Sun, Yiqi published the artcileGrafting Lignin with Bioderived Polyacrylates for Low-Cost, Ductile, and Fully Biobased Poly(lactic acid) Composites, Formula: C16H30O2, the main research area is lignin bioderived polyacrylate graft toughening agent polylactic acid composite.
It has been always attractive to design low-cost, ductile, and fully biobased polylactic acid (PLA) composites based on industrial waste lignin for promoting its practical applications in the industry. Unfortunately, existing material strategies often lead to poor processability and low ductility because of weak interfaces between lignin and PLA. Herein, we report a fully biobased functionalized lignin (Lig-g-P(LMA-co-THFMA), or Mlignin) by chem. grafting two bioderived monomers, lauryl methacrylate (LMA), and tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate (THFMA) via free-radical polymerization Mlignin exhibits moderately lower melt viscosity and improved formability with PLA as compared with pristine lignin due to better interfacial combability. Because of improved interfacial adhesion, Mlignin is capable of uniformly dispersing within the PLA matrix in a submicron phase size, leading to a “”sea-island”” structure. As a result, the addition of 20 wt % Mlignin increases the ductility by 16 folds (from 12 to 204%) and the toughness by â?1 folds from 4.4 to 54.6 MJ m-3 relative to the PLA matrix. Meanwhile, the PLA/20% Mlignin composite retains a tensile strength of 40.9 MPa. Such largely enhanced ductility and toughness of PLA is mainly attributed to the deformation of Mlignin that can dissipate the fracture energy during the tension process. This work not only offers a simple route to converting industrial waste lignin into value-added biobased fillers for polymers and but also provides a new approach for developing low-cost, ductile, and fully sustainable PLA to further its industrial applications. A new class of fully biobased lignin-derived toughening agents has been developed by graft copolymerization and demonstrated an excellent toughening effect on PLA.
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering published new progress about Biocomposites. 142-90-5 belongs to class esters-buliding-blocks, name is Dodecyl 2-methylacrylate, and the molecular formula is C16H30O2, Formula: C16H30O2.
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