Synthesis of PolyHIPEs from Photocurable Water-in-Oil High Internal Phase Emulsions by Using a Sustainable Monomer: β-Myrcene
   
Yazarlar (3)
Meltem Sözbir Yalova Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Burcu KEKEVİ Yalova Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Emine Hilal MERT Yalova Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Journal of Polymers and the Environment (Q1)
Dergi ISSN 1566-2543 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 04-2023
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 31 / 8 / 3677–3687 DOI 10.1007/s10924-023-02855-5
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10924-023-02855-5
Özet
Recently, there has been an increasing interest in the synthesis of bio-derived and sustainable polymers due to limited petroleum resources and the dependence of polymer chemistry on fossil fuels. Terpenes which are found in nature in wide variety of structures, are a large family derived from plants. Isoprene like structure of terpenes make these natural compounds susceptible to polymerization. In this work, β-myrcene, which is an acyclic monoterpene was used in the synthesis of photocurable porous polymer monoliths via high internal phase emulsion (HIPE) templating. Photocuring of β-myrcene in HIPE templates has been achieved by the free radical copolymerization crosslinking reaction with 1,4-butanediol dimethacrylate (1,4-BDDMA). To determine the effect of monomer ratio on the crosslink density and pore morphology of the resulting polyHIPEs, the volume ratio of β-myrcene in the external phase has been varied from 10 to 90. Crosslink density of the polyHIPEs has been calculated by swelling experiments using Flory-Rehner Theory. In the end, polyHIPEs exhibiting pore morphology constituted of cavities and interconnected pores has been obtained in all cases. However, it has been determined that 60% is the optimum β-myrcene ratio to obtain a highly crosslinked polyHIPE accompanied with an open-cellular pore morphology.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Crosslink density | Emulsion templating | Photopolymerization | PolyHIPE | β-myrcene