PolyID: Artificial Intelligence for Discovering Performance-Advantaged and Sustainable Polymers
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Hoyt, Caroline B.
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Ni- and Ni/Pd-Catalyzed Reductive Coupling of Lignin-Derived Aromatics to Access Biobased Plasticizers
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Bioconversion of wastewater-derived cresols to methyl muconic acids for use in performance-advantaged bioproducts
We combine metabolic engineering and polymer chemistry to convert cresols, a main component of biomass-derived catalytic fast pyrolysis wastewater, to methyl muconic acids that have performance-advantaged properties in nylons and plasticizers.
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Bio-Based Polymers with Performance-Advantaged Properties
Bio-based compounds with unique chemical functionality can be obtained through selective transformations of plant and other non-fossil, biogenic feedstocks for the development of new polymers to displace those produced from fossil carbon feedstocks. Although substantial efforts have been invested to produce bio-based polymers that are chemically identical to and directly replace those from petroleum, a long-pursued goal is to synthesize new, sustainable, bio-based polymers that either functionally replace or exhibit performance advantages relative to incumbent polymers. Owing to anthropogenic climate change and the environmental consequences of global plastics pollution, the need to realize a bio-based materials economy at scale is critical. To that end, in this Review we describe the concept of performance-advantaged, bio-based polymers (PBPs), highlighting examples wherein superior performance is facilitated by the inherent chemical functionality of bio-based feedstocks. We focus on PBPs with C–O and C–N inter-unit chemical bonds, as these are often readily accessible from bio-based feedstocks, which are heteroatom-rich relative to petroleum-derived feedstocks. Finally, we outline guiding principles and challenges to aid progress in the development of PBPs.
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