Molecular catalyst systems as key enablers for tailored polyesters and polycarbonate recycling concepts
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Molecular catalyst system enables recycling of polymeric consumer products.
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- Authors
- Westhues, S., Idel, J., & Klankermayer, J.
- Affiliations
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Klankermayer, Jürgen
- Venue
- Science Advances
- Published
- 2018-08-03
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- eaat9669-eaat9669
- ISSN
- 2375-2548 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6086616
- OpenAlex
- W2886581168
- Cited by
- 348
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 38 · 2025: 68 · 2024: 66 · 2023: 61 · 2022: 37 · 2021: 35 · 2020: 30 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 3
- FWCI
- 6.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- Science Advances (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (EXC236 TMFB)
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Kopernikus Project P2X)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer crystallization and properties
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Inorganic Chemistry › Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
- Keywords
- polyester recycling, triphos ligand, hydrogenolysis, transition metal catalysis, circular economy, plastic waste
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