Synthesis, Life Cycle Assessment, and Polymerization of a Vanillin-Based Spirocyclic Diol toward Polyesters with Increased Glass-Transition Temperature

Smita V. Mankar, Maria Nelly García González, Niklas Warlin, +5

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

EngineeringBio-based MaterialOrganic ChemistryChemistryChemical Engineering +14

A rigid spirocyclic diol from fructose-based 5-hydroxymethylfurfural: synthesis, life-cycle assessment, and polymerization for renewable polyesters and poly(urethane-urea)s

Niklas Warlin, Maria Nelly García González, Smita V. Mankar, +8

Green Chemistry

Macromolecular ChemistryEngineeringLife-cycle AssessmentRigid DiolOrganic Chemistry +15

Short-Loop Chemical Recycling via Telechelic Polymers for Biobased Polyesters with Spiroacetal Units

Smita V. Mankar, Jan E. Wahlberg, Niklas Warlin, +5

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Macromolecular ChemistryEngineeringBioplasticOrganic ChemistrySpirocyclic Acetal Structures +19

The Purification and Characterization of a Cutinase-like Enzyme with Activity on Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) from a Newly Isolated Bacterium Stenotrophomonas maltophilia PRS8 at a Mesophilic Temperature

Salah Ud Din, Kalsoom Kalsoom, Sadia Mehmood Satti, +11

Applied Sciences

EngineeringCutinase-like EnzymeBioremediationEnzyme ActivityBiotransformation +14

Synthesis and melt-spinning of partly bio-based thermoplastic poly(cycloacetal-urethane)s toward sustainable textiles

Niklas Warlin, Erik Nilsson, Zengwei Guo, +6

Polymer Chemistry

EngineeringBioplasticBio-based MaterialSustainable PolymersTextile Fibres +14

Biobased aliphatic polyesters from a spirocyclic dicarboxylate monomer derived from levulinic acid

Nitin G. Valsange, Maria Nelly García González, Niklas Warlin, +5

Green Chemistry

EngineeringOrganic ChemistryLevulinic AcidChemistryBiochemical Engineering +17

Comparison of the enzymatic depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate and AkestraTM using Humicola insolens cutinase

Lucía Aristizábal-Lanza, Smita V. Mankar, Cecilia Tullberg, +2

Frontiers in Chemical Engineering

Macromolecular ChemistryEngineeringHumicola Insolens CutinaseChemistrySynthetic Polyesters +21

Improved chemical recyclability of 2,5-furandicarboxylate polyesters enabled by acid-sensitive spirocyclic ketal units

Nitin G. Valsange, Niklas Warlin, Smita V. Mankar, +3

Green Chemistry

Synthetic MacromoleculeChemical EngineeringEngineeringEfficient FragmentationSmall Oligomers +12

Development of Circularly Recyclable Low Melting Temperature Bicomponent Fibers toward a Sustainable Nonwoven Application

Zengwei Guo, Niklas Warlin, Smita V. Mankar, +4

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Recent strides toward transforming lignin into plastics and aqueous electrolytes for flow batteries

Omar Y. Abdelaziz, Mariona Battestini Vives, Smita V. Mankar, +5

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