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Biobased Thermosetting Polyester Resin for High-Performance Applications

Hofmann, Mateus  
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Shahid, Abu
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Garrido, Mário
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February 23, 2022
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Reducing the dependency from petroleum-based monomers and crosslinkers is an increasingly important goal for the plastics industry. This is being enabled by the growing diversity and availability of alternative biobased products derived from renewable resources, some of which are compatible with the production of more sustainable resins for high-performance applications. This paper presents the development of unsaturated polyesters (UPs) and their crosslinked resins (UPRs) based on 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and other biobased building blocks. The original features of these UPs are derived from (i) the use of FDCA as an aromatic monomer replacing phthalic anhydride, (ii) the introduction of a FDCA–isosorbide (ISO) block into the polyester backbone with the presence of unsaturations provided by biobased fumaric acid, (iii) the use of ISO and 1,3-propanediol instead of ethylene glycol and 1,2 propylene glycol, and (iv) the reduction of styrene content using 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate. The developed UPRs have a similar thermal and mechanical behavior to the petrochemical ones, presenting glass transition temperatures up to 102 °C, tensile modulus and strength up to 3.9 GPa and 63.3 MPa, respectively, and viscosity between 800 and 1250 cP, making these resins greener alternatives to fully petroleum-derived UPRs for high-performance applications.

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DOI
10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c06969
Author(s)
Hofmann, Mateus  
Shahid, Abu
Garrido, Mário
Ferreira, Maria
Correia, João
Bordado, João
Date Issued

2022-02-23

Published in
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Volume

10

Issue

11

Start page

3442

End page

3454

Subjects

unsaturated polyester resin

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biobased polyester

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sustainable polymer

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2,5-furandicarboxylic acid

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isosorbide

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1,3-propanediol

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2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate

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fumaric acid

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