
polyurethanes, and polyureas as well as epoxy thermosets. Their indispensability and the …

A novel bio-based anhydride curing agent for the synthesis of high-performance epoxy resin

X Shao, P Zhao, Z Tian, N Zhang, H Wang, X Li… - Polymer Degradation …, 2024 - Elsevier
The continuous consumption of fossil resources and the resulting environmental pollution
problems make the synthesis of polymers from renewable resources more and more …