Synthesis of branched poly(butylene succinate): Structure properties relationship

Autor: René Saint-Loup, Nadège Boucard, Nicolas Jacquel, Alain Rousseau, Françoise Fenouillot, Christian Carrot, Marie Vandesteene
Přispěvatelé: Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères (IMP), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon, Division recherche, Roquette Frères, MDB Texinov (MDB Texinov), MDB Texinov
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Chinese Journal of Polymer Science
Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, Springer Verlag, 2016, 34, pp.873-888. ⟨10.1007/s10118-016-1805-5⟩
ISSN: 1439-6203
0256-7679
Popis: International audience; A series of branched poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) were synthesized with several branching agents namely trimethylol propane (TMP), malic acid, trimesic acid, citric acid and glycerol propoxylate. The structure of the branched polymers was analyzed by SEC and H-1-NMR. The effect of branching agent structure on crystallization was also investigated and played a significant role. Isothermal studies showed that glycerol propoxylate could act as a nucleating agent. By contrast high content of TMP disturbed the regularity of the chain and hindered the crystallization of PBS. From the non-isothermal kinetic study, it was found that glycerol propoxylate increased noticeably the crystallization rate due to the flexible structure of the branching agent. A secondary nucleation was observed with glycerol propoxylate attributed to the crystallization of amorphous fraction included between crystallites formed at the primary crystallization. Chain topology was obtained through rheological investigations and the synthesized polymers showed a typical behavior of a mixture of linear and randomly branched PBS. The incorporation of branches improved the processability of PBS for film blowing application and the modulus and the stress at break of the resulting film were significantly increased.
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