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UV-blocking synthetic biopolymer from biomass-based bifuran diester and ethylene glycol |
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| Author: | Kainulainen, Tuomo P.1; Sirviö, Juho A.2; Sethi, Jatin2; |
| Organizations: |
1Research Unit of Sustainable Chemistry, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 3000, FI-90014 Oulu, Finland 2Fibre and Particle Engineering Research Unit, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 4300, FI-90014 Oulu, Finland 3Laboratory of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 541, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland |
| Format: | article |
| Version: | accepted version |
| Access: | embargoed |
| Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe201803146014 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
American Chemical Society,
2018
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| Publish Date: | 2019-02-21 |
| Description: |
AbstractA furan-based synthetic biopolymer composed of a bifuran monomer and ethylene glycol was synthesized through melt polycondensation, and the resulting polyester was found to have promising thermal and mechanical properties. The bifuran monomer, dimethyl 2,2′-bifuran-5,5′-dicarboxylate, was prepared using a palladium-catalyzed, phosphine ligand-free direct coupling protocol. A titanium-catalyzed polycondensation procedure was found effective at polymerizing the bifuran monomer with ethylene glycol. The prepared bifuran polyester exhibited several intriguing properties including high tensile modulus. In addition, the bifuran monomer furnished the polyester with a relatively high glass transition temperature. Films prepared from the new polyester also had excellent oxygen and water barrier properties, which were found to be superior to those of poly(ethylene terephthalate). Moreover, the novel polyester also has good ultraviolet radiation blocking properties. see all
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| Series: |
Macromolecules |
| ISSN: | 0024-9297 |
| ISSN-E: | 1520-5835 |
| ISSN-L: | 0024-9297 |
| Volume: | 51 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Pages: | 1822 - 1829 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02457 |
| OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02457 |
| Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
| Field of Science: |
116 Chemical sciences |
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| Funding: |
The authors acknowledge the EU/European Regional Development Fund, leverage from the EU program (project number A71029) for financial support. The Alfred Kordelin Foundation and Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation are acknowledged for funding of the project. |
| Dataset Reference: |
The Supporting Information is available free of charge on the ACS Publications website at DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02457. |
| Copyright information: |
This document is the unedited Author’s version of a Submitted Work that was subsequently accepted for publication in Macromolecules, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review. To access the final edited and published work see http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02457. |