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A. Tennakoon X. Wu A. L. Paterson S. Patnaik Y. Pei A.M. LaPointe S. C. Ammal R. A. Hackler A. Heyden I.I. Slowing G. W. Coates M. Delferro B. Peters Wenyu Huang Aaron Sadow Frederic Perras

Catalytic upcycling of high-density polyethylene via a processive mechanism

Nature Catalysis, 2020
F. Zhang M. Zeng R. Yappert J. Sun Y. Lee A. M. LaPointe B. Peters M. M. Abu-Omar S. L. Scott

Polyethylene upcycling to long-chain alkylaromatics by tandem hydrogenolysis/aromatization

Science, 2020
G. Celik R. M. Kennedy R. A. Hackler M. Ferrandon A. Tennakoon S. Patnaik A. M. LaPointe S. C. Ammal A. Heyden Frederic Perras Marek Pruski S. L. Scott K. R. Poeppelmeier Aaron Sadow M. Delferro

Upcycling Single-Use Polyethylene into High-Quality Liquid Products

ACS Central Science, 2019

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