One‐Step Synthesis of Lignin‐Based Triblock Copolymers as High‐Temperature and UV‐Blocking Thermoplastic Elastomers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Wan ◽  
Jianghua He ◽  
Yuetao Zhang ◽  
Eugene Y.-X. Chen
Life ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Lamya Zahir ◽  
Takumitsu Kida ◽  
Ryo Tanaka ◽  
Yuushou Nakayama ◽  
Takeshi Shiono ◽  
...  

An innovative type of biodegradable thermoplastic elastomers with improved mechanical properties from very common and potentially renewable sources, poly(L-lactide)-b-poly(2-methyl-1,3-propylene glutarate)-b-poly(L-lactide) (PLA-b-PMPG-b-PLA)s, has been developed for the first time. PLA-b-PMPG-b-PLAs were synthesized by polycondensation of 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol and glutaric acid and successive ring-opening polymerization of L-lactide, where PMPG is an amorphous central block with low glass transition temperature and PLA is hard semicrystalline terminal blocks. The copolymers showed glass transition temperature at lower than −40 °C and melting temperature at 130–152 °C. The tensile tests of these copolymers were also performed to evaluate their mechanical properties. The degradation of the copolymers and PMPG by enzymes proteinase K and lipase PS were investigated. Microbial biodegradation in seawater was also performed at 27 °C. The triblock copolymers and PMPG homopolymer were found to show 9–15% biodegradation within 28 days, representing their relatively high biodegradability in seawater. The macromolecular structure of the triblock copolymers of PLA and PMPG can be controlled to tune their mechanical and biodegradation properties, demonstrating their potential use in various applications.


2020 ◽  
pp. 128346
Author(s):  
Yuandong Yang ◽  
Shun Yao ◽  
Yingchao Hu ◽  
Jian Sun ◽  
Qiuwan Li ◽  
...  

1989 ◽  
Vol 169 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Gélinas ◽  
B. Champagne

The fabrication of bulk YBa2Cu307-x/metal composite superconductors is not easy because of the oxygen-temperature dependence of the YBa2Cu307-x phase (the socalled 123 phase). A loss of oxygen occurs during consolidation of these composites at high temperature and it is almost impossible to diffuse oxygen through the metallic envelope into the densified compound to restore the required oxygen content for superconductivity above 77K. To overcome this drawback, a one-step synthesis and consolidation process was used to produce YBa2Cu4O8/ nickel composites. The superconductive 124 phase has a more stable oxygen stoichiometry [1] and is synthesized under a high oxygen pressure at high temperature.


2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (13) ◽  
pp. 5297-5307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingchen Jia ◽  
Dongyue Zhang ◽  
Gijs W. de Kort ◽  
Carolus H. R. M. Wilsens ◽  
Sanjay Rastogi ◽  
...  

Materials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florent Bourquard ◽  
Yannick Bleu ◽  
Anne-Sophie Loir ◽  
Borja Caja-Munoz ◽  
José Avila ◽  
...  

Graphene-based materials are widely studied to enable significant improvements in electroanalytical devices requiring new generations of robust, sensitive and low-cost electrodes. In this paper, we present a direct one-step route to synthetize a functional nitrogen-doped graphene film onto a Ni-covered silicon electrode substrate heated at high temperature, by pulsed laser deposition of carbon in the presence of a surrounding nitrogen atmosphere, with no post-deposition transfer of the film. With the ferrocene methanol system, the functionalized electrode exhibits excellent reversibility, close to the theoretical value of 59 mV, and very high sensitivity to hydrogen peroxide oxidation. Our electroanalytical results were correlated with the composition and nanoarchitecture of the N-doped graphene film containing 1.75 at % of nitrogen and identified as a few-layer defected and textured graphene film containing a balanced mixture of graphitic-N and pyrrolic-N chemical functions. The absence of nitrogen dopant in the graphene film considerably degraded some electroanalytical performances. Heat treatment extended beyond the high temperature graphene synthesis did not significantly improve any of the performances. This work contributes to a better understanding of the electrochemical mechanisms of doped graphene-based electrodes obtained by a direct and controlled synthesis process.


2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (80) ◽  
pp. 12028-12031 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoyan Gao ◽  
Siguo Chen ◽  
Jianghai Deng ◽  
Shumaila Ibraheem ◽  
Jia Li ◽  
...  

Herein, we present a high-temperature self-assembly strategy that directly allows the transformation of adsorbed Pt(NH3)42+ and Fe3+ sources into structurally ordered face-centered tetragonal (fct)-PtFe alloy NPs (2.6 ± 0.2 nm).


RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (19) ◽  
pp. 10508-10519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiezheng Hu ◽  
Yonggao Yan ◽  
Si Wang ◽  
Xianli Su ◽  
Wei Liu ◽  
...  

Cu2Se is a promising material for thermoelectric energy conversion. Fully dense single-phase bulk Cu2Se was prepared by the combination of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis with in situ quick pressing for the first time.


2019 ◽  
Vol 116 (2) ◽  
pp. 211
Author(s):  
Shengli Wu ◽  
Xiaobo Zhai ◽  
Tiankai Song

A sintering burden blending model is an intelligent system used to obtain the optimal blending proportions of burdens with minimal sintering burden cost. In this study, micro-sintering and sinter pot tests were first carried out to clarify the quantitative relationship between the shatter index (SI) of the sinter and high-temperature characteristics (HTCs) of the ore blends. The result shows that the lowest assimilation temperature (LAT) plays a dual role in SI, whereas the index of liquid phase fluidity (ILF) and compressive strength of the bonding phase (CSB) have positive effects on SI. The effect of the ILF is the largest. Based on the one-step optimization method, suitable ranges of room-temperature characteristics (RTCs) of ore blends, obtained relationship between sinter strength and HTCs of ore blends, sintering theory, and bisection and simplex algorithms, the proposed sintering burden blending model is established. The validation for the model shows that it is effective at utilizing iron ore resources, maintaining high strength of the sinter, while reducing burden costs.


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