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Upcycling by grafting onto semi-crystalline polymers using supercritical CO2
Authors:Daniel S. Camarda  Matthew J. Lampe  Alan J. Lesser  Philippe Desbois  Klaus Stoll  Claus Gabriel  Rupert Konradi
Affiliation:1. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA;2. Advanced Materials & Systems Research, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Abstract:The creation of graft copolymers by selectively grafting a second polymer to the amorphous fraction of a semi-crystalline polymer in supercritical CO2 is demonstrated herein. The graft copolymer is synthesized by free radical polymerization of a vinyl monomer within the semi-crystalline polymer below its melt temperature. Such conditions afford selective grafting on the amorphous regions (block “B”) while leaving the crystalline domains (block “A”) unmodified. Accordingly, unique A-B, A-B-A, A-B-A-B-A, and so forth. block structures are formed. In this work, styrene is polymerized within polyamide 6, polyethylene terephthalate, and isotactic polypropylene. Purification of these material is performed to remove the un-grafted homopolymer, allowing for determination of the graft yield, the portion of polymer which covalently bonds to the semi-crystalline matrix. Grafting yields achieved in polyamide 6, polyethylene terephthalate, and isotactic polypropylene were 98%, 59%, and 15%, respectively. Property enhancements were observed upon further characterization of polystyrene-polyamide 6 copolymers, including high glass transition temperatures, the ability to be remelted, and tunable grafting molecular weight. Additionally, hydrophobicity is controlled by varying polystyrene composition. The remarkable range of accessed properties demonstrates this as a potential route to upcycling plastics.
Keywords:copolymers  grafting  recycling  structure–property relationships  thermoplastics
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