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Fully Biobased Biodegradable Elastomeric Polymer Blends Based on PHAs.

Pavol Alexy, Vojtech Horváth, Roderik Plavec, Zuzana Vanovčanová, Katarína Tomanová, Michal Ďurfina, Mária Fogašová, Leona Omaníková, Slávka Hlaváčiková, Zuzana Kramárová and 4 more

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Pavol AlexyInstitute of Natural and Synthetic Polymers, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-8905-8468
Vojtech HorváthInstitute of Natural and Synthetic Polymers, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Roderik PlavecInstitute of Natural and Synthetic Polymers, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Zuzana VanovčanováInstitute of Natural and Synthetic Polymers, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Katarína TomanováInstitute of Natural and Synthetic Polymers, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Michal ĎurfinaInstitute of Natural and Synthetic Polymers, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Mária FogašováInstitute of Natural and Synthetic Polymers, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Leona OmaníkováInstitute of Natural and Synthetic Polymers, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Slávka HlaváčikováInstitute of Natural and Synthetic Polymers, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Zuzana KramárováInstitute of Natural and Synthetic Polymers, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Jana NavrátilováDepartment of Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Tomas Bata Univerzity in Zlin, Vavreckova 5669, 760 01 Zlin, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-1600-0526
Vojtěch KomínekDepartment of Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Tomas Bata Univerzity in Zlin, Vavreckova 5669, 760 01 Zlin, Czech Republic.
David JaškaDepartment of Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Tomas Bata Univerzity in Zlin, Vavreckova 5669, 760 01 Zlin, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-4056-0059
Jozef FerancInstitute of Natural and Synthetic Polymers, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0009-0000-9590-0199

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study examines binary blends of three types of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs)-poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB), poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) (PHBH), and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) (P3HB4HB)-with a focus on their rheological, thermal, and mechanical behavior. The blends exhibit partial miscibility in both the melt and solid states. Glass transition analysis revealed that semicrystalline/amorphous PHA combinations are fully miscible (single Tg) at amorphous PHA contents below 30 wt%. Above this threshold, a two-phase morphology develops, consisting of crystalline spherulites embedded in an amorphous matrix. When the amorphous PHA content reached ≥30 wt%, the blends could be oriented by stretching, yielding materials that display thermoplastic elastomer (TPE)-like behavior without chemical modification of the base polymers. Thermal and mechanical characterization, supported by X-ray diffraction of samples before and after orientation, confirmed that the elastomeric properties originate from the multiphase architecture formed by crystalline and amorphous domains interconnected through a miscible amorphous fraction.

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biodegradable polymer blendselastomeric propertiespolyhydroxyalkanoates

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PMID41228572
PMCPMC12608472

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