Sustainable polymers from renewable resources

Zhu, Yunqing; Romain, Charles; Williams, Charlotte K

doi:10.1038/nature21001

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Sustainable polymers from renewable resources

Author(s): Yunqing Zhu , Charles Romain , Charlotte K. Williams

Publication date Created: December 14 2016

Publication date (Print): December 14 2016

Journal: Nature

Publisher: Springer Nature

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The majority of commodity plastics and materials are derived from petroleum-based chemicals, illustrating the strong dependence on products derived from non-renewable energy sources. As the most accessible, renewable form of carbon (in comparison to CO2), lignocellulosic biomass (defined as organic matter available on a renewable basis) has been acknowledged as the most logical carbon-based feedstock for a variety of materials such as biofuels and chemicals. This Review focuses on methods developed to synthesize polymers derived from lignin, monolignols, and lignin-derived chemicals. Major topics include the structure and processing of lignocellulosic biomass to lignin, polymers utilizing lignin as a macromonomer, synthesis of monomers and polymers from monolignols, and polymers from lignin-derived chemicals, such as vanillin.