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Sophie M. Guillaume

Sophie M. Guillaume

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Materials Science

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46
Citations
6472
World Ranking
11548
National Ranking
352

Chemistry

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46
Citations
6514
World Ranking
16173
National Ranking
701

Overview

Sophie M. Guillaume is affiliated with the University of Rennes in France and focuses their research on materials science and medicine, with significant contributions in biomaterials, organic chemistry, and process chemistry and technology. Their work spans a variety of subfields including polymers and plastics as well as obstetrics and gynecology.

The main research topics explored by Guillaume involve biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, maternal and perinatal health interventions, synthetic organic chemistry methods, polymer nanocomposites and properties, and organometallic complex synthesis and catalysis.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Guillaume include:

  • Jean-François Carpentier
  • Rama M. Shakaroun
  • Ali Alaaeddine
  • Ali Dhaini
  • Karine Petitprez

Guillaume has published multiple times in specialized venues, with the most common publication outlets being:

  • Polymer Chemistry
  • ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • Journal of Applied Polymer Science
  • Gynécologie Obstétrique Fertilité & Sénologie
  • The Journal of Sexual Medicine

Significant recent publications by Sophie M. Guillaume include:

  • "Sustainable and degradable plastics," 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • "Tacticity Control of Cyclic Poly(3-Thiobutyrate) Prepared by Ring-Opening Polymerization of Racemic β-Thiobutyrolactone," 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Recent advances in polyhydroxyalkanoates degradation and chemical recycling," 2023, Progress in Polymer Science
  • "Polythioesters Prepared by Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Thioesters and Related Monomers," 2022, Chemistry - An Asian Journal
  • "Ring-opening (co)polymerization of six-membered substituted δ-valerolactones with alkali metal alkoxides," 2020, European Polymer Journal

Best Publications

  • Metal-catalyzed immortal ring-opening polymerization of lactones, lactides and cyclic carbonates.

    Noureddine Ajellal;Jean-François Carpentier;Clémence Guillaume;Sophie M. Guillaume

  • Beyond Stereoselectivity, Switchable Catalysis: Some of the Last Frontier Challenges in Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters

    Sophie M. Guillaume;Evgueni Kirillov;Yann Sarazin;Jean-François Carpentier

  • Polymerization of ∊-Caprolactone Initiated by Nd(BH4)3(THF)3: Synthesis of Hydroxytelechelic Poly(∊-caprolactone)

    Sophie M. Guillaume;Michèle Schappacher;Alain Soum

  • Organocatalysts for the Controlled “Immortal” Ring-Opening Polymerization of Six-Membered-Ring Cyclic Carbonates: A Metal-Free, Green Process

    Marion Helou;Olivier Miserque;Jean-Michel Brusson;Jean-François Carpentier

  • Unprecedented Polymerization of Trimethylene Carbonate Initiated by a Samarium Borohydride Complex: Mechanistic Insights and Copolymerization with ε-Caprolactone

    Isabelle Palard;Michèle Schappacher;Benjamine Belloncle;Alain Soum

  • Unprecedented Polymerization of ε‐Caprolactone Initiated by a Single‐Site Lanthanide Borohydride Complex, [Sm(η‐C5Me5)2(BH4)(thf)]: Mechanistic Insights

    Isabelle Palard;Alain Soum;Sophie M. Guillaume

  • Poly(carbonate-urethane): an isocyanate-free procedure from α,ω-di(cyclic carbonate) telechelic poly(trimethylene carbonate)s

    Marion Helou;Jean-François Carpentier;Sophie M. Guillaume

  • Rare earth metal tris(borohydride) complexes as initiators for e-caprolactone polymerization : General features and IR investigations of the process

    Isabelle Palard;and Alain Soum;Sophie M. Guillaume

  • Sustained delivery of doxorubicin from thermogelling poly(PEG/PPG/PTMC urethane)s for effective eradication of cancer cells

    Xian Jun Loh;William Guerin;Sophie M. Guillaume

  • Recent advances in metallo/organo-catalyzed immortal ring-opening polymerization of cyclic carbonates

    Sophie M. Guillaume;Jean-François Carpentier

  • Ultraproductive, zinc-mediated, immortal ring-opening polymerization of trimethylene carbonate.

    Marion Helou;Olivier Miserque;Jean-Michel Brusson;Jean-François Carpentier

  • Recent Advances in Metal-Mediated Stereoselective Ring-Opening Polymerization of Functional Cyclic Esters towards Well-Defined Poly(hydroxy acid)s: From Stereoselectivity to Sequence-Control

    Hui Li;Rama M. Shakaroun;Sophie M. Guillaume;Jean‐François Carpentier

  • Enantiopure Isotactic PCHC Synthesized by Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclohexene Carbonate

    William Guerin;Abdou Khadri Diallo;Evgueni Kirilov;Marion Helou

  • Biodegradable Polycarbonate-b-polypeptide and Polyester-b-polypeptide Block Copolymers: Synthesis and Nanoparticle Formation Towards Biomaterials

    Maude Le Hellaye;Nicolas Fortin;Julien Guilloteau;Alain Soum

  • In Situ Formation of Bis(phosphinimino)methanide Rare Earth Alkoxide Initiators for the Ring-Opening Polymerization of ε-Caprolactone

    Michael T. Gamer;Peter W. Roesky;Isabelle Palard;Maude Le Hellaye

  • Advances in drug delivery systems based on synthetic poly(hydroxybutyrate) (co)polymers

    Ghislaine Barouti;Cédric G. Jaffredo;Sophie M. Guillaume

  • α,ω-Di(glycerol carbonate) telechelic polyesters and polyolefins as precursors to polyhydroxyurethanes: an isocyanate-free approach

    Liana Annunziata;Abdou K. Diallo;Stéphane Fouquay;Guillaume Michaud

  • From Syndiotactic Homopolymers to Chemically Tunable Alternating Copolymers: Highly Active Yttrium Complexes for Stereoselective Ring‐Opening Polymerization of β‐Malolactonates

    Cédric G. Jaffredo;Yulia Chapurina;Sophie M. Guillaume;Jean-François Carpentier

  • Ring‐opening polymerization of ε‐caprolactone initiated by rare earth alkoxides and borohydrides: a comparative study

    Isabelle Palard;Michèle Schappacher;Alain Soum;Sophie M Guillaume

  • A DFT Study of the Mechanism of Polymerization of ε‐Caprolactone Initiated by Organolanthanide Borohydride Complexes

    Noémi Barros;Philip Mountford;Sophie M. Guillaume;Laurent Maron

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-François Carpentier
Jean-François Carpentier University of Rennes
Peter W. Roesky
Peter W. Roesky Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Laurent Maron
Laurent Maron Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Alexander A. Trifonov
Alexander A. Trifonov Russian Academy of Sciences
Didier Bourissou
Didier Bourissou Paul Sabatier University
Alexander Steinbüchel
Alexander Steinbüchel University of Münster
Xian Jun Loh
Xian Jun Loh Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Christophe M. Thomas
Christophe M. Thomas Chimie ParisTech
Henri Cramail
Henri Cramail University of Bordeaux
Sylvain Caillol
Sylvain Caillol Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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