Cationic polymerization is a powerful strategy for the production of well-defined polymers
and advanced materials. In particular, the emergence of living cationic polymerization has …

The need for polymers for high-end applications, coupled with the desire to mimic nature's
macromolecular machinery fuels the development of innovative synthetic strategies every …

Carbon dioxide is inexpensive and abundant, and its prevalence as waste makes it
attractive as a sustainable chemical feedstock. Although there are examples of …

Aliphatic polyesters and polycarbonates are a class of biorenewable, biocompatible, and
biodegradable materials. One of the most powerful methods for accessing these materials is …

Ring-opening polymerization of lactones is a versatile approach to generate well-defined
functional polyesters. Typical ring-opening catalysts are subject to a trade-off between rate …

Organic catalysis in ring-opening polymerization (ROP) has become a powerful alternative
to more traditional metal-based catalysts. The field has developed to a point at which there …

Inspired by the uniqueness of ring-opening polymerization and the ubiquity of sulfur-
containing heterocycles, much attention has been paid to the synthesis of sulfur-containing …

Ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclic monomers is a prevalent and convenient
method for the synthesis of well-defined polymers with initiators/catalysts that promote a …

The origin of the activated monomer mechanism (AMM) in cationic ring-opening
polymerization (CROP) is described first. Then, conditions leading to the active chain end …

The ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclic carbonates with diphenyl phosphate (DPP)
as the organocatalyst and 3-phenyl-1-propanol (PPA) as the initiator has been studied using …