Designing a Dynamic Material via Interlocking Kraft Lignin with Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Poly(ethylene oxide)

Osti, Naresh C.; Remy, Roddel A.; Mamontov, Eugene; Advincula, Rigoberto; Nguyen, Ngoc A.

doi:10.1021/acsapm.4c01971

Title: Designing a Dynamic Material via Interlocking Kraft Lignin with Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Poly(ethylene oxide)

Journal Article · 24 September 2024 · ACS Applied Polymer Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.4c01971 · OSTI ID:2448146

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

The environmental issues stemming from plastic waste and the excessive use of petroleum-based chemicals are both concerning and urgent. To effectively address this problem, we need to adopt a comprehensive approach involving developing more sustainable and renewable materials. These materials should be capable of demonstrating similar or even better performance than functional polymers synthesized from petroleum-based chemicals. Our research aims to develop more sustainable materials by leveraging the intrinsic characteristics of a natural polymer, lignin, a byproduct of the biorefinery industries. We utilized the three-dimensional branching structure of lignin as a material framework. We employed an approach to co-reactive melt processing of kraft lignin with aliphatic flexible chains of soft cross-linkers through the reaction of the cross-linker epoxy chain ends with lignin functional groups. Our study demonstrates that the interlocked structure formed from the co-blending of kraft lignin with ultrahigh molecular weight poly(ethylene oxide) and the cross-linking of lignin chains through a solvent-free process can manipulate the macromolecular interactions and relaxation. This manipulation results in materials that exhibit a wide range of thermomechanical properties and self-healing and shape memory effects, with drastically improved stiffness in a single material. We have explored the fundamental understanding of the macromolecular chain relaxation dynamics originating from the interlocking structure formation. In conclusion, this investigation utilized various techniques, including thermal, mechanical, rheology, and quasi-elastic neutron scattering.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 2448146

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Journal Name: ACS Applied Polymer Materials Journal Issue: 19 Vol. 6; ISSN 2637-6105

Publisher:: ACS PublicationsCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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