Papers citing Synthetic Lubricants Derived from Plastic Waste and their Tribological Performance

1. Upcycling plastic waste into high‑performance lubricants: Enabled by robust and synergistic tribofilm formation with MoDTC and ZDDP

   Tribology International · 2026

   Pushkar Deshpande, Seungjoo Lee, Ryan A. Hackler, Magali S. Ferrandon, Yue Wang, Chao Meng, Ranjan Behera, Kenneth R. Poppelmeier, Massimiliano Delferro, Wenyu Huang, Aaron David Sadow, Ali Erdemir

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2. Upcycling Polyethylene Pyrolysis Oil Into Group IV Base Oil Lubricants

   ChemSusChem · 2026

   Daniel G. Kulas, Sarvada Chipkar, Mackenzie Pillote, Grace Wallis, Daisy Schwartz, Ryan Wirkkula, Holly Flores, David Shonnard

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3. Upcycling of polyvinyl chloride into polyalphaolefin lubricants

   Nature · 2026

   Nuwayo Eric Munyaneza, Connor Thompson, Abby Civiello, Adrian DiMarco, Jingtao Zhang, Seungjoo Lee, Gugyeong Sung, Tridip Das, Yue Zhang, Clark Vu, Shelby Koshak, John B. Matson, Ali Erdemir, William A. Goddard, Xi Chen, Guoliang Liu

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4. Lubricant Base Oils From Polyethylene via Pyrolysis and Catalytic Upgrading

   ChemSusChem · 2026

   Jonathan Van Waeyenberg, Toon Van Vaerenbergh, Brent Smeyers, Thomas Smits, Sajan Sivanandan, Sergio Calderon‐Ardila, Kato Van Cuyck, Bert Lagrain, Bert F. Sels

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