Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 158, Issue -, Pages 1369-1379Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.04.261
Keywords
Bio-based blends; Lignin; Thermoplastic elastomeric polyurethane; Relaxation behavior; Thermal analysis
Funding
- Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad [RTI2018-093711-B-I00]
- BioBased Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union [720707]
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The relaxation behavior of two lignins (Alcell organosolv, OSL, and hydroxypropyl modified Kraft, ML) and biobased thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) blends have been studied by Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Dynamic-mechanical analysis (DMA) and Dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS). The effect of blending on the glass and local relaxation processes as a function of composition, frequency, and temperature has been assessed. The dielectric spectra were resolved into dipolar relaxations as well as conductive processes for differing blend compositions. Characteristic relaxation times, activation energies and dielectric relaxation strengths of lignin/xTPU blends were also investigated. It was found that blending suppresses the alpha-relaxation process of the blends compared to virgin TPU. On the other hand, while the position of the beta-relaxation was not influenced by blending, a reduction of the activation energies, E-a, of this process was observed in the lignin/xTPU blends. Finally, changes are observed in the conductivity behavior of both blends, with conductivity processes more favorable for the OSL/xTPU blends. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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