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SUBMITTER: Rosenboom JG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6057881 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20180724 1
Polyethylene furanoate (PEF) represents a promising renewable resource-based bioplastic as replacement for fossil-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) with improved material properties. However, the synthesis of PEF through conventional polycondensation remains challenging, since the time-intensive reaction leads to degradation and undesired discolouration of the product. Here we show the successful rapid synthesis of bottle-grade PEF via ring-opening polymerisation (ROP) from cyclic PEF oligo ...[more]