期刊
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
卷 6, 期 2, 页码 1650-1661出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b02866
关键词
Biomass; Green composites; PLA; Blends; Graft copolymers; Lignin; Cyclic polymers; Star polymers; Rheology
资金
- NSERC Engage Grant
- Polymer Research Corp.
Despite numerous accounts of biobased composite materials through blending and copolymerization of lignin and other polymers, there are no systematic studies connecting the synthetic methodology, molecular structure, and polymer topology with the rheological properties of these materials. In this report lignin-graft-poly(lactide) copolymers are synthesized via three routes (indium and organocatalyzed graft-from methods as well as a graft-to method) and the resulting reaction products (shown to include linear PLAs, cyclic PLAs, and star-shaped lignin-graft-PLA copolymers) are investigated using chemical and rheological methods. The topology of the products of the graft-from methods is affected by the initial lignin concentration; polymerizations with low lignin loading generate cyclic PLAs, which can be identified by 10-fold lower viscosities compared to linear PLAs of the same molecular weight. Under higher lignin loadings, star-shaped lignin-graft-PLA copolymers are formed which show viscosities 2 orders of magnitude lower than those of comparable linear PLAs. Rheological studies show that cyclic PLAs lack a well-defined rubber plateau, whereas star-shaped lignin-graft-PLAs lack a significant G' to G cross-over. The rheological results coupled with thermogravimetric analysis give an indication to the structure of star-shaped lignin-graft-PLA copolymers, which are estimated to contain a small lignin core surrounded by PLA segments with molecular weights from 2.0 to 20 kg mol(-1).
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