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Chain-End Controlled Depolymerization Selectivity in α,α-Disubstituted Propionate PHAs With Dual Closed-Loop Recycling and Record-High Melting Temperature
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Oct. 16, 2024
Li Zhou, Zhen Zhang, Ainara Sangroniz, Changxia Shi, Ravikumar R. Gowda, Miriam Scoti, Deepak K. Barange, Clarissa Lincoln, Gregg T. Beckham, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

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Manufacture and Testing of Biomass-Derivable Thermosets for Wind Blade Recycling
Science
Aug. 22, 2024
Ryan W. Clarke, Erik G. Rognerud, Allen Puente-Urbina, David Barnes, Paul Murdy, Michael L. McGraw, Jimmy M. Newkirk, Ryan Beach, Jacob A. Wrubel, Levi J. Hamernik, Katherine A. Chism, Andrea L. Baer, Gregg T. Beckham, Robynne E. Murray, Nicholas A. Rorrer

Characterization of Polymer Properties and Identification of Additives in Commercially Available Research Plastics
Green Chemistry
March 26, 2024
Amy A. Cuthbertson, Clarissa Lincoln, Joel Miscall, Lisa M. Stanley, Anjani K. Maurya, Arun S. Asundi, Christopher J. Tassone, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Gregg T. Beckham

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2024

Chain-Length-Controllable Upcycling of Polyolefins to Sulfate Detergents
Nature Sustainability
Nov. 18, 2024
Nuwayo Eric Munyaneza, Ruiyang Ji, Adrian DiMarco, Joel Miscall, Lisa Stanley, Nicholas Rorrer, Rui Qiao, Guoliang Liu

Revisiting the Activity of Two Poly(Vinyl Chloride)- and Polyethylene-Degrading Enzymes
Nature Communications
Oct. 1, 2024
Anton A. Stepnov, Esteban Lopez-Tavera, Ross Klauer, Clarissa L. Lincoln, Ravindra R. Chowreddy, Gregg T. Beckham, Vincent G. H. Eijsink, Kevin Solomon, Mark Blenner, Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad

A High-Throughput Screening Platform for Engineering Poly(ethylene Terephthalate) Hydrolases
ACS Catalysis
Sept. 17, 2024
Thomas M. Groseclose, Erin A. Kober, Matilda Clark, Benjamin Moore, Shounak Banerjee, Victoria Bemmer, Gregg T. Beckham, Andrew R. Pickford, Taraka T. Dale, Hau B. Nguyen

Polyhydroxyalkanoates in Emerging Recycling Technologies for a Circular Materials Economy
Materials Advances
Aug. 2, 2024
Ryan W. Clarke, Gloria Rosetto, Taylor Uekert, Julia B. Curley, Hyunjin Moon, Brandon C. Knott, John E. McGeehan, Katrina M. Knauer

Enabling High-Throughput Enzyme Discovery and Engineering With a Low-Cost, Robot-Assisted Pipeline
Scientific Reports
June 24, 2024
Brenna Norton-Baker, Mackenzie C. R. Denton, Natasha P. Murphy, Benjamin Fram, Samuel Lim, Erika Erickson, Nicholas P. Gauthier, Gregg T. Beckham

Integration of pH Control Into Chi.Bio Reactors and Demonstration With Small-Scale Enzymatic Poly(ethylene Terephthalate) Hydrolysis
Biochemistry
June 22, 2024
Mackenzie C. R. Denton, Natasha P. Murphy, Brenna Norton-Baker, Mauro Lua, Harrison Steel, Gregg T. Beckham

Closed-Loop Recycling of Mixed Plastics of Polyester and CO₂-Based Polycarbonate to a Single Monomer
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
June 4, 2024
Changxia Shi, Wilfred Diment, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Strategies for Considering Environmental Justice in the Early-Stage Development of Circular Economy Technologies
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
May 21, 2024
Taylor Uekert, Julien Walzberg, Hope M. Wikoff, Meredith M. Doyle, Alberta C. Carpenter

Understanding the Stability of a Plastic-Degrading Rieske Iron Oxidoreductase System
Protein Science
May 9, 2024
Jessica Lusty Beech, Anjani K. Maurya, Ronivaldo Rodrigues da Silva, Emmanuel Akpoto, Arun Asundi, Julia Ann Fecko, Neela H. Yennawar, Ritimukta Sarangi, Christopher Tassone, Thomas M. Weiss, Jennifer L. DuBois

Plastic Additives in the Ocean: Use of a Comprehensive Dataset for Meta-Analysis and Method Development
Chemosphere
April 27, 2024
Cara Megill, Katherine Shaw, Katrina Knauer, Meredith Seeley, Jennifer Lynch

Bio-Based Lactone Acrylic Plastics With Performance and Recyclability Advantages
Cell Reports Physical Science
April 25, 2024
Reid A. Gilsdorf, Eswara Rao Chokkapu, Abhay Athaley, Taylor Uekert, Ravikumar R. Gowda, Avantika Singh, Jason S. DesVeaux, Gregg T. Beckham, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Proton-Triggered Topological Transformation in Superbase-Mediated Selective Polymerization Enables Access to Ultrahigh-Molar-Mass Cyclic Polymers
Nature Chemistry
April 22, 2024
Li Zhou, Liam T. Reilly, Changxia Shi, Ethan C. Quinn, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Crystal Structure of Atactic and Isotactic Poly(3-hydroxy-2,2-dimethylbutyrate): A Chemically Recyclable Poly(hydroxyalkanoate) with Tacticity-Independent Crystallinity
Macromolecules
April 19, 2024
Miriam Scoti, Li Zhou, Eugene Y.-X. Chen, Claudio De Rosa

The Reaction Mechanism of the Ideonella sakaiensis PETase Enzyme
Communications Chemistry
March 27, 2024
Tucker Burgin, Benjamin C. Pollard, Brandon C. Knott, Heather B. Mayes, Michael F. Crowley, John E. McGeehan, Gregg T. Beckham, H. Lee Woodcock

Recyclable and (Bio)degradable Polyesters in a Circular Plastics Economy
Chemical Reviews
March 22, 2024
Changxia Shi, Ethan C. Quinn, Wilfred T. Diment, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Topology-Accelerated and Selective Cascade Depolymerization of Architecturally Complex Polyesters
Journal of the American Chemical Society
March 22, 2024
Changxia Shi, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Alexander L. Shaw, Ryan W. Clarke, Bonnie L. Buss, Gregg T. Beckham, Linda J. Broadbelt, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Synthesis, Characterization, and Recycling of Bio-Derivable Polyester Covalently Adaptable Networks for Industrial Composite Applications
Matter
Feb. 7, 2024
Chen Wang, Avantika Singh, Erik G. Rognerud, Robynne Murray, Grant M. Musgrave, Morgan Skala, Paul Murdy, Jason S. DesVeaux, Scott R. Nicholson, Kylee Harris, Richard Canty, Fabian Mohr, Alison J. Shapiro, David Barnes, Ryan Beach, Robert D. Allen, Gregg T. Beckham, Nicholas A. Rorrer

Chemically Recyclable Nanofiltration Membranes Fabricated From Two Circular Polymer Classes of the Same Monomer Origin
Journal of Membrane Science Letters
Feb. 2, 2024
Rifan Hardian, Abdul Ghaffar, Changxia Shi, Eugene Y.-X. Chen, Gyorgy Szekely

2023

Elastomeric Vitrimers From Designer Polyhydroxyalkanoates With Recyclability and Biodegradability
Science Advances
Nov. 22, 2023
Robin M. Cywar, Chen Ling, Ryan W. Clarke, Dong Hyun Kim, Colin M. Kneucker, Davinia Salvachúa, Bennett Addison, Sarah A. Hesse, Christopher J. Takacs, Shu Xu, Meltem Urgun Demirtas, Sean P. Woodworth, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Christopher W. Johnson, Christopher J. Tassone, Robert D. Allen, Eugene Y.-X. Chen, Gregg T. Beckham

Base-Mediated Depolymerization of Amine-Cured Epoxy Resins
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Nov. 20, 2023
Rebecca C. DiPucchio, Katherine R. Stevenson, Ciaran W. Lahive, William E. Michener, Gregg T. Beckham

Toughening Brittle Bio-P3HB with Synthetic P3HB of Engineered Stereomicrostructures
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Oct. 25, 2023
Zhen Zhang, Ethan C. Quinn, Jorge L. Olmedo-Martínez, Maria Rosaria Caputo, Kevin A. Franklin, Alejandro J. Müller, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Chemically Recyclable Polyolefin-Like Multiblock Polymers
Science
Oct. 19, 2023
Yucheng Zhao, Emma M. Rettner, Katherine L. Harry, Zhitao Hu, Joel Miscall, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Garret M. Miyake

Chemical Upcycling of Polyethylene, Polypropylene, and Mixtures to High-Value Surfactants
Science
Aug. 10, 2023
Zhen Xu, Nuwayo Eric Munyaneza, Qikun Zhang, Mengqi Sun, Carlos Posada, Paul Venturo, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Joel Miscall, Bobby G. Sumpter, Guoliang Liu

Effect of Ligand Chemistry on the Electronic Properties and Reactivity of Cobalt Acetate Autoxidation Catalysts
The Journal of Physical Chemistry
Aug. 2, 2023
Arun S. Asundi, Amani M. Ebrahim, Anjani K. Maurya, Chad T. Palumbo, Kevin P. Sullivan, Gregg T. Beckham, Ritimukta Sarangi

Mono-Material Product Design With Bio-Based, Circular, and Biodegradable Polymers
One Earth
June 16, 2023
Ethan C. Quinn, Katrina M. Knauer, Gregg T. Beckham, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Techno-Economic Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment for Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Mixed Plastic Waste
Energy & Environmental Science
June 5, 2023
Geetanjali Yadav, Avantika Singh, Abhijit Dutta, Taylor Uekert, Jason DesVeaux, Scott R Nicholson, Eric C. D. Tan, Calvin Mukarakate, Joshua A Schaidle, Cody Wrasman, Alberta Carpenter, Robert Baldwin, Yuriy Román-Leshkov, Gregg T. Beckham

Techno-Economic Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment of Mixed Plastic Waste Gasification for Production of Methanol and Hydrogen
Green Chemistry
May 31, 2023
Shaik Afzal, Avantika Singh, Scott R Nicholson, Taylor Uekert, Jason DesVeaux, Eric C. D. Tan, Abhijit Dutta, Alberta Carpenter, Robert Baldwin, Gregg T. Beckham

Dual Recycling of Depolymerization Catalyst and Biodegradable Polyester That Markedly Outperforms Polyolefins
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
April 27, 2023
Xin-Lei Li, Ryan W. Clarke, Hai-Yan An, Ravikumar R. Gowda, Jing-Yang Jiang, Tie-Qi Xu, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Dynamic Crosslinking Compatibilizes Immiscible Mixed Plastics
Nature
April 26, 2023
Ryan W. Clarke, Tobias Sandmeier, Kevin A. Franklin, Dominik Reich, Xiao Zhang, Nayan Vengallur, Tarak K. Patra, Robert J. Tannenbaum, Sabin Adhikari, Sanat K. Kumar, Tomislav Rovis, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

All-Polyhydroxyalkanoate Triblock Copolymers via a Stereoselective-Chemocatalytic Route
ACS Macro Letters
April 24, 2023
Andrea H. Westlie, Sarah A. Hesse, Xiaoyan Tang, Ethan C. Quinn, Celine R. Parker, Christopher J. Takacs, Christopher J. Tassone, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Concentration-Dependent Inhibition of Mesophilic PETases on Poly(ethylene Terephthalate) Can Be Eliminated by Enzyme Engineering
ChemSusChem
April 19, 2023
Luisana Avilan, Bruce R. Lichtenstein, Gerhard König, Michael Zahn, Mark D. Allen, Liliana Oliveira, Matilda Clark, Victoria Bemmer, Rosie Graham, Harry P. Austin, Graham Dominick, Christopher W. Johnson, Gregg T. Beckham, John E. McGeehan, Andrew R. Pickford

Hybrid Monomer Design Synergizing Property Trade-Offs in Developing Polymers for Circularity and Performance
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
April 18, 2023
Changxia Shi, Liam T. Reilly, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Chemically Circular, Mechanically Tough, and Melt-Processable Polyhydroxyalkanoates
Science
April 6, 2023
Li Zhou, Zhen Zhang, Changxia Shi, Miriam Scoti, Deepak K. Barange, Ravikumar R. Gowda, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Installing Controlled Stereo-Defects Yields Semicrystalline and Biodegradable Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) With High Toughness and Optical Clarity
Journal of the American Chemical Society
March 3, 2023
Ethan C. Quinn, Andrea H. Westlie, Ainara Sangroniz, Maria Rosaria Caputo, Shu Xu, Zhen Zhang, Meltem Urgun-Demirtas, Alejandro J. Müller, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Complex Regulation in a Comamonas Platform for Diverse Aromatic Carbon Metabolism
Nature Chemical Biology
Feb. 6, 2023
Rebecca A. Wilkes, Jacob Waldbauer, Austin Caroll, Manuel Nieto-Domínguez, Darren J. Parker, Lichun Zhang, Adam M. Guss, Ludmilla Aristilde

Endowing Polythioester Vitrimer With Intrinsic Crystallinity and Chemical Recyclability
ChemSusChem
Jan. 13, 2023
Changxia Shi, Zhen Zhang, Miriam Scoti, Xiao-Yun Yan, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Technical, Economic, and Environmental Comparison of Closed-Loop Recycling Technologies for Common Plastics
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Jan. 12, 2023
Taylor Uekert, Avantika Singh, Jason S. DesVeaux, Tapajyoti Ghosh, Arpit Bhatt, Geetanjali Yadav, Shaik Afzal, Julien Walzberg, Katrina M. Knauer, Scott R. Nicholson, Gregg T. Beckham, Alberta C. Carpenter

2022

Sourcing Thermotolerant Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) Hydrolase Scaffolds From Natural Diversity
Nature Communications
Dec. 21, 2022
Erika Erickson, Japheth E. Gado, Luisana Avilán, Felicia Bratti, Richard K. Brizendine, Paul A. Cox, Raj Gill, Rosie Graham, Dong-Jin Kim, Gerhard König, William E. Michener, Saroj Poudel, Kelsey J. Ramirez, Thomas J. Shakespeare, Michael Zahn, Eric S. Boyd, Christina M. Payne, Jennifer L. DuBois, Andrew R. Pickford, Gregg T. Beckham, John E. McGeehan

Tackling the Catch-22 Situation of Optimizing a Sensor and a Transporter System in a Whole-Cell Microbial Biosensor Design for an Anthropogenic Small Molecule
ACS Synthetic Biology
Dec. 6, 2022
Sang-Min Shin, Ramesh K. Jha, Taraka Dale

Selective Lanthanide-Organic Catalyzed Depolymerization of Nylon-6 to ϵ-Caprolactam
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
Nov. 28, 2022
Lukas Wursthorn, Kristen Beckett, Jacob O. Rothbaum, Robin M. Cywar, Clarissa Lincoln, Yosi Kratish, Tobin J. Marks

Synthetic Biodegradable Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs): Recent Advances and Future Challenges
Progress in Polymer Science
November 2022
Andrea H. Westlie, Ethan C. Quinn, Celine R. Parker, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Catalytic Production of Tetrahydropyran (THP): A Biomass-Derived, Economically Competitive Solvent With Demonstrated Use in Plastic Dissolution
Green Chemistry
Nov. 8, 2022
Raka G. Dastidar, Min Soo Kim, Panzheng Zhou, Zaneta Luo, Changxia Shi, Kevin J. Barnett, Daniel J. McClelland, Eugene Y.-X. Chen, Reid C. Van Lehn, George W. Huber

Role of Bifunctional Ru/Acid Catalysts in the Selective Hydrocracking of Polyethylene and Polypropylene Waste to Liquid Hydrocarbons
ACS Catalysis
Oct. 31, 2022
Julie E. Rorrer, Amani M. Ebrahim, Ydna Questell-Santiago, Jie Zhu, Clara Troyano-Valls, Arun S. Asundi, Anna E. Brenner, Simon R. Bare, Christopher J. Tassone, Gregg T. Beckham, Yuriy Román-Leshkov

Mixed Plastics Waste Valorization Through Tandem Chemical Oxidation and Biological Funneling
Science
Oct. 13, 2022
Kevin P. Sullivan, Allison Z. Werner, Kelsey J. Ramirez, Lucas D. Ellis, Jeremy R. Bussard, Brenna A. Black, David G. Brandner, Felicia Bratti, Bonnie L. Buss, Xueming Dong, Stefan J. Haugen, Morgan A. Ingraham, Mikhail O. Konev, William E. Michener, Joel Miscall, Isabel Pardo, Sean P. Woodworth, Adam M. Guss, Yuriy Román-Leshkov, Shannon S. Stahl, Gregg T. Beckham

Alternating Isotactic Polyhydroxyalkanoates via Site- and Stereo-Selective Polymerization of Unsymmetrical Diolides
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Oct. 8, 2022
Zhen Zhang, Changxia Shi, Miriam Scoti, Xiaoyan Tang, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

The Role of Binding Modules in Enzymatic Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) Hydrolysis at High-Solids Loadings
Chem Catalysis
Aug. 23, 2022
Rosie Graham, Erika Erickson, Richard K. Brizendine, Davinia Salvachúa, William E. Michener, Yaohao Li, Zhongping Tan, Gregg T. Beckham, John E. McGeehan, Andrew R. Pickford

Life Cycle Assessment of Enzymatic Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) Recycling
Green Chemistry
Aug. 2, 2022
Taylor Uekert, Jason S. DesVeaux, Avantika Singh, Scott R. Nicholson, Patrick Lamers, Tapajyoti Ghosh, John E. McGeehan, Alberta C. Carpenter, Gregg T. Beckham

Polyolefin Innovations Toward Circularity and Sustainable Alternatives
Macromolecular Rapid Communications
July 30, 2022
Andrea H. Westlie, Eugene Y.-X. Chen, Chris M. Holland, Shannon S. Stahl, Meredith Doyle, Scott R. Trenor, Katrina M. Knauer

Particle Size Reduction of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Increases the Rate of Enzymatic Depolymerization But Does Not Increase the Overall Conversion Extent
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
July 7, 2022
Richard K. Brizendine, Erika Erickson, Stefan J. Haugen, Kelsey J. Ramirez, Joel Miscall, Davinia Salvachúa, Andrew R. Pickford, Margaret J. Sobkowicz, John E. McGeehan, Gregg T. Beckham

Reaction-Mediated Transformation of Working Catalysts
ACS Catalysis
June 21, 2022
Gang Wan, Guanghui Zhang, Johnny Zhu Chen, Michael F. Toney, Jeffrey T. Miller, Christopher J. Tassone

Critical Advances and Future Opportunities in Upcycling Commodity Polymers
Nature
March 30, 2022
Coralie Jehanno, Jill W. Alty, Martijn Roosen, Steven De Meester, Andrew P. Dove, Eugene Y.-X. Chen, Frank A. Leibfarth, Haritz Sardon

Biochemical and Structural Characterization of an Aromatic Ring–Hydroxylating Dioxygenase for Terephthalic Acid Catabolism
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
March 21, 2022
William M. Kincannon, Michael Zahn, Rita Clare , Jessica Lusty Beech, Ari Romberg, James Larson, Brian Bothner, Gregg T. Beckham, John E. McGeehan, Jennifer L. DuBois

Redesigned Hybrid Nylons With Optical Clarity and Chemical Recyclability
Journal of the American Chemical Society
March 15, 2022
Robin M. Cywar, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Heather B. Mayes, Anjani K. Maurya, Christopher J. Tassone, Gregg T. Beckham, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

A Flexible Kinetic Assay Efficiently Sorts Prospective Biocatalysts for PET Plastic Subunit Hydrolysis
RSC Advances
March 14, 2022
Jessica Lusty Beech, Rita Clare, William M. Kincannon, Erika Erickson, John E. McGeehan, Gregg T. Beckham, Jennifer L. DuBois

Closing the “One Monomer–Two Polymers–One Monomer” Loop via Orthogonal (De)polymerization of a Lactone/Olefin Hybrid
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Jan. 27, 2022
Changxia Shi, Ryan W. Clarke, Michael L. McGraw, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

2021

Electrochemical Activation of C−C Bonds Through Mediated Hydrogen Atom Transfer Reactions
ChemSusChem
Dec. 19, 2021
Bing Yan, Changxia Shi, Gregg T. Beckham, Eugene Y.-X. Chen, Yuriy Román-Leshkov

Design Principles for Intrinsically Circular Polymers With Tunable Properties
Chem
Nov. 11, 2021
Changxia Shi, Liam T. Reilly, V. Sai Phani Kumar, Matthew W. Coile, Scott R. Nicholson, Linda J. Broadbelt, Gregg T. Beckham, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Comparative Performance of PETase as a Function of Reaction Conditions, Substrate Properties, and Product Accumulation
ChemSusChem
Sept. 29, 2021
Erika Erickson, Thomas J. Shakespeare, Felicia Bratti, Bonnie L. Buss, Rosie Graham, McKenzie A. Hawkins, Gerhard König, William E Michener, Joel Miscall, Kelsey J. Ramirez, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Michael Zahn, Andrew R. Pickford, John E. McGeehan, Gregg Beckham

Bio-Based Polymers With Performance-Advantaged Properties
Nature Reviews Materials
Sept. 23, 2021
Robin M. Cywar, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Caroline B. Hoyt, Gregg T. Beckham, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Techno-Economic, Life-Cycle, and Socioeconomic Impact Analysis of Enzymatic Recycling of Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate)
Joule
Sept. 15, 2021
Avantika Singh, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Scott R. Nicholson, Erika Erickson, Jason S. DesVeaux, Andre F.T. Avelino, Patrick Lamers, Arpit Bhatt, Yi Min Zhang, Greg Avery, Ling Tao, Andrew R. Pickford, Alberta C. Carpenter, John E. McGeehan, Gregg T. Beckham

Hydrogenolysis of Polypropylene and Mixed Polyolefin Plastic Waste Over Ru/C To Produce Liquid Alkanes
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
July 27, 2021
Julie E. Rorrer, Clara Troyano-Valls, Gregg T. Beckham, and Yuriy Román-Leshkov

Chemical and Biological Catalysis for Plastics Recycling and Upcycling
Nature Catalysis
July 22, 2021
Lucas D. Ellis, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Kevin P. Sullivan, Maike Otto, John E. McGeehan, Yuriy Román-Leshkov, Nick Wierckx, Gregg T. Beckham

Tandem Chemical Deconstruction and Biological Upcycling of Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) to β-Ketoadipic Acid by Pseudomonas putida KT2440
Metabolic Engineering
July 12, 2021
Allison Z. Werner, Rita Clare, Thomas D. Mand, Isabel Pardo, Kelsey J. Ramirez, Stefan J. Haugen, Felicia Bratti, Gara N. Dexter, Joshua R. Elmore, Jay D. Huenemann, George L. Peabody V, Christopher W. Johnson, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Davinia Salvachúa, Adam M. Guss, Gregg T. Beckham

Manufacturing Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated With Plastics Consumption
Joule
March 17, 2021
Scott R. Nicholson, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Alberta C. Carpenter, Gregg T. Beckham

Hybrid Monomer Design for Unifying Conflicting Polymerizability, Recyclability, and Performance Properties
Chem
March 11, 2021
Changxia Shi, Zi-Chen Li, Lucia Caporaso, Luigi Cavallo, Laura Falivene, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Tandem Heterogeneous Catalysis for Polyethylene Depolymerization via an Olefin-Intermediate Process
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Jan. 8, 2021
Lucas D. Ellis, Sara V. Orski, Grace A. Kenlaw, Andrew G. Norman, Kathryn L. Beers, Yuriy Román-Leshkov, Gregg T. Beckham

2020

Conversion of Polyolefin Waste to Liquid Alkanes with Ru-Based Catalysts under Mild Conditions
Journal of the American Chemical Society Au
Dec. 21, 2020
Julie E. Rorrer, Gregg T. Beckham, Yuriy Román-Leshkov

Characterization and Engineering of a Two-Enzyme System for Plastics Depolymerization
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Sept. 28, 2020
Brandon C. Knott, Erika Erickson, Mark D. Allen, Japheth E. Gado, Rosie Graham, Fiona L. Kearns, Isabel Pardo, Ece Topuzlu, Jared J. Anderson, Harry P. Austin, Graham Dominick, Christopher W. Johnson, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Caralyn J. Szostkiewicz, Valérie Copié, Christina M. Payne, H. Lee Woodcock, Bryon S. Donohoe, Gregg T. Beckham, John E. McGeehan

High-Performance Pan-Tactic Polythioesters With Intrinsic Crystallinity and Chemical Recyclability
Science Advances
Aug. 19, 2020
Changxia Shi, Michael L. McGraw, Zi-Chen Li, Luigi Cavallo, Laura Falivene, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

Improving Enzyme Optimum Temperature Prediction With Resampling Strategies and Ensemble Learning
Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling
July 8, 2020
Japheth E. Gado, Gregg T. Beckham, Christina M. Payne

High Chemical Recyclability of Vinyl Lactone Acrylic Bioplastics
Polymer Chemistry
July 1, 2020
Reid A. Gilsdorf, Matthew A. Nicki, Eugene Y.-X. Chen

2019

Combining Reclaimed PET With Bio-based Monomers Enables Plastics Upcycling
Joule
April 17, 2019
Nicholas A. Rorrer, Scott Nicholson, Alberta Carpenter, Mary J. Biddy, Nicholas J. Grundl, Gregg T. Beckham

2018

Characterization and Engineering of a Plastic-Degrading Aromatic Polyesterase
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
April 17, 2018
Harry P. Austin, Mark D. Allen, Bryon S. Donohoe, Nicholas A. Rorrer, Fiona L. Kearns, Rodrigo L. Silveira, Benjamin C. Pollard, Graham Dominick, Ramona Duman, Kamel El Omari, Vitaliy Mykhaylyk, Armin Wagner, William E. Michener, Antonella Amore, Munir S. Skaf, Michael F. Crowley, Alan W. Thorne, Christopher W. Johnson, H. Lee Woodcock, John E. McGeehan, Gregg T. Beckham