A new class of renewable thermoplastics with extraordinary performance from nanostructured lignin-elastomers
Abstract
In this study, a new class of thermoplastic elastomers has been created by introducing nanoscale-dispersed lignin (a biomass-derived phenolic oligomer) into nitrile rubber. Temperature-induced controlled miscibility between the lignin and the rubber during high shear melt-phase synthesis allows tuning the material s morphology and performance. The sustainable product has unprecedented yield stress (15–45 MPa), strain hardens at large deformation, and has outstanding recyclability. The multiphase polymers developed from an equal-mass mixture of a melt-stable lignin fraction and nitrile rubber with optimal acrylonitrile content, using the method described here, show 5–100 nm lignin lamellae with a high-modulus rubbery interphase. Molded or printed elastomeric products prepared from the lignin-nitrile material offer an additional revenue stream to pulping mills and biorefineries. Research was sponsored by the Technology Innovation Program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy. TEM (J.C. and C.D.T.) and SAXS (J.K.K.) experiments were conducted at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility.
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1250410
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 26; Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Chen, Jihua D., Keum, Jong Kahk, Naskar, Amit K., and Tran, Chau D. A new class of renewable thermoplastics with extraordinary performance from nanostructured lignin-elastomers. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1002/adfm.201504990.
Chen, Jihua D., Keum, Jong Kahk, Naskar, Amit K., & Tran, Chau D. A new class of renewable thermoplastics with extraordinary performance from nanostructured lignin-elastomers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201504990
Chen, Jihua D., Keum, Jong Kahk, Naskar, Amit K., and Tran, Chau D. Tue .
"A new class of renewable thermoplastics with extraordinary performance from nanostructured lignin-elastomers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201504990. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1250410.
@article{osti_1250410,
title = {A new class of renewable thermoplastics with extraordinary performance from nanostructured lignin-elastomers},
author = {Chen, Jihua D. and Keum, Jong Kahk and Naskar, Amit K. and Tran, Chau D.},
abstractNote = {In this study, a new class of thermoplastic elastomers has been created by introducing nanoscale-dispersed lignin (a biomass-derived phenolic oligomer) into nitrile rubber. Temperature-induced controlled miscibility between the lignin and the rubber during high shear melt-phase synthesis allows tuning the material s morphology and performance. The sustainable product has unprecedented yield stress (15–45 MPa), strain hardens at large deformation, and has outstanding recyclability. The multiphase polymers developed from an equal-mass mixture of a melt-stable lignin fraction and nitrile rubber with optimal acrylonitrile content, using the method described here, show 5–100 nm lignin lamellae with a high-modulus rubbery interphase. Molded or printed elastomeric products prepared from the lignin-nitrile material offer an additional revenue stream to pulping mills and biorefineries. Research was sponsored by the Technology Innovation Program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy. TEM (J.C. and C.D.T.) and SAXS (J.K.K.) experiments were conducted at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility.},
doi = {10.1002/adfm.201504990},
journal = {Advanced Functional Materials},
number = 16,
volume = 26,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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