Publications

2026

1. Journal Article

   Thermodynamics of Ring-Opening Polymerisation Informatics Collection (TROPIC): a database to enable polymer chemical recycling

   RMR Reese, AM Ganose, and C Romain

   Faraday Discuss., 2026

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2. Journal Article

   Do Amino-Oxetanes Resemble Amides? A Matched Molecular Pairs Property and Structural Comparison

   Hikaru Ishikura, Callum S Begg, Juan J Rojas, and 7 more authors

   J. Med. Chem., 2026

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2025

1. Journal Article

   Substrate-Controlled Divergent Syntheses of Polycyclic Tetrahydropyrimidin-4-ones and 1,3-Oxazinane-4,6-diones from Dihydroisoquinolines and Meldrum’s Acid

   M. Hoole, Z. Long, A. Deboes, and 3 more authors

   J. Org. Chem., 2025

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2. Journal Article

   A pinch of silver salt to enable lactide ring-opening polymerisation at room temperature using Ti-salen complexes

   J. Koh, C. A. Baker, M. N. Diamantakis, and 2 more authors

   Polym. Chem., 2025

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3. Journal Article

   Breakthroughs toward sustainable polymers

   Yutan DYL Getzler, Emily C Davidson, John F Hartwig, and 7 more authors

   One Earth, 2025

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4. Journal Article

   35 (+ 1) challenges in materials science being tackled by PIs under 35 (ish) in 2025

   Aisha N Bismillah, Alessandro Bismuto, Anna Blakney, and 8 more authors

   Matter, 2025

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2022

1. Journal Article

   CHAMP is a HPC Access and Metadata Portal

   Christopher Cave-Ayland, Michael Bearpark, Charles Romain, and 1 more author

   J. Open Source Softw., 2022

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2021

1. Journal Article

   Cation-pi interactions enabling hard/soft Ti/Ag heterobimetallic cooperativity in lactide ring-opening polymerisation

   C. A. Baker, C. Romain, and N. J. Long

   Chem. Commun., 2021

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2. Journal Article

   Chirality-Induced Catalyst Aggregation: Insights into Catalyst Speciation and Activity Using Chiral Aluminum Catalysts in Cyclic Ester Ring-Opening Polymerization

   S. Gesslbauer, G. Hutchinson, A. J. P. White, and 2 more authors

   ACS Catal., 2021

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2020

1. Journal Article

   Recent progress on NHC-stabilized early transition metal (group 3-7) complexes: Synthesis and applications

   C. Romain, S. Bellemin-Laponnaz, and S. Dagorne

   Coord. Chem. Rev., 2020

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2. Patent

   Method and catalyst system for preparing polymers and block copolymers

   Charlotte K. Williams, Charles Romain, and Michael Kember

   2020

2019

1. Journal Article

   Workflows Allowing Creation of Journal Article Supporting Information and Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR)-Enabled Publication of Spectroscopic Data

   A. Barba, S. Dominguez, C. Cobas, and 4 more authors

   ACS Omega, 2019

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2. Journal Article

   Design, Synthesis, and Conformational Analysis of Oligobenzanilides as Multifacial alpha-Helix Mimetics

   T. Flack, C. Romain, A. J. P. White, and 2 more authors

   Org. Lett., 2019

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3. Journal Article

   Exploiting Noncovalent Interactions for Room Temperature Heteroselective Lactide Polymerization Using Aluminum Catalysts

   S. Gesslbauer, R. Savela, Y. Chen, and 2 more authors

   ACS Catal., 2019

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4. Journal Article

   Gem-dialkyl effect in diphosphine ligands: Synthesis, coordination behavior, and application in pd-catalyzed hydroformylation

   Dillon WP Tay, James D Nobbs, Charles Romain, and 4 more authors

   ACS Catal., 2019

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5. Journal Article

   From Lignin to Chemicals: Hydrogenation of Lignin Models and Mechanistic Insights into Hydrodeoxygenation via Low-Temperature C-O Bond Cleavage

   C. E. J. J. Vriamont, T. Y. Chen, C. Romain, and 6 more authors

   ACS Catal., 2019

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2018

1. Journal Article

   Highly active aluminium catalysts for room temperature ring-opening polymerisation of rac-lactide

   S. Gesslbauer, H. Cheek, A. J. P. White, and 1 more author

   Dalton Trans., 2018

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2. Patent

   Method and catalyst system for preparing polymers and block copolymers

   Charlotte K. Williams, Charles Romain, and Michael Kember

   2018

2017

1. Journal Article

   Di-Zinc-Aryl Complexes: CO(2) Insertions and Applications in Polymerisation Catalysis

   C. Romain, J. A. Garden, G. Trott, and 3 more authors

   Chem. Eur. J., 2017

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2016

1. Book Chapter

   Polymerization Catalysis by Metal Phenolates

   Samuel Dagorne and Charles Romain

   In PATAI’S Chemistry of Functional Groups, 2016

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2. Journal Article

   Techno-economic assessment of the production of phthalic anhydride from corn stover

   S. Giarola, C. Romain, C. K. Williams, and 2 more authors

   Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 2016

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3. Journal Article

   Chemoselective Polymerizations from Mixtures of Epoxide, Lactone, Anhydride, and Carbon Dioxide

   C. Romain, Y. Zhu, P. Dingwall, and 4 more authors

   J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2016

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   Controlling polymer composition starting from mixtures of monomers is an important, but rarely achieved, target. Here a single switchable catalyst for both ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of lactones and ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of epoxides, anhydrides, and CO2 is investigated, using both experimental and theoretical methods. Different combinations of four model monomers-epsilon-caprolactone, cyclohexene oxide, phthalic anhydride, and carbon dioxide-are investigated using a single dizinc catalyst. The catalyst switches between the distinct polymerization cycles and shows high monomer selectivity, resulting in block sequence control and predictable compositions (esters and carbonates) in the polymer chain. The understanding gained of the orthogonal reactivity of monomers, specifically controlled by the nature of the metal-chain end group, opens the way to engineer polymer block sequences.

4. Journal Article

   Dizinc Lactide Polymerization Catalysts: Hyperactivity by Control of Ligand Conformation and Metallic Cooperativity

   A. Thevenon, C. Romain, M. S. Bennington, and 4 more authors

   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016

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5. Patent

   Catalyst

   Charlotte Williams, Prabhjot Saini, Charles Romain, and 1 more author

   2016
6. Journal Article

   Sustainable polymers from renewable resources

   Y. Zhu, C. Romain, and C. K. Williams

   Nature, 2016

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2015

1. Book Chapter

   Production of phthalic anhydride from biorenewables: process design

   Sara Giarola, Charles Romain, Charlotte K Williams, and 2 more authors

   In Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 2015

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2. Journal Article

   Sequence Selective Polymerization Catalysis: A New Route to ABA Block Copoly(ester- -carbonate- -ester)

   S. Paul, C. Romain, J. Shaw, and 1 more author

   Macromolecules, 2015

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3. Journal Article

   Ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP): synthesis and properties of polyesters and polycarbonates

   S. Paul, Y. Zhu, C. Romain, and 3 more authors

   Chem. Commun., 2015

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4. Journal Article

   Macrocyclic Dizinc(II) Alkyl and Alkoxide Complexes: Reversible CO2 Uptake and Polymerization Catalysis Testing

   C. Romain, M. S. Bennington, A. J. White, and 2 more authors

   Inorg. Chem., 2015

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5. Journal Article

   Unusual Benzyl Migration Reactivity in NHC-Bearing Group 4 Metal Chelates: Synthesis, Characterization, and Mechanistic Investigations

   C. Romain, D. Specklin, K. Miqueu, and 4 more authors

   Organometallics, 2015

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6. Book Chapter

   Dinuclear metal complex-mediated formation of CO2-based polycarbonates

   Charles Romain, Arnaud Thevenon, Prabhjot K Saini, and 1 more author

   In Carbon Dioxide and Organometallics, 2015

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7. Book Chapter

   Combining sustainable polymerization routes for the preparation of polyesters, polycarbonates, and copolymers

   Charles Romain and Charlotte K Williams

   In Green Polymer Chemistry: Biobased Materials and Biocatalysis, 2015

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8. Journal Article

   Renewable polycarbonates and polyesters from 1,4-cyclohexadiene

   M. Winkler, C. Romain, M. A. R. Meier, and 1 more author

   Green Chem., 2015

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9. Journal Article

   Selective polymerization catalysis: controlling the metal chain end group to prepare block copolyesters

   Y. Zhu, C. Romain, and C. K. Williams

   J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015

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10. Journal Article

    Influences of a Dizinc Catalyst and Bifunctional Chain Transfer Agents on the Polymer Architecture in the Ring-Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone

    Y. Q. Zhu, C. Romain, V. Poirier, and 1 more author

    Macromolecules, 2015

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2014

1. Journal Article

   Redox and luminescent properties of robust and air-stable N-heterocyclic carbene group 4 metal complexes

   C. Romain, S. Choua, J. P. Collin, and 5 more authors

   Inorg. Chem., 2014

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2. Journal Article

   NHC Bis-Phenolate Aluminum Chelates: Synthesis, Structure, and Use in Lactide and Trimethylene Carbonate Polymerization

   C. Romain, C. Fliedel, S. Bellemin-Laponnaz, and 1 more author

   Organometallics, 2014

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3. Journal Article

   Chemoselective polymerization control: from mixed-monomer feedstock to copolymers

   D. C. Romain and C. K. Williams

   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2014

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4. Journal Article

   Dinuclear metal catalysts: improved performance of heterodinuclear mixed catalysts for CO(2)-epoxide copolymerization

   P. K. Saini, C. Romain, and C. K. Williams

   Chem. Commun., 2014

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5. Journal Article

   Di-magnesium and zinc catalysts for the copolymerization of phthalic anhydride and cyclohexene oxide

   P. K. Saini, C. Romain, Y. Q. Zhu, and 1 more author

   Polym. Chem., 2014

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2013

1. Journal Article

   Neutral and Cationic N-Heterocyclic Carbene Zirconium and Hafnium Benzyl Complexes: Highly Regioselective Oligomerization of 1-Hexene with a Preference for Trimer Formation

   S. Dagorne, S. Bellemin-Laponnaz, and C. Romain

   Organometallics, 2013

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2. Patent

   N-heterocyclic carbene based zirconium complexes for use in lactones ring opening polymerization

   Pascal Steffanut, Charles Romain, Samuel Dagorne, and 1 more author

   2013

2012

1. Journal Article

   A robust zirconium N-heterocyclic carbene complex for the living and highly stereoselective ring-opening polymerization of rac-lactide

   C. Romain, B. Heinrich, S. B. Laponnaz, and 1 more author

   Chem. Commun., 2012

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2. Journal Article

   Highly active zinc alkyl cations for the controlled and immortal ring-opening polymerization of epsilon-caprolactone

   C. Romain, V. Rosa, C. Fliedel, and 5 more authors

   Dalton Trans., 2012

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2011

1. Thesis

   N-heterocyclic carbene group 4 metal complexes: synthesis, characterization and applications to the ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters and carbonates

   Charles Romain

   Strasbourg, 2011

2010

1. Journal Article

   Synthesis and Structural Characterization of a Novel Family of Titanium Complexes Bearing a Tridentate Bis-phenolate-N-heterocyclic Carbene Dianionic Ligand and Their Use in the Controlled ROP of -Lactide

   C. Romain, L. Brelot, S. Bellemin-Laponnaz, and 1 more author

   Organometallics, 2010

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2. Journal Article

   New Dipyridylamine Ruthenium Complexes for Transfer Hydrogenation of Aryl Ketones in Water

   C. Romain, S. Gaillard, M. K. Elmkaddem, and 4 more authors

   Organometallics, 2010

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3. Journal Article

   Non-innocent behavior of a tridentate NHC chelating ligand coordinated onto a zirconium(IV) center

   C. Romain, K. Miqueu, J. M. Sotiropoulos, and 2 more authors

   Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2010

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