Plastics pollution is causing an environmental crisis, prompting the development of new
approaches for recycling, and upcycling. Here, we review challenges and opportunities in …

Energy from renewable resources is central to environmental sustainability. Among the
renewables, sunlight-driven fuel synthesis is a sustainable and economical approach to …

Polymers are extensively exploited as active materials in a variety of electronics and energy
devices because of their tailorable electrical properties, mechanical flexibility, facile …

The unique advantages and the exciting application prospects of AIEgens have triggered
booming developments in this area in recent years. Among them, stimuli‐responsive …

Mechanochemistry provides a unique approach to investigate macroscopic deformation,
failure and healing of polymer materials. The development of mechanophores–molecular …

Increasing the stream of recycled plastic necessitates an approach beyond the traditional
recycling via melting and re‐extrusion. Various chemical recycling processes have great …

Mechanochemistry with solvent‐free and environmentally friendly characteristics is one of
the most promising alternatives to traditional liquid‐phase‐based reactions, demonstrating …

Recent years have witnessed tremendous progress and developments of the
photoswitchable spiropyran-based polymers, owing to distinctive and particular …

A promising solution to address the challenges in plastics sustainability is to replace current
polymers with chemically recyclable ones that can depolymerize into their constituent …

The utility and lifetime of materials made from polymer networks, including hydrogels,
depend on their capacity to stretch and resist tearing. In gels and elastomers, those …