Thermo-responsive polymers based on source-selective lignins

Ngoc A. Nguyen, Kelly M. Meek, Sietske H. Barnes, Amit K. Naskar

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Abstract

In this study, thermomechanical properties of hardwood and softwood lignin-nitrile butadiene rubber composites were controlled by a thermal annealing process. The presence of thermally unstable linkages within the selected lignins provides free radical sources for crosslinking reactions. The measured dynamic mechanical properties demonstrated substantial improvement in glass transition temperatures (Tg) and storage moduli (E') of 50 wt. % softwood lignin-And 50 wt. % hardwood lignin-rubber composites after thermal annealing at 180°C. An increase in Tg of approximately 18°C and more than 230% increasing E' was achieved after annealing the 50 wt. % hardwood lignin-rubber for 5 h. The chemical crosslinking reactions between lignin-nitrile butadiene rubber and lignin-lignin were characterized by in-situ dynamic mechanical analysis and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. A mechanism of crosslinking reactions was revealed.

Original languageEnglish
StatePublished - 2017
Event4th Annual Composites and Advanced Materials Expo, CAMX 2017 - Orlando, United States
Duration: Dec 11 2017Dec 14 2017

Conference

Conference4th Annual Composites and Advanced Materials Expo, CAMX 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period12/11/1712/14/17

Funding

This research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725, was sponsored by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) BioEnergy Technologies Office (BETO) Program. This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The United States Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).

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