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Paszkiewicz S, Irska I, Zubkiewicz A, Walkowiak K, Rozwadowski Z, Dryzek J, Linares A, Nogales A, Ezquerra TA. Supramolecular structure, relaxation behavior and free volume of bio-based poly(butylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate)- block-poly(caprolactone) copolyesters. SOFT MATTER 2023; 19:959-972. [PMID: 36633480 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm01359b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
In the present study, a fully plant-based sustainable copolyester series, namely poly(butylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate)-block-poly(caprolactone)s (PBF-block-PCL)s were successfully synthesized by melt polycondensation combining butylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate with polycaprolactone diol (PCL) at different weight ratios. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) showed that only PBF underwent melting, crystallization from the melt, and cold crystallization. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) revealed outstanding thermal stability, exceeding 305 °C, with further improvement in thermal and thermo-oxidative stability with increasing PCL content. Broadband dielectric spectroscopy (BDS) revealed that at low temperatures, below the glass transition (Tg) all copolyesters exhibited two relaxation processes (β1 and β2), whereas the homopolymer PBF exhibited a single β-relaxation, which is associated with local dynamics of the different chemical bonds present in the polymer chain. Additionally, it was proved that an increase in PCL content affected the dynamics of the chain making it more flexible, thus providing an increase in the value of the room temperature free volume fractions (fv) and the value of elongation at break. These effects are accompanied by a decrease in hardness, Young's modulus, and tensile strength. The described synthesis enables a facile approach to obtain novel fully multiblock biobased copolyesters based on PBF and PCL polyesters with potential industrial implementation capabilities.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sandra Paszkiewicz
- Department of Materials Technologies, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Al. Piastow 19, PL-70310 Szczecin, Poland.
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- Department of Materials Technologies, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Al. Piastow 19, PL-70310 Szczecin, Poland.
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- Department of Physics, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Al. Piastow 48, PL-70311 Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Materials Technologies, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Al. Piastow 19, PL-70310 Szczecin, Poland.
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Al. Piastów 42, PL-71065 Szczecin, Poland
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics PAS, ul. Radzikowskiego 152, PL-31342 Cracow, Poland
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, IEM-CSIC, Serrano 121, Madrid 28006, Spain
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, IEM-CSIC, Serrano 121, Madrid 28006, Spain
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- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, IEM-CSIC, Serrano 121, Madrid 28006, Spain
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Sun J, Huang Y, Jin Y, Tian H, Men S. Improvement of mechanical properties and heat distortion temperature of polylactic acid by highly aromatic hyperbranched polyamide. J Appl Polym Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/app.52738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jianjian Sun
- School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering Beijing Technology and Business University Beijing People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Quality Evaluation Technology for Hygiene and Safety of Plastics Beijing Technology and Business University Beijing People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering Beijing Technology and Business University Beijing People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Quality Evaluation Technology for Hygiene and Safety of Plastics Beijing Technology and Business University Beijing People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering Beijing Technology and Business University Beijing People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Quality Evaluation Technology for Hygiene and Safety of Plastics Beijing Technology and Business University Beijing People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Engineering Beijing Technology and Business University Beijing People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Quality Evaluation Technology for Hygiene and Safety of Plastics Beijing Technology and Business University Beijing People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Quality Evaluation Technology for Hygiene and Safety of Plastics Beijing Technology and Business University Beijing People's Republic of China
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P. Rosa R, V. Ferreira F, M.F. Lona L. Modeling of Ring Opening Polymerization: A short review with insights on how to develop the method of moments. Chem Eng Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.116934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Relaxation behaviour and free volume of bio-based Poly(trimethylene terephthalate)-block-poly(caprolactone) copolymers as revealed by Broadband Dielectric and Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopies. POLYMER 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2021.123949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Paszkiewicz S, Irska I, Zubkiewicz A, Szymczyk A, Piesowicz E, Rozwadowski Z, Goracy K. Biobased Thermoplastic Elastomers: Structure-Property Relationship of Poly(hexamethylene 2,5-furanodicarboxylate)-Block-Poly(tetrahydrofuran) Copolymers Prepared by Melt Polycondensation. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:397. [PMID: 33513765 PMCID: PMC7865897 DOI: 10.3390/polym13030397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2020] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A series of poly(hexamethylene 2,5-furanodicarboxylate)-block-poly(tetrahydrofuran) (PHF-b-F-pTHF) copolymers were synthesized using a two-stage procedure, employing transesterification and polycondensation. The content of pTHF flexible segments varied from 25 to 75 wt.%. 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analyses were applied to confirm the molecular structure of the materials. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), dynamic mechanical measurements (DMTA), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) allowed characterizing the supramolecular structure of the synthesized copolymers. SEM analysis was applied to show the differences in the block copolymers' morphologies concerning their chemical structure. The influence of the number of flexible segments in the copolymers on the phase transition temperatures, thermal properties, as well as the thermo-oxidative and thermal stability was analyzed. TGA analysis, along with tensile tests (static and cyclic), confirmed the utilitarian performance of the synthesized bio-based materials. It was found that an increase in the amount of pTHF caused the increase of both number-average and weight-average molecular weights and intrinsic viscosities, and at the same time causing the shift of the values of phase transition temperatures toward lower ones. Besides, PHF-b-F-pTHF containing 75 wt.% of F-pTHF units was proved to be a promising thermoplastic shape memory polymer (SMP) with a switching temperature of 20 °C.
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- Sandra Paszkiewicz
- Department of Materials Technologies, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Al. Piastów 19, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland; (I.I.); (E.P.)
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- Department of Materials Technologies, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Al. Piastów 19, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland; (I.I.); (E.P.)
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- Department of Technical Physics, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Al. Piastów 48, 70-311 Szczecin, Poland; (A.Z.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Technical Physics, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Al. Piastów 48, 70-311 Szczecin, Poland; (A.Z.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Materials Technologies, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Al. Piastów 19, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland; (I.I.); (E.P.)
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Al. Piastów 42, 71-065 Szczecin, Poland;
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- Department of Polymers and Biomaterials Science, Nanotechnology Center for Research and Education, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Al. Piastów 45, 71-311 Szczecin, Poland;
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Asandulesa M, Kostromin S, Podshivalov A, Tameev A, Bronnikov S. Relaxation processes in a polymer composite for bulk heterojunction: A dielectric spectroscopy study. POLYMER 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2020.122785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Napolitano S. Topical Issue on Dielectric Spectroscopy Applied to Soft Matter. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2020; 43:4. [PMID: 31974681 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2020-11929-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Simone Napolitano
- Laboratory of Polymer and Soft Matter Dynamics, Experimental Soft Matter and Thermal Physics, Faculté des Sciences, Université libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard du Triomphe, 1050, Bruxelles, Belgium
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