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Bio-based polycarbonate as synthetic toolbox

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Communications, June 2016
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Title
Bio-based polycarbonate as synthetic toolbox
Published in
Nature Communications, June 2016
DOI 10.1038/ncomms11862
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Authors

O. Hauenstein, S. Agarwal, A. Greiner

Abstract

Completely bio-based poly(limonene carbonate) is a thermoplastic polymer, which can be synthesized by copolymerization of limonene oxide (derived from limonene, which is found in orange peel) and CO2. Poly(limonene carbonate) has one double bond per repeating unit that can be exploited for further chemical modifications. These chemical modifications allow the tuning of the properties of the aliphatic polycarbonate in nearly any direction. Here we show synthetic routes to demonstrate that poly(limonene carbonate) is the perfect green platform polymer, from which many functional materials can be derived. The relevant examples presented in this study are the transformation from an engineering thermoplastic into a rubber, addition of permanent antibacterial activity, hydrophilization and even pH-dependent water solubility of the polycarbonate. Finally, we show a synthetic route to yield the completely saturated counterpart that exhibits improved heat processability due to lower reactivity.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Unknown 219 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 48 22%
Student > Master 33 15%
Researcher 31 14%
Student > Bachelor 17 8%
Professor > Associate Professor 11 5%
Other 33 15%
Unknown 49 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Chemistry 89 40%
Materials Science 16 7%
Engineering 15 7%
Chemical Engineering 15 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 4%
Other 21 9%
Unknown 57 26%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 209. 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 23 June 2022.
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