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ADVANCED MATERIALS
卷 35, 期 36, 页码 -出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202302825
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bio-derived materials; carbon dioxide; epoxide; ionomers; lactone; polycarbonate; polyester; ring-opening copolymerization; ring-opening polymerization; thermoplastic elastomers
Using CO2 to make polycarbonates through ROCOP reduces pollution in polymer manufacturing. Recent developments in catalysis allow for the copolymerization with biomass-derived monomers, but the resulting material properties are underinvestigated.
Utilizing carbon dioxide (CO2) to make polycarbonates through the ring-opening copolymerization (ROCOP) of CO2 and epoxides valorizes and recycles CO2 and reduces pollution in polymer manufacturing. Recent developments in catalysis provide access to polycarbonates with well-defined structures and allow for copolymerization with biomass-derived monomers; however, the resulting material properties are underinvestigated. Here, new types of CO2-derived thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) are described together with a generally applicable method to augment tensile mechanical strength and Young's modulus without requiring material re-design. These TPEs combine high glass transition temperature (T-g) amorphous blocks comprising CO2-derived poly(carbonates) (A-block), with low T-g poly(& epsilon;-decalactone), from castor oil, (B-block) in ABA structures. The poly(carbonate) blocks are selectively functionalized with metal-carboxylates where the metals are Na(I), Mg(II), Ca(II), Zn(II) and Al(III). The colorless polymers, featuring <1 wt% metal, show tunable thermal (T-g), and mechanical (elongation at break, elasticity, creep-resistance) properties. The best elastomers show >50-fold higher Young's modulus and 21-times greater tensile strength, without compromise to elastic recovery, compared with the starting block polymers. They have wide operating temperatures (-20 to 200 & DEG;C), high creep-resistance and yet remain recyclable. In the future, these materials may substitute high-volume petrochemical elastomers and be utilized in high-growth fields like medicine, robotics, and electronics.
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