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ArticleNature communications2022

Highly reinforced and degradable lignocellulose biocomposites by polymerization of new polyester oligomers.

Erfan Oliaei, Peter Olsén, Tom Lindström, Lars A Berglund

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Erfan OliaeiRISE Bioeconomy and health, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-2984-7702
Peter OlsénWallenberg Wood Science Center, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. polsen@kth.se.ORCID 0000-0002-5081-1835
Tom LindströmRISE Bioeconomy and health, Stockholm, Sweden.
Lars A BerglundWallenberg Wood Science Center, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. blund@kth.se.ORCID 0000-0001-5818-2378

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unbleached wood fibers and nanofibers are environmentally friendly bio-based candidates for material production, in particular, as reinforcements in polymer matrix biocomposites due to their low density and potential as carbon sink during the materials production phase. However, producing high reinforcement content biocomposites with degradable or chemically recyclable matrices is troublesome. Here, we address this issue with a new concept for facile and scalable in-situ polymerization of polyester matrices based on functionally balanced oligomers in pre-formed lignocellulosic networks. The idea enabled us to create high reinforcement biocomposites with well-dispersed mechanically undamaged fibers or nanocellulose. These degradable biocomposites have much higher mechanical properties than analogs in the literature. Reinforcement geometry (fibers at 30 µm or fibrils at 10-1000 nm diameter) influenced the polymerization and degradation of the polyester matrix. Overall, this work opens up new pathways toward environmentally benign materials in the context of a circular bioeconomy.

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LigninPolyestersPolymerizationPolymersLigninlignocellulosePolyestersPolymers

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PMID36167843
PMCPMC9515094

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