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| Title |
Sustainable polymers from renewable resources
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Nature, December 2016
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| DOI | 10.1038/nature21001 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Yunqing Zhu, Charles Romain, Charlotte K. Williams |
| Abstract |
Renewable resources are used increasingly in the production of polymers. In particular, monomers such as carbon dioxide, terpenes, vegetable oils and carbohydrates can be used as feedstocks for the manufacture of a variety of sustainable materials and products, including elastomers, plastics, hydrogels, flexible electronics, resins, engineering polymers and composites. Efficient catalysis is required to produce monomers, to facilitate selective polymerizations and to enable recycling or upcycling of waste materials. There are opportunities to use such sustainable polymers in both high-value areas and in basic applications such as packaging. Life-cycle assessment can be used to quantify the environmental benefits of sustainable polymers. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 9% |
| Italy | 1 | 9% |
| Australia | 1 | 9% |
| France | 1 | 9% |
| India | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 73% |
| Scientists | 3 | 27% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,884 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| China | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 1876 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 388 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 247 | 13% |
| Researcher | 223 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 183 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 86 | 5% |
| Other | 213 | 11% |
| Unknown | 544 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 541 | 29% |
| Materials Science | 157 | 8% |
| Engineering | 149 | 8% |
| Chemical Engineering | 149 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 60 | 3% |
| Other | 184 | 10% |
| Unknown | 644 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 27. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 October 2023.
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