Isosorbide, a renewable bicyclic diol derived from glucose, has emerged as a promising building block in the synthesis of polycarbonates that are both environmentally sustainable and high performing.

Caption Synthesis of high molecular weight poly (isosorbide succinate) with an aryl alcohol. a: Monomer synthesis from glucose, obtainable from either first or second generation biomass. b: Synthesis ...

DeepMind has shared the discovery of 2.2 million new crystals – equivalent to nearly 800 years’ worth of knowledge. They introduce Graph Networks for Materials Exploration (GNoME), a new deep learning ...

Researchers take an important step towards the production of fully biobased, rigid polyesters. They present a simple, yet innovative, synthesis strategy to overcome the inherently low reactivity of ...

In a recent paper in Nature Communications, researchers at the Industrial Sustainable Chemistry group led by Prof. Gert-Jan Gruter take an important step towards the production of fully biobased, ...