Sensibility to environmental concerns and the actual demand for polymeric materials free of
any metal contaminants in most applications have directed research towards significant …

CO2 conversion covers a wide range of possible application areas from fuels to bulk and
commodity chemicals and even to specialty products with biological activity such as …

Sulfur and its functional groups are major players in an area of exciting research taking
place in modern polymer and materials science, both in academia and industry. In fact …

Polymers have become one of the largest and most important materials we use in daily life.
Their popularity has stemmed from their wide range of material properties combined with …

The catalytic copolymerization of CO 2 with epoxides to give polycarbonates was discovered
nearly 50 years ago. The last 10 years have been particularly exciting for the development …

The preparation of perfectly alternating and regioslective copolymers derived from the
copolymerization of carbonyl sulfide (COS) and epoxides by metal‐free Lewis pair catalysts …

This review highlights recent advances in the synthesis of carbon dioxide (CO 2)-based
copolymers with both linear (di-, tri-, and multi-block, etc.) and non-linear (star-block and …

Conspectus Carbonyl sulfide (COS) is an air pollutant that causes acid rain, ozonosphere
damage, and carbon dioxide (CO2) generation. It is a heterocumulene and structural …

Metal-free and controlled synthesis of sulfur-containing polymer is still a big challenge in
polymer chemistry. Here, we report a metal-free, living copolymerization of carbonyl sulfide …

The environmental impact of industrially important plastics can be minimized by using
renewable feedstocks and preparing biodegradable polymers. A significantly more …