Improving thermal and mechanical properties of biomass-based polymers using structurally ordered polyesters from ricinoleic acid and 4-hydroxycinnamic acids
Atsushi Yamamoto, Koji Nemoto, Masaru Yoshida, Yuichi Tominaga, Yusuke Imai, Seisuke Ata, Yasumasa Takenaka, Hideki Abe, Kazuhiko Sato
Abstract
-ricinoleic acid) bearing two methoxy groups on each cinnamoyl unit, is mechanically the strongest polymer, with an elastic modulus of 126.5 MPa and a tensile strength at break of 15.47 MPa.
Topics & Concepts
Ricinoleic acidPolyesterHydroxycinnamic acidPolymerMaterials scienceOrganic chemistryThermalBiomass (ecology)ChemistryPolymer chemistryChemical engineeringPolymer scienceThermodynamicsOceanographyGeologyAntioxidantCastor oilEngineeringPhysicsbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysisPolymer composites and self-healing