Recent Developments in Ring-Opening Polymerization
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 2149
Special Issue Editors
Interests: synthesis of polymers, mainly via ROP and polycondensation, with control of macromolecular architecture; bioplastics and environmentally friendly polymers; synthesis of green polymers; environmental degradation of plastics and polymers; polymer recycling
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: ring-opening polymerization; polyesters; polycondensation; gel permeation chromatography; polymer rheology; bioplastics; microplastics; step polymerization; sulphonated polyethersulphones; nanocellulose; in situ polymerization; nanocomposites; functional monomers’ synthesis; bio-based polymers
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ring-opening polymerization (ROP) is one of the most important polymerization routes, widely applied both on a base research and on an industrial level. ROP has many advantages over other similar kinds of polymerizations, such as polycondensation, for example, due to the possibility to increase conversions, avoiding the formation of small condensation products. This, for example, has proved to be fundamental in the industrial polymerization of polylactic acid (PLA).
On the other side, since ROP relies on the opening of a ring, it can be either favored or unfavored by the specific geometry of the ring itself (e.g., number of atoms) and by specific substituents, and therefore, plenty of research on ROP is currently ongoing to search for the best conditions and catalysts to perform efficient polymerizations, leading to high polymers and avoiding the use of harmful catalysts and reagents. Moreover, co-polymerizations performed by ROP also play a crucial role in the development of new polymers. This Special Issue is therefore aimed at uncovering all the latest news and trends related to ROP.
Dr. Marco A. Ortenzi
Dr. Stefano Gazzotti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ring-opening polymerization
- ROP catalysts
- bio-based polymers via ROP
- polyamides
- polyesters
