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ArticlePolymers2020

Sustainable Plastics from Biomass: Blends of Polyesters Based on 2,5-Furandicarboxylic Acid.

Niki Poulopoulou, Dimitra Smyrnioti, George N Nikolaidis, Ilektra Tsitsimaka, Evi Christodoulou, Dimitrios N Bikiaris, Maria Anna Charitopoulou, Dimitris S Achilias, Maria Kapnisti, George Z Papageorgiou

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Article in Polymers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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10 authors.

Niki PoulopoulouChemistry Department, University of Ioannina, P.O. box 1186, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
Dimitra SmyrniotiChemistry Department, University of Ioannina, P.O. box 1186, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
George N NikolaidisChemistry Department, University of Ioannina, P.O. box 1186, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
Ilektra TsitsimakaChemistry Department, University of Ioannina, P.O. box 1186, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
Evi ChristodoulouLaboratory of Polymer and Dyes Chemistry and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2730-0778
Dimitrios N BikiarisLaboratory of Polymer and Dyes Chemistry and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8458-4952
Maria Anna CharitopoulouLaboratory of Polymer and Dyes Chemistry and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitris S AchiliasLaboratory of Polymer and Dyes Chemistry and Technology, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2872-8426
Maria KapnistiDepartment of Food Science and Technology, International Hellenic University, P.O. Box 141, GR-57400 Thessaloniki, Greece.
George Z PapageorgiouChemistry Department, University of Ioannina, P.O. box 1186, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2239-6985

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intending to expand the thermo-physical properties of bio-based polymers, furan-based thermoplastic polyesters were synthesized following the melt polycondensation method. The resulting polymers, namely, poly(ethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) (PEF), poly(propylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) (PPF), poly(butylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) (PBF) and poly(1,4-cyclohexanedimethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) (PCHDMF) are used in blends together with various polymers of industrial importance, including poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), poly(ethylene 2,6-naphthalate) (PEN), poly(L-lactic acid) (PLA) and polycarbonate (PC). The blends are studied concerning their miscibility, crystallization and solid-state characteristics by using wide-angle X-ray diffractometry (WAXD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized light microscopy (PLM). PEF blends show in general dual glass transitions in the DSC heating traces for the melt quenched samples. Only PPF-PEF blends show a single glass transition and a single melt phase in PLM. PPF forms immiscible blends except with PEF and PBF. PBF forms miscible blends with PCHDMF and PPF, whereas all other blends show dual glass transitions in DSC and phase separation in PLM. PCHDMF-PEF and PEN-PEF blends show two glass transition temperatures, but they shift to intermediate temperature values depending on the composition, indicating some partial miscibility of the polymer pairs.

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2,5-furandicarboxylic acidbiobased polymerpoly(ethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate)polymer blendsrenewable resources

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PMID31963284
PMCPMC7023567

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