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Insight into the synthesis and thermomechanical properties of “short‐long” type biobased aliphatic polyesters

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Visible-light driven fumarate synthesis from pyruvate and gaseous CO 2 with a hybrid system of photocatalytic NADH regeneration and dual biocatalysts

Takeuchi, M., & Amao, Y. (2023) · RSC Sustainability · doi:10.1039/d3su00194f · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Flame Retardants from Renewable Sources: Food Waste, Plant Oils, and Starch

Howell, B. A., Daniel, Y. G., & Ostrander, E. A. (2018) · ACS symposium series · doi:10.1021/bk-2018-1310.ch025 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Biodegradable Polyester Synthesis in Renewed Aqueous Polycondensation Media: The Core of the New Greener Polymer-5B Technology

Pfluck, A. C. D., de Barros, D. P. C., & Fonseca, L. P. (2021) · Processes · doi:10.3390/pr9020365 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Ferulic Acid- and Sinapic Acid-Based Bisphenols: Promising Renewable and Safer Alternatives to Bisphenol A for the Production of Bio-Based Polymers and Resins

Hollande, L., & Allais, F. (2018) · ACS symposium series · doi:10.1021/bk-2018-1310.ch015 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Enzymatic synthesis of aromatic biobased polymers in green, low-boiling solvents

Salum, T. F. C., Day, D. M., Sherwood, J. R., Pellis, A., & Farmer, T. J. (2024) · Journal of Biotechnology · doi:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2024.10.003 · Cited by 10 · see citing works

Improving the Optical Sorting of Polyester Bioplastics via Reflectance Spectroscopy and Machine Learning Classification Techniques

Hocken, A., Huang, S., Ng, E., & Olsen, B. D. (2024) · ACS Applied Polymer Materials · doi:10.1021/acsapm.4c01914 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Levulinic Acid as Sustainable Feedstock in Polymer Chemistry

Hartweg, M., & Becer, C. R. (2018) · ACS symposium series · doi:10.1021/bk-2018-1310.ch020 · Cited by 10 · see citing works

Sustainable Development of Polysaccharide Polyelectrolyte Complexes as Eco-Friendly Barrier Materials for Packaging Applications

Chi, K., & Catchmark, J. M. (2018) · ACS symposium series · doi:10.1021/bk-2018-1310.ch008 · Cited by 10 · see citing works

Phosphate-induced enhancement of fumarate production from a CO 2 and pyruvate with the system of malate dehydrogenase and fumarase

Takeuchi, M., & Amao, Y. (2022) · RSC Sustainability · doi:10.1039/d2su00031h · Cited by 10 · see citing works

Semi-Crystalline and Amorphous Polyesters Derived from Biobased Tri-Aromatic Dicarboxylates and Containing Cleavable Acylhydrazone Units for Short-Loop Chemical Recycling

Valsange, N. G., de Menezes, R. N. L., Warlin, N., Mankar, S. V., Rehnberg, N., Zhang, B., & Jannasch, P. (2024) · Macromolecules · doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.3c02299 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Green Polymer Chemistry: Pipelines Toward New Products and Processes

CHENG, H. N., Gross, R. A., & Smith, P. B. (2018) · ACS symposium series · doi:10.1021/bk-2018-1310.ch001 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Visible-light-driven production of fumarate from CO 2 and pyruvate using a photocatalytic system with dual biocatalysts

Takeuchi, M., & Amao, Y. (2022) · Sustainable Energy & Fuels · doi:10.1039/d2se01533a · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Preparation of Hydrophobically Modified Cashew Gum Through Reaction with Alkyl Ketene Dimer

Biswas, A., Kim, S., Buttrum, M., Furtado, R. F., Alves, C. R., & CHENG, H. N. (2018) · ACS symposium series · doi:10.1021/bk-2018-1310.ch010 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Bioadvantaged Nylon from Renewable Muconic Acid: Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties

Abdolmohammadi, S., Hernández, N., Tessonnier, J., & Cochran, E. W. (2018) · ACS symposium series · doi:10.1021/bk-2018-1310.ch022 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Electrochemical Synthesis of 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid from Furfural Derivative and Carbon Dioxide

Lee, M. Y., Koo, J. W., Jang, J. H., Jo, Y. I., Yeo, J. B., Kim, J. E., Hong, J. S., Kim, J. H., Choi, S., & Nam, K. T. (2025) · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c08861 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Sustainable aromatic polyesters with 1,5-disubstituted indole units

Wang, P., & Zhang, B. (2021) · RSC Advances · doi:10.1039/d1ra02197d · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Solvent-free lipase-catalyzed synthesis of linear and thermally stable polyesters obtained from diacids and diols

Campisano, I. S. P., Eugenio, E. D. Q., Veloso, C. O., Dias, M. L., de Castro, A. M., & Langone, M. A. P. (2021) · Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering · doi:10.1007/s43153-021-00137-y · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Unveiling the Enzymatic Degradation Process of Biobased Thiophene Polyesters

Bertolini, F. A., Soccio, M., Weinberger, S., Guidotti, G., Gazzano, M., Guebitz, G. M., Lotti, N., & Pellis, A. (2021) · Frontiers in Chemistry · doi:10.3389/fchem.2021.771612 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

An effective visible-light driven fumarate production from gaseous CO 2 and pyruvate by the cationic zinc porphyrin-based photocatalytic system with dual biocatalysts

Takeuchi, M., & Amao, Y. (2023) · Dalton Transactions · doi:10.1039/d3dt03492e · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Effect of water-soluble zinc porphyrin on the catalytic activity of fumarase for l -malate dehydration to fumarate

Takeuchi, M., & Amao, Y. (2023) · New Journal of Chemistry · doi:10.1039/d3nj02900j · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Bio-Based Monomers as a New Route to Improved Performance in Thermosetting Resins: Examples from Cyanate Ester Studies

Guenthner, A. J., Harvey, B. G., & Davis, M. C. (2018) · ACS symposium series · doi:10.1021/bk-2018-1310.ch023 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Renewable Polyol-Based Biodegradable Polyesters as Greener Plastics for Industrial Applications

Kunduru, K. R., Hogerat, R., Ghosal, K., Shaheen‐Mualim, M., & Farah, S. (2022) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2022.141211 · Cited by 97 · see citing works

The quest for sustainable polyesters – insights into the future

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Biotechnological Polyester Production from Renewable Resources

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Production and waste treatment of polyesters: application of bioresources and biotechniques

Wang, Y., Huang, J., Liang, X., Wei, M., Liang, F., Feng, D., Xu, C., Xian, M., & Zou, H. (2022) · Critical Reviews in Biotechnology · doi:10.1080/07388551.2022.2039590 · Cited by 17 · see citing works

Bridging Green Chemistry and Circular Economy: A Pathway to Sustainable Polyester Plastics Through Feedstock, Synthesis, and Waste Upcycling

Li, J., Chen, J., Zhang, Y., Wang, L., Gao, P., & Yang, J. (2026) · Advanced Science · doi:10.1002/advs.202521680 · Cited by 13 · see citing works