The Green ChemisTREE: 20 years after taking root with the 12 principles
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Julie B.
Zimmerman,
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Tamara M.
de Winter,
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Laurène
Petitjean,
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Fjodor
Melnikov,
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Chun Ho
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Amanda W.
Lounsbury,
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Karolina E.
Mellor,
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Nina Z.
Janković,
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Qingshi
Tu,
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Lauren N.
Pincus,
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Mark M.
Falinski,
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Wenbo
Shi,
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Desirée L.
Plata
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Paul T.
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Abstract
The field of Green Chemistry has seen many scientific discoveries and inventions during the 20 years since the 12 Principles were first published. Inspired by tree diagrams that illustrate diversity of products stemming from raw materials, we present here the Green ChemisTREE as a showcase for the diversity of research and achievements stemming from Green Chemistry. Each branch of the Green ChemisTREE represents one of the 12 Principles, and the leaves represent areas of inquiry and development relevant to that Principle (branch). As such, in this ‘meta-review’, we aim to describe the history and current status of the field of Green Chemistry: by exploring activity within each Principle, by summarizing the benefits of Green Chemistry through robust examples, by discussing tools and metrics available to measure progress towards Green Chemistry, and by outlining knowledge gaps, opportunities, and future challenges for the field.
- This article is part of the themed collections: Measuring Green Chemistry: Methods, Models, and Metrics and 2018 Green Chemistry Hot Articles
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