Chen, Eugene Y.-X.

Chemically recyclable polymers: a circular economy approach to sustainability

Hong, M., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2017) · Green Chemistry

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer composites and self-healing

Cited by 876

Bio-based polymers with performance-advantaged properties

Cywar, R. M., Rorrer, N. A., Hoyt, C. B., Beckham, G. T., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2021) · Nature Reviews Materials

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer composites and self-healing

Cited by 811

A synthetic polymer system with repeatable chemical recyclability

Zhu, J.-B., Watson, E. M., Tang, J., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2018) · Science

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer crystallization and properties

Cited by 709

Completely recyclable biopolymers with linear and cyclic topologies via ring-opening polymerization of γ-butyrolactone

Hong, M., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2016) · Nature Chemistry

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis

Cited by 677

Towards Truly Sustainable Polymers: A Metal‐Free Recyclable Polyester from Biorenewable Non‐Strained γ‐Butyrolactone

Hong, M., & Chen, E. Y. ‐. (2016) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization

Cited by 259

Chemically circular, mechanically tough, and melt-processable polyhydroxyalkanoates

Zhou, L., Zhang, Z., Shi, C., Scoti, M., Barange, D. K., Gowda, R. R., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2023) · Science

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer crystallization and properties

Cited by 220

Design principles for intrinsically circular polymers with tunable properties

Shi, C., Reilly, L. T., Phani Kumar, V. S., Coile, M. W., Nicholson, S. R., Broadbelt, L. J., Beckham, G. T., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2021) · Chem

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer composites and self-healing

Cited by 219

Chemical synthesis of perfectly isotactic and high melting bacterial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) from bio-sourced racemic cyclic diolide

Tang, X., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2018) · Nature Communications

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer crystallization and properties

Cited by 202

The Quest for Converting Biorenewable Bifunctional α-Methylene-γ-butyrolactone into Degradable and Recyclable Polyester: Controlling Vinyl-Addition/Ring-Opening/Cross-Linking Pathways

Tang, X., Hong, M., Falivene, L., Caporaso, L., Cavallo, L., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2016) · Journal of the American Chemical Society

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer composites and self-healing

Cited by 179

From meso-Lactide to Isotactic Polylactide: Epimerization by B/N Lewis Pairs and Kinetic Resolution by Organic Catalysts

Zhu, J.-B., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2015) · Journal of the American Chemical Society

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesAsymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis

Cited by 173

Synthetic biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs): Recent advances and future challenges

Westlie, A. H., Quinn, E. C., Parker, C. R., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2022) · Progress in Polymer Science

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer crystallization and properties

Cited by 166

Living Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones by N-Heterocyclic Olefin/Al(C6F5)3 Lewis Pairs: Structures of Intermediates, Kinetics, and Mechanism

Wang, Q., Zhao, W., He, J., Zhang, Y., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2017) · Macromolecules

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesAdvanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization

Cited by 127

Organocatalysis in biorefining for biomass conversion and upgrading

Liu, D. (. J. )., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2014) · Green Chem.

Catalysis for Biomass Conversionbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties

Cited by 101

Dual Recycling of Depolymerization Catalyst and Biodegradable Polyester that Markedly Outperforms Polyolefins

Li, X., Clarke, R. W., An, H., Gowda, R. R., Jiang, J., Xu, T., & Chen, E. Y. ‐. (2023) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer crystallization and properties

Cited by 93

Circular olefin copolymers made de novo from ethylene and α-olefins

Han, X.-W., Zhang, X., Zhou, Y., Maimaitiming, A., Sun, X.-L., Gao, Y., Li, P., Zhu, B., Chen, E. Y.-X., Kuang, X., et al. (2024) · Nature Communications

Polymer crystallization and propertiesbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties

Cited by 85

Cinchona Alkaloids as Stereoselective Organocatalysts for the Partial Kinetic Resolution Polymerization of rac-Lactide

Miyake, G. M., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2011) · Macromolecules

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesAsymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis

Cited by 78

Installing Controlled Stereo-Defects Yields Semicrystalline and Biodegradable Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) with High Toughness and Optical Clarity

Quinn, E. C., Westlie, A. H., Sangroniz, A., Caputo, M. R., Xu, S., Zhang, Z., Urgun-Demirtas, M., Müller, A. J., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2023) · Journal of the American Chemical Society

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer crystallization and properties

Cited by 70

Toughening Biodegradable Isotactic Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) via Stereoselective Copolymerization of a Diolide and Lactones

Tang, X., Shi, C., Zhang, Z., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2021) · Macromolecules

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer crystallization and properties

Cited by 47

Elastomeric vitrimers from designer polyhydroxyalkanoates with recyclability and biodegradability

Cywar, R. M., Ling, C., Clarke, R. W., Kim, D. H., Kneucker, C. M., Salvachúa, D., Addison, B., Hesse, S. A., Takacs, C. J., Xu, S., et al. (2023) · Science Advances

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer composites and self-healing

Cited by 46

Alternating Isotactic Polyhydroxyalkanoates via Site- and Stereoselective Polymerization of Unsymmetrical Diolides

Zhang, Z., Shi, C., Scoti, M., Tang, X., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2022) · Journal of the American Chemical Society

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer crystallization and properties

Cited by 44

Toughening Brittle Bio‐P3HB with Synthetic P3HB of Engineered Stereomicrostructures

Zhang, Z., Quinn, E. C., Olmedo‐Martínez, J. L., Caputo, M. R., Franklin, K. A., Müller, A. J., & Chen, E. Y. ‐. (2023) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer crystallization and properties

Cited by 33

All-Polyhydroxyalkanoate Triblock Copolymers via a Stereoselective-Chemocatalytic Route

Westlie, A. H., Hesse, S. A., Tang, X., Quinn, E. C., Parker, C. R., Takacs, C. J., Tassone, C. J., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2023) · ACS Macro Letters

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesBlock Copolymer Self-Assembly

Cited by 23

Stereodivergent transformation of a natural polyester to enantiopure PHAs

Tian, J.-J., Li, R., Quinn, E. C., Nam, J., Chokkapu, E. R., Zhang, Z., Zhou, L., Gowda, R. R., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2025) · Nature

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer crystallization and properties

Cited by 21

Regulating the stereomicrostructure, circularity and functionality of synthetic PHAs

Quinn, E. C., Parker, C. R., Guillaume, S. M., & Chen, E. Y.-X. (2025) · Polymer Chemistry

biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesPolymer crystallization and properties

Cited by 16