Themed collection Sustainable Development Goal 12: Responsible Production and Consumption

Polyurethane (PU) is extensively utilized for its outstanding properties.

Due to exposure risks and health concerns, global limitations on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have become increasingly restrictive. Light-driven technologies can potentially destroy and detect PFAS, addressing these limitations.

This review analyzes plastic carbonization with respect to existing utilization methods and details its use for production of activated carbon.

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.

The amount of generated carbon monoxide was influenced by the diffusion of the substrates into polystyrene-based polymer gels.

Photopolymerizable and degradable polyimides from liquid resins were developed, using existing economic chemical feedstocks, as flexible substrates to mitigate the e-waste crisis.

Semicrystalline poly(ε-caprolactone)(PCL)-based blends exhibit immense potential for the design of various environmentally friendly disposable or short-lived materials.

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

An advanced multilayer thermoplastic composite, composed of Polyethylene of Raised Temperature (PERT), Polyamide 12 (PA12), and Maleic Anhydride Grafted Polyethylene (MA), has been developed for high-temperature, high-pressure applications.

This work demonstrates a straightforward method to convert real-world shoe waste midsoles into water remediation sorbents for the removal of cationic organic pollutants.

PFAS adhesion measured on siloxane films increased in divalent cation solutions compared to deionized water and monovalent salt solutions.

Favorable interactions between alkaline treated sawdust and metakaolin/sodium waterglass geopolymer matrix, with substantial improvement of compressive strength and cations adsorption.

Owing to severe environmental contamination, the detection of hazardous nitro-aromatic chemicals has emerged as a potential research subject in the contemporary context.

This study compares the thermal reprocessing potential of thermosets comprising associative or dissociative dynamic covalent bonds by evaluating their rheological behavior.

DFT calculations and experiments with four zinc salts as transesterification catalysts show discrepancies between computational and experimental flow activation energies, highlighting the importance of catalyst thermal stability and molecular size.

Pt–CeO₂ interfaces with superhydrophobic and highly reducible CeO₂ are designed with improved properties for the RWGS reaction.

An iron-doped BiOCl hollow microsphere photocatalyst was prepared using a simple one-step hydrothermal method, and then applied to activate peroxymonosulfate (PMS) for the removal of carbamazepine under visible irradiation.

Organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) have been combined with microfluidic in a non distructive process, enabling the simple exposure of the oragnic semicondcutor to different analytes.

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.