Sustainable thermoplastic elastomers from terpene-derived monomers
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ABA triblock polymers were prepared by living anionic polymerization of the pinene-derivable monomers α-methyl- p -methylstyrene and myrcene. The resulting thermoplastic elastomers displayed microphase separation at moderate molar mass, an upper service temperature about 70 °C higher than traditional petroleum-derived styrenic thermoplastic elastomers, competitive tensile strengths of up to 10 MPa, impressive ultimate elongations of up to 1300%, and remarkably low energy loss recovery attributes.
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Poly(α-methyl p-methyl styrene) has a Tg of ~183 °C.
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- Authors
- Bolton, J. M., Hillmyer, M. A., & Hoye, T. R.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hillmyer, Marc A.
- Hoye, Thomas R.
- Venue
- ACS Macro Letters
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2014-07-11
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 717-720
- ISSN
- 2161-1653 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC12276892
- OpenAlex
- W2319534300
- Cited by
- 186
- References
- 23
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- FWCI
- 6.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- ACS Macro Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (CHE-1413862)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Polymers and Plastics › Polymer composites and self-healing
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Keywords
- thermoplastic elastomers, ABA triblock copolymers, living anionic polymerization, myrcene, microphase separation, tensile strength, elongation at break, sustainable polymers
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