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- Authors
- 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.
- Affiliations
- Colorado State University (US)
- Northwestern University (US)
- National Laboratory of the Rockies (US)
- Corresponding author
- Broadbelt, Linda J.
- Beckham, Gregg T.
- Chen, Eugene Y.-X.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Chem
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-11
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 2896-2912
- ISSN
- 2451-9294 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3209227621
- Cited by
- 219
- References
- 82
- Citations by year
- 2026: 36 · 2025: 62 · 2024: 49 · 2023: 45 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 7.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Chem (publishedVersion)
- OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Bioenergy Technologies Office (DE-AC36-08GO28308)
- Advanced Manufacturing Office
- Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- U.S. Department of Energy
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer composites and self-healing
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
- Keywords
- kinetic trapping, depolymerization, thermodynamics and kinetics, predictive modeling, life cycle assessment, techno-economic analysis, sustainable polymers
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