April 22 - 26, 2024
Seattle, Washington
May 7 - 9, 2024 (Virtual)
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2024 MRS Spring Meeting
MF03.10.02

Degradable and Thermally Stable Spiro Polycycloacetals from Renewable Resources

When and Where

Apr 25, 2024
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Room 323, Level 3, Summit

Presenter(s)

Co-Author(s)

Megan Robertson1,Elvis Enebeli1,Justin Smith1,Minjie Shen1

University of Houston1

Abstract

Megan Robertson1,Elvis Enebeli1,Justin Smith1,Minjie Shen1

University of Houston1
A series of partially bio-based spiro polycycloacetals were synthesized using bio-renewable feedstocks, such as vanillin and its derivative syringaldehyde, along with pentaerythritol and commercially available co-monomers including 4,4′-difluorobenzophenone and bis(4-fluorophenyl) sulfone. These spiro polycycloacetals displayed high thermal stabilities (degradation temperatures in the range of 343 – 370 °C, as quantified by 5% mass loss) and glass transition temperatures (in the range of 179 – 243 °C). Importantly, these polymers were effectively degraded to small molecules under acid-catalyzed hydrolytic conditions in less than 7 h. The kinetics of hydrolytic degradation was quantified through <i>in situ</i> NMR analyses.

Symposium Organizers

Yuanyuan Li, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Kunal Masania, TU Delft
Gustav Nystrom, EMPA
Eleftheria Roumeli, University of Washington

Session Chairs

Megan Robertson
Eleftheria Roumeli

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