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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Hytrel-like Copolymers Based on Furan Polyester: The Effect of Poly(Butylene Furanoate) Segment on Microstructure and Mechanical/Elastic Performance.

Magdalena Kwiatkowska, Inez Kowalczyk, Zbigniew Rozwadowski, Elżbieta Piesowicz, Anna Szymczyk

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Magdalena KwiatkowskaDepartment of Materials Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Piastów Av. 19, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5002-8242
Inez KowalczykDepartment of Materials Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Piastów Av. 19, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland.
Zbigniew RozwadowskiDepartment of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Piastów Av. 42, 71-065 Szczecin, Poland.
Elżbieta PiesowiczDepartment of Materials Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Piastów Av. 19, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-4371-5236
Anna SzymczykDepartment of Technical Physics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Piastów Av. 19, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9670-6395

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Abstract

This paper aims to compare the performance of two Hytrel-like segmented copolymers: "classic" PBT-b-PTMG and fully bio-based PBF-b-PTMG, containing poly(butylene furanoate) as the rigid segment. The idea behind this research is to assess whether the sustainable copolymers can successfully replace those "classic" once at the thermoplastic elastomers' market. Two series of copolymers were synthesized under the same process parameters, had the same compositions, but differed in aromatic ring structure in terephthalate/furanoate unit. Furthermore, the materials were processed by injection moulding as typical Hytrel products. Then, the samples were subjected to extensive characterisation including NMR, GPC, FTIR, DSC, WAXS, DMTA, TGA techniques and mechanical tests with particular interest in the microstructure formed during processing and its effect on the copolymers' mechanical and elastic behaviour. The detailed analysis proved that PBF-b-PTMG and PBT-b-PTMG copolymers represent two kinds of materials with similar chemical structure, some features of thermoplastic elastomers, but evident differences in their physical properties.

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bio-based polymerselastic recoveryfuran polyestersHytrel-like copolymersmechanical propertiesthermoplastic polyester elastomer

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PMID37049723
PMCPMC10095974

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