Papers citing Sustainable developments in polyolefin chemistry: Progress, challenges, and outlook
Block copolymer molecular design to address practical limitations to recycling polyolefin blends
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2025
Shuquan Cui, Daun Jeong, Yukai Shi, Nusrat A. Jahan, Timothy P. Lodge, Frank S. Bates, Christopher J. Ellison
Read original paper ↗ ·Fully Recyclable and Remarkably Robust Cross-Linked Polyethylene Networks via Direct Free-Radical Copolymerization with Disulfide Dynamic Covalent Bonds
Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
Logan M. Fenimore, Mathew J. Suazo, Sarah M. Mitchell, Hadi Mohammadi, Kimberly Miller McLoughlin, Cassandra Gallaschun, Patryk Sewruk, Markus Busch, John M. Torkelson
Read original paper ↗ ·Enhancing Mechanical Properties and Crystallization Kinetics of Isotactic Polypropylene by Boronic Acid-Cross-Linked Additives
Macromolecules · 2025
Kazuki Shimizu, Shin‐ichi Kihara, Mikihiro Hayashi, Hiroyuki Koga, Yuushou Nakayama, Takeshi Shiono, Ryō Tanaka
Read original paper ↗ ·Synthesis of white carbon quantum dots for the upcycling of highly durable olefin plastics
Materials Today Nano · 2025
Kitae Park, Jamilur R. Ansari, Jongchul Seo
Read original paper ↗ ·Synthesis, Properties, and Metathesis Activity of Polyurethane Thermoplastics and Thermosets from a Renewable Polysesquiterpene Diol
Macromolecules · 2025
Carli B. Kovel, Hannah Perine, Paul J. Chirik, Megan Mohadjer Beromi
Read original paper ↗ ·Hafnium-Catalyzed Controlled Polymerization of 1,5-Hexadiene toward Polyolefin-Based Graft Copolymers for Poly(lactic Acid) Toughening with High Transparency
Organometallics · 2025
Yingxia Han, Mengnan Li, Shaofeng Liu, Zhibo Li
Read original paper ↗ ·Degradable Polyketone Thermoplastic Elastomers with Biomass Sourced Composition
Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2025
Shi‐Yu Chen, Meng‐Xin Zhang, Shi-Huan Li, Wenli Zhang, Xiao‐Bing Lu, Ye Liu
Read original paper ↗ ·Degradable Polyketone Thermoplastic Elastomers with Biomass Sourced Composition
Angewandte Chemie · 2025
Shi‐Yu Chen, Meng‐Xin Zhang, Shi-Huan Li, Wenli Zhang, Xiao‐Bing Lu, Ye Liu
Read original paper ↗ ·Propylene–Ethylene Copolymer Covalent Adaptable Networks Synthesized by Resonance‐Stabilized, Radical‐Based Reactive Processing with Excellent Elevated‐Temperature Creep Resistance
ChemSusChem · 2025
Yen‐Wen Huang, Mathew J. Suazo, Stephanie M. Barbon, Hayley A. Brown, Evelyn Auyeung, Colin Li Pi Shan, John M. Torkelson
Read original paper ↗ ·Stable single-site organonickel catalyst preferentially hydrogenolyses branched polyolefin C–C bonds
Nature Chemistry · 2025
Qingheng Lai, Xinrui Zhang, Shan Hao Jiang, Matthew D. Krzyaniak, Selim Alayoǧlu, Amol Agarwal, Yukun Liu, Wilson C. Edenfield, Takeshi Kobayashi, Yuyang Wang, Vinayak P. Dravid, Michael R. Wasielewski, Jeffrey T. Miller, Yosi Kratish, Tobin Jay Marks
Read original paper ↗ ·Linear Polyethylene with Ketone Groups for Photodegradability: Higher Efficiency with Side-Chain Carbonyls than In-Chain
ACS Macro Letters · 2025
Haobo Yuan, Kohei Takahashi, Shintaro Nakagawa, Naoko Yoshie, Kyoko Nozaki
Read original paper ↗ ·Recent advances in transition metal-catalyzed ethylene/polar olefin copolymerization
Coordination Chemistry Reviews · 2025
Xingfen Huang, Jieyuan Zheng, Jinyong Zhou, Yuanfeng Wu, Jiawei Wang, Saleem Raza, Pingwei Liu, Wenjun Wang, Shengbin Shi
Read original paper ↗ ·Development of biodegradable polymer nonwoven using green solvents and their applications: a review
Polymer Bulletin · 2025
Md Tohid Islam, M. Sarwar Jahan, Md Anwar Hossen, Easir Al Afroz, Menahil Saleem, Hafiz Tanveer Ashraf, Hossain Md Imran, Wang Jinxing, Bin Yu, Munir Hussain, Feichao Zhu
Read original paper ↗ ·Upcycling Waste Polypropylene into Multifunctional Homogeneous Additives for Simultaneously Enhanced Mechanical Performance and Processability
Macromolecules · 2025
Wen‐Kang Wei, Yilun Huang, Bo Li, Dali Gao, Jun Xu, Dong Wang
Read original paper ↗ ·Recyclable Biomass-Derived Polyethylene-like Plastics
Macromolecules · 2025
Zhihao Wang, En Fang, Liang‐Yu Chen, Yuhao Guo, Zhiqiang Fan, Shaofei Song
Read original paper ↗ ·Laser‐Driven Superfast‐Heating and Quenching Approach to Selectively Upcycle Waste Polyolefin into Long‐Chain Terminal Alkenes and Functionalization
Advanced Functional Materials · 2025
Lun Chen, Fu‐Lu Chang, Guangjian He, Haoqin Zhang, Chunyan Wang, Jinping Qu
Read original paper ↗ ·Non-isocyanate route of biomimetic hierarchical hydrogen-bonding elastomers with solvent and temperature-assisted healability via structural functional region engineering for electronic skin applications
Chemical Engineering Journal · 2025
Xuedong Lv, Weidi Sun, Chen Sheng, G R Liu, Yi Liu, Yongjun Zhang, Liuchun Zheng
Read original paper ↗ ·Main-Chain Ketone Installation in Polyethylene Chains: A Metal-Free Strategy toward Photodegradable Plastics
Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
Shilin Cui, Zhipeng Lu, Jaqueline C. Lopez, Moritz Kränzlein, Christopher J. Kim, Song Lin, Anne M. LaPointe, Geoffrey W. Coates
Read original paper ↗ ·Sustainable polymers for battery applications
Progress in Polymer Science · 2025
Zhuoyu Yin, Yoonseob Kim
Read original paper ↗ ·High-value recycling of polyamide 6 via formic acid solution
Polymer · 2025
Lijuan Liu, K.N. Yu, Shuangshuo Li, Kaixuan Wang, Kai-Xuan Wang, Qi-Tai Zheng, Yong-zheng Liu, Yong-zheng Liu, Xionglei Wang, Zhanyong Gu, Tao Chang
Read original paper ↗ ·Compatibilization of Polyethylene and Polypropylene via Dynamic Cross-Linking
Macromolecules · 2025
Shenyan Zou, Dapeng Li, Wenbin Wang, Shite Li, Shijun Long, Yiwan Huang, Xuefeng Li
Read original paper ↗ ·3D-printed sustainable biocomposites via valorization of biomass: focus on challenges and their future perspectives
Environmental Science and Pollution Research · 2025
Ashish Soni, Sonu Kumar Gupta, Dhinakaran Veeman, Jitendra Kumar Katiyar
Read original paper ↗ ·Mechanistic insight into Lewis acid coupling weak Brønsted base mediated removal of chlorine/hydrogen ions in polyolefin
Chemical Engineering Science · 2025
Zuxian Wang, Kaitao Li, Yanan Liu, Yanjun Lin
Read original paper ↗ ·Advances in sustainable polyolefins: synthesis, chemical transformation and recycling
National Science Review · 2025
Yuxing Zhang, Dian Yang, Xu Li, Peng-An Chen, Xiukuan Yao, Zhongbao Jian
Read original paper ↗ ·Selective, Oxygen‐Tunable, and Metal‐Free Functionalization of Polyethylene Through Dual‐Mode Nitrosation and Carbonylation
Angewandte Chemie · 2025
Lucile Cluzeau, Frédéric Robert, Dario Maria Bassani, Yannick Landais, Daniel Taton
Read original paper ↗ ·Selective, Oxygen‐Tunable, and Metal‐Free Functionalization of Polyethylene Through Dual‐Mode Nitrosation and Carbonylation
Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2025
Lucile Cluzeau, Frédéric Robert, Dario Maria Bassani, Yannick Landais, Daniel Taton
Read original paper ↗ ·Research progress on compatibilizers for physical blending recycling of polyolefins
Scientia Sinica Chimica · 2025
Hao Cai, Fei Yang, Li Pan, Zhe Ma, Yuesheng Li
Read original paper ↗ ·Chemically recyclable, fully biobased polyolefins with performance parity to low-density polyethylene
Green Chemistry · 2025
Wei Sun, Yuzhe Pang, Yucheng He, Zhenyang Luo, Puyou Jia, Yonghong Zhou, Ye Sha
Read original paper ↗ ·Synthesis and Upcycling of All‐Carbon‐Backbone Degradable Polyethylene with Dispersed On‐Chain Ketones
Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2025
Dian Yang, Yuxing Zhang, Zhongbao Jian
Read original paper ↗ ·Synthesis and Upcycling of All‐Carbon‐Backbone Degradable Polyethylene with Dispersed On‐Chain Ketones
Angewandte Chemie · 2025
Dian Yang, Yuxing Zhang, Zhongbao Jian
Read original paper ↗ ·Laser-induced pyrolysis of waste polyethylene to long-chain terminal alkenes and amphiphilic functionalization for anti-fouling film application
Sustainable materials and technologies · 2025
Lun Chen, Fu‐Lu Chang, Zi‐Yang Hua, Fu-Rui Chen, Han Earl Yang, Sheng Wang, Xianwu Cao, Xiaochun Yin, Guangjian He
Read original paper ↗ ·Free-Radical Emulsion Copolymerization of Ethylene and Butyl Acrylate Monomers: Synthesis, Properties, and Application
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering · 2025
Ibrahim M. Alsugai, Sanjay Remanan, Mamdouh Ahmed Al-Harthi
Read original paper ↗ ·Thermodynamically driven closed-loop recyclable bridged polymers: from molecular design to high-performance materials
Scientia Sinica Chimica · 2025
Xiangyu Miao, Wencan Li, Changxia Shi
Read original paper ↗ ·From inert carbon chains to closed-loop recycling: emerging polyolefin chemistry enabled by telechelic (macro)monomers
Scientia Sinica Chimica · 2025
Yukai Huang, Yanshan Gao, Yanan Zhao, Yong Jin Tang
Read original paper ↗ ·Efficiency and synergy of bis-urea anions for the polymerization of cyclic esters
Journal of Catalysis · 2025
Riccardo Piacquadio, Federica Santulli, Michele Polise, Filomena L. Damiani, Stefano Milione, Marina Lamberti, C.M. Thomas, Consiglia Tedesco, Mina Mazzeo
Read original paper ↗ ·Incorporating Carbamate Groups into Polyolefin Elastomers for High Performance and Closed-Loop Recyclability
Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
Xuan Zhen Jiang, Xing-Wang Han, Yanxu Wang, Fen You, Yanshan Gao, K. Wang, Xiu‐Li Sun, Qiang Fu, Yong Jin Tang
Read original paper ↗ ·Recent developments in recycling technologies for polymeric plastics
Polymer Chemistry · 2025
Zhihao Wang, En Fang, Liangyu Chen, Zhiqiang Fan, Shaofei Song
Read original paper ↗ ·Nonbridged Half-titanocenes Modified with Anionic Ancillary Donor Ligands as Efficient Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization
Journal of the Japan Petroleum Institute · 2025
Kotohiro Nomura
Read original paper ↗ ·A chemically recyclable thermosetting elastomer via ring-opening metathesis polymerization
Polymer Chemistry · 2026
Yifan Gao, Xinyu Zhao, Lishan Lei, Jianhua Cheng
Read original paper ↗ ·Binuclear nickel catalysts enable one-step copolymerization of ethylene with 2-allylphenol to phenol-functionalized branched polyethylenes
Polymer Chemistry · 2026
Yuan Lu, Yanshan Gao, Shu-Yang Yu, Yanan Zhao, Jie Yang, 孙秀丽, Xiaoyan Wang, Yong Jin Tang
Read original paper ↗ ·Creep-resistant, extrudable, and recyclable polyolefin covalent adaptable networks incorporating azine cross-links via reactive processing
Polymer Chemistry · 2026
Mathew J. Suazo, Stephanie M. Barbon, Hayley A. Brown, Evelyn Auyeung, Colin Li Pi Shan, Pi Shan, John M. Torkelson
Read original paper ↗ ·Embedding diazirine-based carbene precursors into polyolefins via catalyst-tuned olefin metathesis
Polymer Chemistry · 2026
Hong‐Gyu Seong, Mizhi Xu, Haley K. Beech, Youngbum Lee, Kazuhisa Iwaso, Craig J. Hawker
Read original paper ↗ ·Machine learning approaches to predicting metal catalyst performance in olefin polymerization
Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers · 2026
Yin-Pok Wong, Paula L. Diaconescu
Read original paper ↗ ·Recent advances in allylic and vinylic C–H bond functionalization of simple alkenes via visible-light photocatalysis
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry · 2026
Etikala Ashok, Junghwa Woo, Juyoung Yang, Jungwon Kim
Read original paper ↗ ·Recent Advances in Earth-Abundant Metal-Catalyzed Oxidative Degradation of Polyolefins
Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry · 2026
Ruijie Yan, Yihan Yu, Hongwei Shi, Ning Jiao
Read original paper ↗ ·Selectively controlled ring-opening copolymerization to chemically recyclable thermoplastic elastomers
Polymer Chemistry · 2026
Yun-Cong Ye, Yong-Hong Luo, Min Xie, Qing Cao, Zhongzheng Cai, Jian‐Bo Zhu
Read original paper ↗ ·Synthesis of well-defined polyolefin graft copolymers based on single-site transition metal-mediated olefin polymerization
Chinese Chemical Letters · 2026
Ying Wang, Jingjing Lai, Qingqiang Gou, Rong Gao, Gang Feng Zheng, Bingyi Li, Guoqiang Fan, Randi Zhang, Yuanning Gu, Zifang Guo
Read original paper ↗ ·Synthesis of discrete oligoethylenes towards chemically recyclable polyolefins
Nature Synthesis · 2026
Rui Tan, Yanru An, yuxin liu, Xiaojie Yang, Qinmeng Zhong, Xinyue Yan, Yuekai Hu, Minglong Chen, Jie Cen, Xiaoman Huang, Gefei Wang, Jinming Hu, Shiyong Liu, Zhengbiao Zhang
Read original paper ↗ ·Synthesis and characterization of nitrobenzyl carbonate (NBC)-based photodegradable amphiphilic polymers with temperature/pH/light-response
Polymer · 2026
Xiaofang Liu, Z. F. Li, Meng Zhao, Xuan Pu, Xiaoxiao Xing, Ke Wang
Read original paper ↗ ·The role of biodegradable plastics in the global plastic future
Nature Reviews Clean Technology · 2026
Zhengyin Piao, Yuan Yao
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