Sustainable polymers are materials derived from renewable, recycled and waste carbon
resources and their combinations, which at the end of life can be recycled, biodegraded or …

The growing world population, evolving urbanization, and globalization have created more
demand for food, which has increased challenges in food safety. Development and …

Polyolefins are the largest-scale synthetic plastics and play a key role in modern society.
Their production consumes huge amounts of fossil-derived monomer feedstocks, which …

The heterogenization of homogeneous metal complexes on solid supports presents an
efficient strategy for bridging homogeneous catalysts with industrially-preferred …

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

To achieve a sustainable circular economy, polymer production must start transitioning to
recycled and biobased feedstock and accomplish CO2 emission neutrality. This is not only …

Direct synthesis of ketones from aldehydes features high atom-and step-economy. Yet, the
coupling of aldehydes with unactivated alkyl C (sp3)-H remains challenging. Herein, we …

The plastic crisis requires drastic measures, especially for the plastics' end-of-life. Mixed
plastic fractions are currently difficult to recycle, but microbial metabolism might open new …

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 …

Two well-known low-ceiling-temperature (LCT) monomers, γ-butyrolactone (γ-BL) toward
ring-opening polymerization (ROP) to polyester and cyclohexene toward ring-opening …