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Novel polymers from terpenes

来自萜烯的新型聚合物

基本信息

批准号：
EP/N019784/1
负责人：
SM Howdle
金额：
$ 99.71万
依托单位：
University of Nottingham
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2016 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FN019784%2F1
关键词：
Novel polymers terpenes

项目摘要

Our society is completely dependent upon polymers (plastics) in every facet of our lives; from clothes to computers to novel composites, cars and cosmetics. A key question is how can we continue to use and consume polymers in the future? In 2010 every citizen of the USA discarded 140 kg of plastic into land-fill and those figures are similar and rising in many other societies around the globe. As more economies move towards Western levels of consumption, we simply will not be able to continue to use polymers in the same way. There are alternative polymers that are derived from renewable resources, and learning to make and use these will have a significant positive impact and will help to alleviate the issues of landfill, particularly when the renewable polymers are degradable. But despite all the hype and expectation, renewable polymers currently account for less than 5% of all polymers produced commercially. This figure is growing but the problem is that most renewable polymers simply do not perform as well as the traditional commodity polymers that are derived from oil. In this proposal we focus upon utilising terpenes to form a range of valuable new polymers. Terpenes are derived from citrus waste ( eg. d-limonene from orange peel) and from wood waste (eg. the alpha- and beta-pinenes) and are already available on the multi-tonne scale and sold into markets from fragrances to aromas and healthcare. There have been significant efforts in the past to create polymers directly from terpenes because their structures contain alkene moieties that appear to offer the opportunity for polymerisation via free radical routes under simple, readily accessible conditions that could easily be scaled. Unfortunately, extensive studies have yielded only poor quality low molecular weight or cross-linked polymers that have not found commercial utility. Now, we will build on recent proof of concept studies at Nottingham that could overcome this log-jam. We have developed a simple and versatile approach to produce new terpene based monomers that can be easily "dropped-in" to existing commercial polymerisation processes. Our approach offers the possibility to use readily available free radical and controlled polymerisation routes to create new polymers and co-polymers that can be tailored for application across the commodity and specialty plastics landscape. To achieve these goals we have assembled a multidisciplinary academic team that brings together all of the key skills and expertise needed to deliver these new monomers and polymers, and to characterise their properties to determine suitable application areas. In addition, we will utilise strong input, support and advice from industry partners from across the polymer sector to target the new materials towards focussed potential applications and products.

我们的社会完全依赖于我们生活方方面面的聚合物(塑料)；从衣服到电脑，到新型复合材料、汽车和化妆品。一个关键的问题是，我们未来如何继续使用和消费聚合物？2010年，每个美国公民将140公斤塑料丢弃在垃圾填埋场中，这一数字在全球许多其他社会都是类似的，而且还在上升。随着更多的经济体转向西方的消费水平，我们将无法继续以同样的方式使用聚合物。有来自可再生资源的替代聚合物，学习制造和使用这些聚合物将产生重大的积极影响，并将有助于缓解垃圾填埋问题，特别是在可再生聚合物可降解的情况下。但是，尽管大肆宣传和期待，可再生聚合物目前只占商业生产的所有聚合物的不到5%。这一数字正在增长，但问题是，大多数可再生聚合物的性能根本不如从石油中提取的传统商品聚合物。在这项提案中，我们将重点放在利用萜烯来形成一系列有价值的新聚合物。萜类化合物是从柑橘类废弃物中提取的。从橙皮中提取D-柠檬烯)和从木材废料中提取D-柠檬烯(例如。α-和β-蒎烯)，并已在数吨规模上供应，并销往从香水到香料和医疗保健的各种市场。在过去，人们已经做出了大量的努力来直接从萜烯合成聚合物，因为它们的结构中含有烯烃部分，似乎提供了在简单、容易获得的条件下通过自由基路线聚合的机会，这些条件很容易放大。不幸的是，广泛的研究只产生了质量较差的低分子量或交联聚合物，还没有发现商业用途。现在，我们将建立在诺丁汉最近的概念证明研究的基础上，这些研究可以克服这种僵局。我们开发了一种简单而通用的方法来生产新的萜烯类单体，这些单体可以很容易地“插入”到现有的商业聚合过程中。我们的方法提供了使用现成的自由基和受控聚合路线来创建新的聚合物和共聚聚合物的可能性，这些聚合物和共聚聚合物可以为跨商品和特种塑料的应用而量身定做。为了实现这些目标，我们组建了一个多学科的学术团队，该团队汇集了交付这些新单体和聚合物所需的所有关键技能和专业知识，并对它们的特性进行表征，以确定合适的应用领域。此外，我们将利用来自聚合物行业的行业合作伙伴的强有力的投入、支持和建议，将新材料定位于有重点的潜在应用和产品。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（10）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

专利数量（0）

A self-crosslinking monomer, a-pinene methacrylate: understanding and exploiting hydrogen abstraction

自交联单体α-蒎烯甲基丙烯酸酯：理解和利用氢提取

DOI：
10.1039/d2py00878e
发表时间：
2022
期刊：
Polymer Chemistry
影响因子：
4.6
作者：
Monaghan O
通讯作者：
Monaghan O

Sustainable ABA triblock methacrylate copolymers incorporating both high and low Tg terpene-derived monomers

DOI：
10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111567
发表时间：
2022-09-16
期刊：
EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL
影响因子：
6
作者：
Atkinson, Rachel L.;Elsmore, Matthew;Howdle, Steven M.
通讯作者：
Howdle, Steven M.

Predictive Molecular Design and Structure-Property Validation of Novel Terpene-Based, Sustainably Sourced Bacterial Biofilm-Resistant Materials.

DOI：
10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00721
发表时间：
2023-02-13
期刊：
Biomacromolecules
影响因子：
6.2
作者：
Cuzzucoli Crucitti V;Ilchev A;Moore JC;Fowler HR;Dubern JF;Sanni O;Xue X;Husband BK;Dundas AA;Smith S;Wildman JL;Taresco V;Williams P;Alexander MR;Howdle SM;Wildman RD;Stockman RA;Irvine DJ
通讯作者：
Irvine DJ

Sustainable terpene triblock copolymers with tuneable properties for pressure sensitive adhesive applications