Partially Bio-Based Polyester Bead Foams via Extrusion Foaming of Poly(Butylene Terephthalate)/Poly(Butylene Furanoate) Blends
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Abstract
The interest in bio-based alternatives to classical polyesters such as poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) is steadily growing to achieve a more sustainable approach to polymer materials. In this study, PBT/poly(butylene furanoate) (PBF) blends are prepared, characterized and extrusion foamed. PBF as a bio-based polyester offers two advantages. The ecological footprint of the material is reduced, and additionally, it can be used in Diels-Alder reactions at the blend surface to support fusion of the foamed beads. The blending behavior of the polyesters is investigated using samples prepared in a microcompounder, particularly focused on the miscibility of the blends and transesterification reactions. The blends are thermodynamically immiscible but show a certain degree of transesterification according to nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The morphology of blend beads produced by an extrusion foaming process is analyzed regarding their cell density, cell size distribution, and open-cell content. It is shown that PBF has a positive effect on the bead foam morphology. The use of a bifunctional linker designed for chemical fusion of the bead surfaces allows to obtaining of molded parts, in contrast to beads containing pure PBT.Poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT)/poly(butylene furanoate) (PBF) blend bead foams produced by continuous extrusion foaming with supercritical carbondioxide are reported. PBF acts as biobased additive and improves the foam properties (pore size distribution, cell density, average pore size, open-cell content). Chemical fusion using the furan functionalities is successfully performed by coating the beads with a Diels-Alder linker.image
Details
Original language | English |
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Article number | 2300281 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Macromolecular materials and engineering |
Volume | 308 (2023) |
Issue number | 10 |
Early online date | Sept 2023 |
Publication status | Published - 7 Sept 2023 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
Scopus | 85169894241 |
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ORCID | /0000-0002-4531-691X/work/148608016 |
Mendeley | 650d4a4e-a347-3928-ac9d-9936c3c4afb3 |
Keywords
Keywords
- Pbf, pbt, Blends, Extrusion foaming, Poly(butylene furanoate), Poly(butylene terephthalate), Polyesters, PBF, PBT, blends, extrusion foaming, poly(butylene furanoate), poly(butylene terephthalate), polyesters