2025 - Present

Heterodinuclear Co(III)Na(I) Catalysts for the Ring-Opening Copolymerization of Propene Oxide and Carbon Dioxide

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F. Butler, F. Fiorentini, K. H. S. Eisenhardt, C. K. Williams, Macromolecules 2025, 10.1021/acs.macromol.5c01529

The Science of Polymer Chemical Recycling Catalysis: Uncovering Kinetic and Thermodynamic Linear Free Energy Relationships

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T. M. McGuire, D. Ning, A. Buchard, C. K. Williams, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 10.1021/jacs.5c04603

Recyclable Li-Metal Battery Electrolytes via In Situ Cyclic Carbonate Polymerization

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H. Gao, V. Riesgo-Gonzalez, J. R. Runge, K. Yiamsawat, D. Spencer-Jolly, T. M. McGuire, G. J. Rees, X. Gao, B. Hu, S. Zhang, L. Wang, P. G. Bruce, G. L. Gregory, C. K. Williams, Adv. Sci. 2025, e04206


High-Performance Recyclable Polyester Elastomers Through Transient Strain-Stiffening

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C. Gao, K. C. Poon, M. Concilio, T. Zinn, G. L. Gregory, C. K. Williams, Adv. Mater. 2025, 2416674


Using Differential Scanning Calorimetry to Accelerate Polymerization Catalysis: A Toolkit for Miniaturized and Automated Kinetics Measurements

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T. M. McGuire, D. Ning, C. K. Williams, ACS Catal. 2025, 15, 6760–6771


Controlled Catalysis Delivering High Molecular Weight Polyesters as Recyclable Alternatives to Polystyrenes

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N. Jannsen, K. C. Poon, A. C. Craze, C. Gao, C. K. Williams, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, e202505070


From Polymers to Rings and Back Again: Chemical Recycling of Polyesters to Macrolactones

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M. L. Smith, T. M. McGuire, R. W.F. Kerr, and C. K. Williams, Angew. Chem. Int. 2025, 10.1002/anie.202423478

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Precise Carboxylic Acid-Functionalized Polyesters in Reprocessable Vitrimers

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M. Concilio, G. S. Sulley, F. Vidal, S. Brown, and C. K. Williams, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 10.1021/jacs.4c14032


Structure-Activity Relationships for s-Block Metal/Co(III) Heterodinuclear Catalysts in Cyclohexene Oxide Ring-Opening Copolymerizations

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