Themed collection SDG12: Responsible Production and Consumption

This review is structured to outline the applications of MIPs as environmental separation tools and assess the role of functional groups as a parameter influencing MIP performance.

A brown algae-based renewable epoxy monomer can outperform bisphenol-A based epoxy resin and composite systems by means of thermomechanical properties.

This work reports on the development of a range of biobased, closed-loop recyclable, high-performance polyimine thermosets derived from biobased di-furfural monomer.

This paper reports the realization of a water-activated magnesium–air paper battery by using only low environmental impact materials and without use of heavy metals.

Efficient, fast and versatile depolymerization of bromine-terminated polymers.

Renewable sources can be used to obtain bio-based monomers, in only one-step of synthesis, for further photopolymerization with synthetic reactive monomers in DLP printers.

The different surface functional groups on carboxylated and sulfated cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) affect the latex CNC–polymer interactions.

The solvent resistance of VOC-free coatings made by CO₂-switchable polymers was improved by introducing a 1K crosslinking system. This crosslinking chemistry relies on CO₂-switching that is triggered by CO₂ removal during drying.

BCNPs prepared from a kombucha co-culture can serve as a sustainable delivery platform for protein-based drugs. The amorphous nanoparticles form a mesh-like fibrillar network that is thermally stable and can be produced at scale.

Imine-based semiconducting polymers with thienoisoindigo-based monomers are 90% recoverable upon imine hydrolysis, enabling closed-loop recycling.

A Fe₃O₄ QDs@C/RGO composite anode with superior rate capabilities is rationally engineered from a metal–organic framework (MOF) domain on surface modulated RGO precursor.

Reducing surfactant usage & promoting safety, efficiency, sustainability.

Surface chemistry drives the catalytic efficiency of nitrogen-doped carbon dot heterogeneous catalysts for the transesterification of canola oil to biodiesel.

Novel oleophilic gels synthesized with pristine coconut husk and acrylate monomers.

Degradable epoxy-amine thermosets derived from cyclic-ketal monomers offer robust performance and facile end-of-use processing, enabling recovery of diketone building blocks and pristine carbon fiber from fiber reinforced polymer composites.

This works reports on novel polyimine vitrimers from a bio-based and fully aromatic scaffold. The dynamic networks possess high-performance thermal stability and charring behavior with facile thermomechanical and viscoelastic tunability.